Rain clouds

We've had several days of rain lately. Lot's of rain for still being winter.

I feel so sad to see my wonderful white snow disappearing.

I feel so much joy every time I look out my windows and see the white landscape.

I enjoy every moment of winter.

It's like a good friend is leaving and I won't be seeing her for many many months.

The snow is now full of water and is very icy in some spots...warning to member of the family with recent hip replacement to stay clear!!

 

Water running down the driveway onto the road.

 

Making the roads soft and muddy.

We watched our young pup play in the puddle yesterday, splashing and trying to catch the droplets.

If only I could find such pleasure in this mess!!



 

 Heavy rain clouds don't allow much of the light to shine through.

But at the moment, the strong wind is blowing them away.

Maybe, just maybe, that means there will be no more rain this week??

 

The colour in the sky is so much like the colour of my finished Alcyone shawl.

 

A mixture of greys, whites and lavender.

 

For Christmas of 2011 my darling hubby walked into a yarn shop and purchased a lovely skein of yarn for me. It doesn't matter the kind of yarn nor the colour...just the fact that he walked into such unfamiliar territory (for him) made this gift such a treasure for me.

 

 

I found it difficult to complete this shawl because it required constant attention, lots of concentration, counting, checking of charts and written instructions...definitely not tv knitting.

But in the end, I'm very happy I did persevere.

The colours are difficult to capture but I think you see them best here.

Project info here

Off and on the needles

I don't think I've ever had so much time to sit and knit quietly.

These projects are quite straight forward (at least for now) except for one of them. There seems to be a prevaling colour scheme going on too.

Let's start with Milo. All done. A perfect little knit. We tried it on bébé Loïc the other night and it fits him (with room to grow) just right!

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Loving the first Milo, it's only natural to want to knit a second one.

This one is for Olivia. She came to the LYS with me the other day and picked her colour.

Now, why am I not surprised we came home with purple!!

The plan is to knit this one a little longer than what the pattern calls for so that it fits more like a tunic.

I was at her house a few days ago with my knitting bag in tow. She came over to me and asked what I was knitting and I told her that this would be hers.

She went on to play with her books and came back to me about 10 minutes later asking: Are you done yet?

LOL!

She also requested that I put a flower on it. I'll have to think about this for a bit and see what I can come up with.

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This shawl project is the one that requires more attention.

I have done chart A and Chart B. It's going well but I do need to count and follow the lace pattern very closely.

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And I have a third project on the needles.

This photo shows how too large the sleeve was on me so I frogged it and am doing the increases further apart. I've knitted up to the elbows and I'm much happier with it now.

This is mindless rows and rows of stockinette knitting for now. A good project to work on when the shawl is too much.

 

I don't usually work on three things at once. I prefer to focus on one project and maybe a second one at the most. But I expect to be finished with the second Milo in a few days and I will be back to two projects.

 

There will be some car knitting at the end of the month. After waiting for 7 mths I finally have an appointment at the allergy clinic four hours away from here. The doc that will see me specializes in people with headaches and migraines caused by allergies. I'll keep my fingers crossed but won't hold my breath. I've seen too many doctors about my migraines and I'm more cautious now about getting too hopeful. But still, positive thinking is best!