Today is shaping up well. It is warm and sunny, there are leftovers so I don't have to cook tonight, the house is reasonably clean, and all the pets are fast asleep. I've started Liivi's socks from Folk Knitting in Estonia using colors pretty similar to the socks in the book. The only thing I have to do is find a decent energy bar recipe for DH. They're too expensive to buy all the time. I'd like to find something simple I can put in his lunches and give to him for his weekend hikes. I found two recipes - one cooked and one uncooked - that I'll try after I have another cup of green tea. Ahhh - it is a tough life.

Here's your favorite 13 lb rabbit/couch potato doing what she does best.

Here is the Dagmara Berztiss square - it is a Latvian moon cross which represents warriors and is also supposed to protect orphans. I made the scan smaller so you won't have to wear sunglasses to view this blog.



I desperately need to block it. I will be getting a digital camera in February so then I can show you the squares in their entirety. I am almost finished with the background square for the little mini Aran sweater so that is 3 squares finished out of 20. My next square will be one knit in the round.

I ripped out the Aran/March sock from A Time to Knit Stockings. The yarn/needle combo was making my fingers sore so I need to find a more elastic yarn. Instead tomorrow I'm going to start a new pair of socks from Folk Knitting in Estonia in my continuing efforts to knit everything from the book. So far I've made 8 of the projects.

Here's my first completed Great American Aran Afghan square - it is the Strong square which was apparently inspired by pomegranates. The inside out cables on either side may possibly be the ugliest cables of all time. My scanner doesn't appear to get along with this color - it is much more tomato red than the excessively bright orange-red it appears in the photo.

This weekend I'm going to do the basic stockinette square then tack on the little Aran sweater and perhaps I'll get a start on my 3rd square out of 20 needed for the afghan. Or perhaps I'll start yet another pair of socks.