Trends?

I forgot to work on my chair pad yesterday.  I thought about working two rows this morning  to compensate but no. I am not that enamored of this project.  

We are veiled in white this morning and at this moment, it looks so pretty.  Don't fall for it.  It looks like snow is here for the season.  

I spent a lot of time on Ravelry yesterday.  Pre publication info came out on Rebecca Clows new book.  All the pictures are up and Oh my.  The patterns!  I may have to buy the book even though I don't do that anymore.  It is that good.  

The other thing I noticed was scarves.  The last few years scarves that fit around your neck to fill in the coat gap were the rage.  This year, I have seen several large, wide, ultra long scarves pop up.  The kind of thing you can wrap around your head and neck several times and still have ends to tuck into hold it all in place on a windy winter day.  It might be this years scarf trend.  

I am going to keep knitting my sweaters.  There may be some sewing today too.  You never know what I might get up to.  But first, my precious lone cup of coffee.  There is always time for that.

Two sweaters is good

I had plenty to entertain myself yesterday.  Our internet was quite firmly out till close to noon.  It's funny, but I bet the hue and cry was bigger for the internet outage than it ever is for a power outage.

I spent my whole weekend working on my yellow Hiraeth sweater.  

It's starting to look like a garment! And yes.  It really is that strong of a yellow.  It is quite glorious. 

I had just joined at the underarms here and I was pretty thrilled.  I have not tried it on just yet.  I like to have a good couple inches knit below the underarm before I do that.  I like that little bit of firmness that it gives before I stretch it all out while I check fit. Next week.  

Today I am going back to my sock Monkey or farmer sock sweater.  I love that thing.

It's odd but when I looked in the bag this morning, I realized, I missed working on it this weekend.  It was my plan to not work on whatever I was usually working on.  When I was doing that in summer, it kept my spirits feeling bright and peppy and I felt eager to get back to my main project.  It worked again.  However, this morning, I want stolid ordinary things.  Sock Monkey sweater it shall be.

And that is it for the morning.  Time for a good cup of coffee and some morning knitting between chores.  

We have no internet this morning.  Lots to tell you all too.  Maybe tomorrow.