Rough Weather

It's hard to believe I haven't blogged in almost a month, but it has been a busy one. The high school musical was Sweeney Todd, and we has the pleasure of watching Devi play the long-lost, crazy wife, and got to see Tara do scenery and such in the background. Finn's instrumental ensemble concert and choir concert was a few days later, as was Tara's band concert. All the morris teams danced at Solebration (including the longsword team), and there were also a couple of paying gigs for the border team. Lots of practices. Oh, and the actual holidays and attending rituals and get-togethers, plus a couple of birthdays too. Wonderfully fun, but some thing fell by the wayside.

I finished my December socks on the 20th, in plenty of time to give them to Tara for Christmas. There was much rejoicing. ;) To my immense satisfaction, she proceeded to wear them around the house for the next 3 days. Her colors, her size, great pattern.

I also got a couple of good shots of Finn goofing around in his Ogre Slippers.

 

I finished my February Lady this month, too. I knitted the cuffs three times, finally deciding the sleeves needed to be full-length and decreased towards the end so the garter stitch cuffs don't flare out. I wear it almost every day.

Felted Slippers at Last!

I got the first pair of slippers felted ages ago, but never got pics. Here you go:

This pair is for Kevin. He wants them for Christmas, so that's one thing to cross off the list (yeah!). I also made a pair in variegated teal for the Midwest Morris Ale Scholarship Fund silent auction, and a blue pair for myself (see below).

My son wants a pair in black, those are next on the list. I also have plans for a few more holiday gifts in various colors and sizes, but I don't want to spoil the surprise. ;)

Ogre slippers #1

I've been knitting Cheryl Andrew's Bigfoot / Ogre Slippers pattern, the first pair just came out of the washer. They are for Kevin. My pair is next. ;) Here's what they looked like before they were felted:

I'll try and get a pic of them finished tomorrow. It's overcast here today, hence pretty dark in the house.

Read Lost Horizon by James Hilton over the past few days. It was a lovely book and still has a lot to say, even though it was written almost 80 years ago.

Gotta get the clothed pff the line before it starts to rain, see you soon!