Too Cold!

Damn, but it's cold. Sub-zero. And it's supposed to be even colder tomorrow (although the high is supposedly going to be higher... maybe around 6).

So what does one do when it really is too cold to venture outside--aside from chores, mind you...I don't want to waste my weekends doin' no steenkin' chores?

Why, knit, of course!

So that's what I've been doing. Last week (when it wasn't quite so cold) I finished knitting the first sweater of the year. I haven't gotten around to sewing up yet (my least favorite part of the process), but I think the yarn is way cool. It is called "Foliage," and it is by Berroco:



And here is the pile of knitting it produced:



TODAY, though, I'm working on the piece I started earlier in the year and had to rip back. Instead of the black fuzzy yarn I started with, I'm now using a nice heathery rose yarn called "Whisky" by Reynolds. It's working ups quite nicely:



You can see the pattern very clearly--something that was decidedly lacking in the previous attempt. I think it was fortuitous that I dropped that damned stitch on the earlier version, even if it was a pain in the ass at the time.

I promise that this will not turn into a knitting blog. It's just that, well, it's so cozy to sit indoors on such a cold day and play with wool.