Back At It

It’s fun to go on vacation, but it’s soooo nice to get back home! Even with two feet of snow and sub-zero temperatures, I love coming home to my fellas, my own bed and the quiet of the country.

Mardi Gras was just as frantic, giggly, sparkly and fabulous as ever. This year, the Krewe of WooHoo made it into the Denver Post as we fired confetti at the corner of Burgundy and Esplanade, right in front of Buffa’s Bar & Grill. That’s Miss Laura you see firing the cannon. She gets a big charge out of it 🙂 I’m the one in pink with the fur trim 😀

I’ve brought a big stack of glittering Mardi Gras fabrics back home to sew, along with an ecclesiastical garment, a Cardinal, to be finished in time for the Sterling Renaissance Faire this spring. When the big sewing machine comes out in March, I shall be sewing some sumptuous, full-circle capes, along with some new knitting bags I have in the works.

In the meantime, I’m happy to devote my time to knitting! Good intentions aside, I have not yet finished Laura’s Solfar Socks by Cookie A, though I’m nearly there! Just the foot of the second sock remains. She saw the yarn and stitch pattern when I was in New Orleans and I think she liked them! She’ll be happy to have them; she gets grumpy when her feet are cold.

The “Diana” hat and gloves I’ve had on my work table since before Christmas is almost ready to be released as a pattern. I have a few finger issues to sort out on the gloves, but the charts are all done and the instructions for the hat are finished. I’m knitting the hat again from the written pattern incorporating some changes I made after wearing the hat for a while. I love this hat! Though the ‘Glacier’ color is a favorite of mine, I’m really enjoying the warm, bright ‘Goldfinch’ yellow I’ve chosen for the second one. It’s a touch of sunshine during these last gloomy days of winter.

My ‘Acorns’ sweater is proceeding apace. I’ve finished the yoke, separated the sleeves and am now working my way down the body. I’m not enjoying this pattern…don’t quite know why. It’ll be lovely to wear, however, and I just can’t have too many cardigans at this time of year!