Done and done

Two pair of socks finished. The first pair are for my friend and co-worker Michelle. She was excited, this is her first pair of handknit socks. She is learning to knit herself, so she will be able to make her own soon. The second pair are shortie socks for me. They worked up very quickly, only 5 rounds of K2P2, one plain round and right into the heel flap. I used 2 balls of the 25 gram Regia, it is a line put out to make baby things actually called "My First Regia." I used almost all off the 2 balls but now I know I can get a pair of shortie socks for myself out of 50 grams of sock yarn. Now to knit the 2 pair of mittens for American Girl dolls that I promised a special young lady I had the pleasure of meeting a couple of weekends ago. Then I really need to finish up some other projects I have started!

Winter has turned to spring.

The last few days have been the kind of days that remind me why I live where I do. After months of tredging through snow to get to work, pushing a grocery cart through slush and muck in the parking lot, the snow has gone and the air is fresh. Ok, the snow has gone for the most part, there are still random piles where snow was piled. The Locks still have chunks of ice and it looks like a slushy, but the shipping season is well underway and things are moving again. Neighbors we have not seen all winter are outside, happy to have the fresh air too. There is movement. Winter here has a stillness to it, things come to a stop, businesses close for the winter. Spring comes and things are moving again. I can't imagine living somewhere without seasons, without this rhythm of life.