Dipping Dots? Styrofoam beads?

No, it’s snow.

Have a safe and fun New Year’s Eve!

My last FO of the year (actually, I only have one done as of this morning, but the other will be finished today, I promise!)
These are baby socks for my niece’s son, due in mid-January. As they live in Boston, it seems appropriate for them to be red.
Pattern: Pieces of Eight, by Susan Pierce Lawrence.
Yarn: […]

Pattern: Garter Rib Socks, from “Sensational Knitted Socks” by Charlene Schurch
Yarn: Plain & Fancy Sheep & Wool Co. Sport-weight yarn, color “Primary”. Sadly, this yarn is only available at fiber festivals.
Needles: US 2 (2.75 mm) DPNs
Gauge: 7 stitches and 11 rows per inch in stockinette stitch. About 13 rows per inch in garter […]

Or: “the Joy of Socks”
I kept wanting to do a winter photo shoot, but when I had time for photographs, it was either snowing or cloudy - not the beautiful sunny blue-sky days I was hoping for. So my last Snap-A-Dozen-Days will be about the joy of giving and receiving. I barely celebrate Christmas any […]

Wherein we discover that I have absolutely no willpower.

I couldn’t stop thinking about the “Silky Tweed”. Black. Flecks of purple and rusty-orange. And 25% off. Sigh. I had to go back for it. Unfortunately, there were only 7 skeins of it left, which is just over 900 yards. Not as much as I’d have liked. […]

I was sucked into going to Three Wishes today for their year-end sale. How could I resist 25% off 900+ yards of yarn? Obviously, I couldn’t.
So I bought some Tahki Donegal Tweed (Central Park Hoodie?)

And some Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool.. which I was thinking I’d use for this lace cardigan. But it’s the same color […]

Not really, of course. But I just love all the colors in this yarn. It’s the sport weight yarn by Plain & Fancy Sheep & Wool Co., which I purchased at the Estes Park Wool Festival earlier this year. Colorway is “Primary”.

I bought the skein to make socks for my husband. I’m doing the Garter […]

And totally yummy!

Sweet Potato Burritos. (Shown prior to rolling and baking.) I love this recipe! The sweet yams make a great contrast to the beans and spices. But I find that the amount of water in the recipe is way too much - I only use half the amount specified. And I use whatever beans […]

Finally!
My Sort-of-Monkey socks are done. And they match pretty well, other than having different colors at the very top of the toe.
Some days I felt like this project would go on forever. The first sock went pretty quickly, but the second just dragged, and I had a really hard time with it. I don’t know […]

I wish I could post a photo of our beautiful mountains covered with snow, but since I don’t plan to leave the house today (for obvious reasons), this will have to do:

My deck this morning

My car

Yep, that’s 8″ of snow

Now pay attention guys… this is what 8″ really looks like.