A snowbound weekend…
February 7, 2010
I spent the entire weekend warm and snug at home. The snow started before noon Friday and continued until early Saturday evening. I haven’t measured, but with the 35 mile per hour winds I still had 18+ inches sitting on the roof of my car and walking, the snow is higher than my knees. Tomorrow is a work day so I spent a fair amount of time today shoveling my car out.
Friday, work closed at 5:00 pm and when everyone was braving the crazy drive home, my goofy self drove across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to Fibre Space. It looked fine when I came in, and really I didn’t stay long. Well long enough. When I came out it was all dark and snowy but Fibre Space looked so warm and welcoming I just had to snap a picture!
I also noticed how charming Alexandria looked as I was driving back to the Beltway. No wonder Daniel loved it there so much.
So pretty and sparkly. Sorry for the blur- my camera doesn’t like to take pics of snow falling!
But on to the goods! I got some Mochi yarn
which, when paired with a hank of Malabrigo Worsted in Natural became this:
The pattern is Three Tams from Knitty. I cast on because, truly I need a winter hat. Something thick. Warm. Pretty. Oh, and something that matches my coat, which is a rusty-red color and god-awful hard to match. Everything else I have clashes and well, that is the beauty of being a knitter; you can create whatever you need to match whatever you might need it for!
Alas, I made an error and need to rip a good bit of it back. I also made the stranding too tight and need to fix that so it behaves like a tam and not a skullcap. But for my first stranded knitting project I am rather pleased.
I am also mostly done the foot of the Peeps sock. I still need to finish the toe, and start its mate but I am sure I can make the self-imposed deadline of Feb 28th.
My friend Becky and I are trying to knit 1 pair of socks per month for the entire year. 
We tried this last year and I think I ended up with 2 pairs that went as gifts, 2 pairs that went on my feet and 1 pair that totally went the way of SSS. Once I started my new job I had a hard time reordering my schedule to include knitting time. I am still struggling with that so we shall see.
So I leave you with a couple pics from “The Great Dig Out” adventure I had today. First, birdie tracks on the snow…
And a bit of color in a world of white…
And if you think winter will never end, here is a small fluffy reminder of what is to come.
