Winter is well on its way here in New Hampshire. Most of the state received a good dose of snow (about 14" where I live) the day before Thanksgiving. It looked more like Christmas than Thanksgiving, but pretty nonetheless. Although we had a bit of a heat wave to follow which melted most of the snow, more white stuff is in the forecast. Soon, that will be the norm rather than the exception. Winter Solstice is on Monday so winter will settle in soon.
After spending much of the fall knitting a test knit, I was finally free to work on my own projects. Cast-on-itis kicked in big time, but I resisted - well sort of. I finished a cowl to match the mittens that I did in November. This used up a second skein of Alchemy that was purchased in SanFrancisco in August.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/amerieHaving finished the cowl I cast on my 2014 Christmas socks! These are the Atlantic Current Socks by Melissa Sibley in the Holly Jolly color way by Voolenvine Yarns. I hope to get these done before Christmas, but since they are for me I am not stressed to do so.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/atlantic-current-socks
My main knitting focus is finishing the Brownstone pullover by Jared Flood for my husband. I really would like to have this done by Christmas so I used all of my spare time (when he wasn't around) to finish. It is done - hope it fits!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/pjmcmullen/brownstone
My spinning has been a bit irregular as of late. I did finish two skeins of Icelandic wool from the fleece that I purchased from my local LYS owner. My plan is to do about the same amount in between other fibers to mix it up.
Right now I am working on some beautiful fiber from Into the Whirled that I purchased at Rhinebeck - in the colorway "Rhinebeck."
That is it for this year. I hope everyone has a lovely holiday season - whichever one you celebrate.
Merry Christmas from New Hampshire.
