One down and three to go. 

Shawls like the Wool Peddler, ones that start with a few stitches and increase as they progress are teasers.   You knit a bit and feel like you’ve really made some progress.  I’ve got almost 200 stitches on the needles now and more than 12" depth to the center.  It feels like I’m moving right along… that is until I remember that it really does take FOUR SKEINS.  I’ve used up ONE.  Simple math, right?? I’m only 25% into this project.  It’s nowhere near close to finish.  See what I’m saying?  They are teasers, from here on out, things slow down. 

The SP6 has ended.  I want to thank Jean from Fetal Knitter once again.  She has sent me a gift certificate to Kpixie.  I’ll have fun with that.  I finally guessed Jean on one of the final days.  The giveaway was Frappr.  Although she didn’t leave her name on my map, she did leave it on others.

Day three of single digit mornings… -20F up north.

Yep, just like Stephanie predicted, IT has happened, to me.   Rather than spend all the time it would take me to type (in my six fingered fashion) a description of IT, just go over and read about IT.  I’m not the only one, there are tons of us out there, who suddenly, yesterday, or whenever too recently, realized that Christmas is really only TWO.WEEKS. AWAY.  That’s it.  Except, I remembered Saturday that I wanted to make a special present for a special person and I hadn’t started it.  I hadn’t even wound the yarn into balls.  Yeah, WHOA…. that’s IT.  It is on the needles now, my sweater thrown aside on the floor, the Backyard Leaf Scarf on top of it, and another new project has begun.      

The Wool Peddler’s Shawl, using my hand dyed merino / silk yarn in Aegean.  Knit on a #7 Aero circ.

There’s another new kid in town.  Check out the new online spindler’s magazine, Spindlicity.  It is in it’s infancy, not a lot of info yet, but a promising new onliner that deserves a kudos for it’s first issue.