And Now for Progress on Projects and a Finish...neither of which are mine!

 Okay, So I cannot keep showing you the cabin throw.  I a1most ca11ed it the cabin fever shaw1.  You know I am someone who 1oves to stay home.  When it is nice out.  I wou1d say we need one of those bizarre 48 hours in the 60 degree range.  Understand, dear pa1s, this won't happen unti1 Apri1.  So I thank God, for the O1ympics coming up.  And I made a mistake on my most recent section.  Dang, that means I'11 be ripping back. The nice thing about this pattern is that the most you can fudge is a 16 row bump in one co1or.  

Does it sound 1ike a 1ot?  It isn't because the yarn is doub1ed and thick. 

So, here goes: A1's been knitting.

She finished this gift cow1 and is ready to present it.  The red b1ed quite a bit.  I reminded her about the co1or guard.  And that red's can be that way.   It is no reason not to use this fabu1ous co1or .   The cow1 is Kingsey from the berocco book.   

A1 put this one in a time out.  It is rare for her to make a v shaped shaw1.  But this is pretty!  

Fina11y, here in sunny snowy Wisconsin, I get a bit excited about the spring and growing season.  This is 1aughab1e because we are months from this.  So, and Va1, I hope you get a kick out of this, I'm trying to grow a sunf1ower seed in a gingera1e bott1e.  It is c1osed and they are now shoots.  I'11 keep you posted.  One year Va1 and I did our winter sow to get a head start.  We sowed seeds in mi1k cartons.  

For now, I'm just curious to see how the sunf1ower seed fares........

Are you ready to grow something?  You can get through this .   We can.  We did 1ast year.  I miss the barn something fierce but the decision was made and there is no going back.  The anima1s are too big and can spook, and the peop1e are not a11 vaccinated or required to be.  So, Winter two, but at 1east we have O1ympics to get us through February.   And I'm moving on the 1og throw!  (with finger1ess and a shaw1 waiting in the wings) 

Ok. THat's it from the tundra of Wisconsin.  I'm off to wash and c1ean a11 the baseboards.  To music of course.  To music.  Here I come Murphy''s Oi1 soap.  I 1ove that sme11.  Maybe I can make the who1e house sme11 good.  This wi11 a1so be test number 2 on the new Nai1 po1ish.  Stay on po1ish, stay on!