Baby It's Cold Outside

We had a long fall but winter has most definitely arrived and I'm in a permanent state of chilled.

TFL and I trekked back to see family for Thanksgiving.  It was great to see everyone, if only briefly, but it was by no means a stress-free visit.  Still, I had hours and hours of driving time in which to knit and nap, so that was actually rather lovely.  TFL did *all* the driving, he said he became one with the car.  Heh.  And we listened to a rather silly book along the way, that made us laugh because it was so poorly written but it was a fun adventure story, and it didn't matter if I dozed through parts of it or if TFL stopped paying attention for a bit, so perfect for the trip.

We celebrated Boy's birthday by watching Michigan lose to Ohio State and throwing darts at a local pub.

People were laughing at me because I packed nearly as much knitting stuff as clothes, but you see I had to bring all kinds of skeins to see which would go with my mother-in-law's coat.  She picked exactly the one I thought would look best on her.

Here's how much I got done in the car on Sunday:

Here's how much is done now (about 2/3 of the total scarf):

It's unblocked, people, but I think it's going to look pretty spiffy when it's done.  The pattern is a fun, quick knit and the yarn is divine.

I have to warn my mother-in-law that if she ever decides she doesn't want it anymore GirlChild will swipe it from her in an instant.  They have very similar coloring.

I hope you all had lovely Thanksgivings. 

Comments

[EH]

This is so inspiring. I really, really need to get into knitting! And learn more than one stitch type.

[Roadrunner18]

the scarf is beautiful, I can hardly wait to use it, as you said, it is very cold outside, got down to 13 during the night.

[Juliet]

Lovely. I'm midway through some cable knit fingerless gloves--I really need to get back to them one of these days.