yarn along

I’ve been caught up in a haze of family, festivities…and flu. So much so that I forgot what day it was completely…but here I am, joining yarn along again, a little later than usual.

There was a blur of last minute crafting and knitting as last week ended. Sadly, I didn’t finish the Rae. There was not enough secret knitting time and the days got away from me. A birthday gift it will be. I also have quite a few other unfinished projects taunting me. Their time is coming. First I’m tackling the green tea.

I did finally add buttons to the puerperium and plain vest I did ages ago. They were gifted to daughters who look lovely in them (the verdict is still out on whether or not they will be firm favourites).

Also, as a last minute addition I knit a windschief (ravelry notes here) cowl for my eldest. She melted my heart with her speech on how she values handmade gifts most – along with making me sweat as I really hadn’t been able to do as much as I’d planned. I modified the pattern somewhat for her eight year old self and love it. I’ll be revisiting the pattern soon.

As for reading, I’ve only just found a moment to read the first few pages of Wildwood. It so sounds like my kind of book although I do find myself drawn to the stack of used classics my sweet hubby picked out for me (the fact that he found them used makes them even more dear). We’ll see if I carve out some reading time with my family around this week…on second thought, maybe I’ll just stick with the chocolate. Hooray for extended holidays.

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joining Ginny for yarn along