let me start this post by showing you what i had to buy myself the other day:
"oh cute"-i can hear you saying. but that's not the point! (note the word bolded above) well. i'm not very happy about this purchase. these are not prescription glasses mind you. i don't wear them-athough maybe i need to be- but that's another story. these are freakin reading glasses. yes, magnified reading glasses-the kind you get at the grocery store. you know-the kind for "aging" eyes. yes, i've come to realize that i can't read the ingredient labels on food, medicine or supplements and i've shied away from books with small print. yep. age happens. sigh. at least i was able to get some fun ones! daisies how appropriate. and only $3.99.i was amazed how much easier knitting was while wearing my new spiffy lenses. especially when i started the lace on my Fairwind Cardigan.
it's a fabulous pattern and my gurls and i are doing a knit-along, which we started back in November. okay as you can see i'm not very far-but hey the holidays hit and all good intentions flew out the window. i'm knitting mine out of cascade 220 heathers in a honey mustard colorway. the picture doesn't do it justice. out of the 5 that are participating you can check out the blogs of birdsong and mama spider to see their progress and yarn choices. i love seeing everyone's color and fiber choices.
i also finished my boy's holiday socks. they were supposed to be a gift for the Winter Solstice but now they were finished for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 
these are made from cascade 220 superwash wool in his favorite color: grey. they were thuja inspired. but i used size 3 needles, casted on 48 stitches and did the k3, p1 pattern every round.my dear friend anne always sends me yummy luscious yarns for xmas. waiting to open her gifts is excruciating. i can barely stand it. this year among the skeins was some Malbrigo Rasta-OMG! heaven in a ball i tell you!!! soft chunky squishy merino!!! this stuff rocks. with one skein i made this awesome neck warmer. knit on size 15 needles-i knit this in a day!!!
been doing a wee bit of spinning lately. not as much as i would like though.
within the last year i've decided that pink isn't so bad after all. i have a strong growing attachment to it. wow! life is stranger than fiction sometimes.
