Thursday, January 6, 2011

It's Starting to Look Like Michigan

We haven't had much snow yet this winter. As of yesterday, our seasonal snowfall was 17.3 inches - just over half the normal amount by now. But we're under a lake effect snow warning through tomorrow, and the snow has been falling all day.


This is what the park looked like when Bonnie & I ventured out at lunch.

I'll add some more wintry pictures, but first - knitting!


Last Christmas (2009), Jim gave me some very nice yarn - 90% cashmere, 10% silk - and I used it to knit this scarf for him. It's nothing fancy. I cast on 26 stitches, started & ended with 5 rows of seed stitch, and in between used the "Squares 2" pattern from the stitch dictionary "400 Knitting Stitches."


And... I finished Echo the Elephant. I had such fun, knitting this pattern by Ysolda Teague. You start by knitting the head, then pick up stitches & knit the body, then pick up stitches & knit each leg, arm, & ear, stuffing as you go. When the last ear is finished, all that's left to do is embroider two eyes. That's the kind of knitting I love: minimal finishing work!

The yarn is 100% merino, and is pink at the request of a certain young lady who will, I am sure, give this elephant a loving home. The colorful scarf is knit out of sock yarn (45% bamboo, 40% wool, 15% nylon). (I got this sock yarn at our knitting guild's white elephant exchange, and thought it would be perfect for Echo.)

And now - more Pictures of Winter:


I think that something about snow causes it to trap smells; Bonnie is forever burying her nose in search of something - brrrr!


This scene is in the woods near Friendship Village. If you peer closely, you can see that Bonnie is licking snowflakes off her nose.


And here is a bench I would not want to sit on!

5 comments:

  1. You are so talented! The elephant is adorable.
    The snowfall today was beautiful.

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  2. i also like the elephant. . . and the scarf. . . and the scarf that i received last Christmas that keeps me warm every morning.

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  3. Kasey, you are too kind. And I think today's snow was even prettier...

    Jon, I'm glad you like the beagle scarf I made you! I told Jim, it was kind of a crazy scarf, and only a crazy person could pull off wearing it...

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  4. I love the elephant! I wish that I could knit like you!!

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  5. "How do you eat an elephant?"
    "One bite at a time!"

    You knit them the same way - a stitch at a time - you could totally do this, Annie!

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