I woke up this morning terribly excited to be able to walk the poor neglected boxer. Then I looked at the weather: 0F. Back into bed I went. An hour later, when I asked Trygvi whether he wanted to go outside and pee on things, he just looked at me from the comfort of the couch. “Mom, are you kidding? I was out in the middle of the night. It was cold. Mom, you know I don’t have any fur.” Spoiled boy that he is, I let him get away with it.
This kind of weather requires hand-knits! These are the long-delayed 9 to 5 socks, tweaked to be symmetrical rather than identical in the twist direction, in yarn I dyed. They sat around for months with all but the toe grafting completed, then I misplaced them. But they’re wonderful none-the-less!
And then there’s this brilliant piece of knitting.
It is a knitted and felted alpaca hat from the farmer’s market near my mother, made by the woman who raises the alpacas I believe. Is that not amazing? I had trouble taking a selfie with both the antennae and the dangly tassels, so I went with the antennae. Of course. I admit I was skeptical when I opened the box, but it’s absolutely wonderful.
Changing gears entirely, or as close as you can get within fiber arts, go look at this embroidered dress on Midori Snyder’s blog: a hand-embroidered version of the 1526 “Adam and Eve” by Lucas Cranach. I can’t even imagine.
4 responses to “Brrrrr”
You could always have the boxer model the hat…
The boxer wants to eat the hat.
Beautiful vibrant green socks!! Gorgeous to those of us with sock admiration and envy!
That hat makes you look like a fairy elf from a dreamy fantastical place. So darn awesome on you!
The boxer may want to eat it, but be warned, the kitties attack my alpaca socks!
I’m not surprised the boxer wants to eat the hat. The boxer wants to eat everything!
Yay for finishing socks!
And the embroidered dress…wow.