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The newest booth sample in my collection . . .
Fiar.
Over the weekend this cowl was on display in my booth, but I was working on it until the last minute.
This is one of those projects that was blocked on a hotel bed.
I used a Lillian gradient set.
I don't have a link for the sets yet. One day soon I'll have them on the website.
This was an entertaining pattern. It was a good traveling project, and the color changes kept it interesting.
If I didn't have so many other projects lined up, I would be tempted to make another one with different colors.
Thanks to everyone who left a comment for the February giveaway. Jen has the best advice for snow days when she calls them "guilt free knitting days." I subscribe to the same philosophy and try to get some extra knitting done when the snow flies.
The February winner is AtPlayWithFiber. If you didn't win, you'll have a chance later in the month when I'll be running another giveaway.
It was bound to happen. Over the weekend the current cold-from-hell circulating in my household finally caught up with me. This particular strain includes a killer cough complete with violent coughing fits intent on bursting a vessel. In fact last week I took my son to the doctor because his cough was disturbingly bad. The doctor assured us it wasn't pneumonia but warned us to come back if it got worse.
I was taking all kinds of precautions to keep this awful bug at bay - tea, mega doses of Vitamin C, more tea and keeping a safe distance from anyone with the slightest sniffle. I even considered locking myself in a room, but in the end that just wasn't a practical option. Despite my valiant efforts, on Friday I could feel the cold creeping in and by Sunday I was down. This limited my schedule in many ways, but it didn't keep me from picking up my knitting.
Even though I felt miserable, forward progress on Fiar kept me in good spirits. Today I've definitely turned the corner. I'm back at it and making up for lost time.
We're heading into the last week of February, and it's time for the monthly giveaway. Leave a comment and include your Ravelry ID. If this winter has been particularly challenging in your neck of the woods, how have you been coping? Have snow days given you extra knitting time? What's on your needles? Is anyone looking ahead to spring knitting?
The winner, chosen at random, will receive a skein of Dirty Water DyeWorks yarn - winner's choice. The contest closes on Monday, March 2, 2015.
It was a productive weekend, especially if you count shoveling snow, but I didn't let the winter storm distract me from my work.
In between dyeing and shoveling, I found time for knitting.
Fiar.
This is one of those projects that's hard to put down. I'm using a gradient set and was on a tear to finish the first color.
Now I'm on the second color and am racing to the third. Please ignore the color discrepancies. Winter lighting is challenging.
It's Monday and my to-do list is a mile long, but I'm determined to find time for this project . . . after I assess the shoveling situation.
