More Snow...and Knitting Time Indoors

So we have more snow... a blizzard actually. On our way to breaking a 70 year record (or something like that). We are SNOWED IN totally, but it's good knitting time. Of course, we are always trying to find time to knit. If the power doesn't go off, I will knit until midnight. Working on some Yarn Harlot socks with Noro sock yarn. It's a bit rough, like thread, and not as soft as most sock yarn but the COLOURS are amazing and it's not that bad once you get the hang of it. Am using 2mms double points (I prefer them... have tried Magic Loop and circs for socks but I just love the double points) and it's working up nicely. Love to see the colours changing. Just working up the foot on each sock - I do two socks at a time using two sets of dbl ponts and Second Sock Syndrome is taken care of nicely. Just finished a pair of Lana Grossa Meilenweit socks in red colour changes and they are so pretty! For my friend Gaby, and then some in a blue/brown colourway for her husband Thomas - they are the German friends we travel with each year on our cruise. No more cruising for a while though. I think we are cruised out. Too many people this time, too noisy and I'm so exhausted. Got sick on the ship (sinus/bronchitis) and am STILL sick (three weeks now) and taking antibiotics. I got sick last year too. I think it's the airports and the crowds and the people on the ship, too many people and I am so vulnerable to it all. Ah well. We were lucky enough to get warm for a while and see our friends, whom I adore, and am sending them these socks. I gave them both scarves last year and they LOVE them. So Gaby is going to check on the Wollmeise shop for me and see if Claudia can spare some yarn and then she can send me some! whew. That would be amazing. I guess I am waiting for Sheri at http://www.theloopyewe.com/ otherwise and she apparently is having a Sneak-Up this week with the Wollmeise.

I helped Guido (http://www.itsapurlman.com/ ) out with his LIVE video podcast tonight and last night was the test night so Charles and I helped with that. It is really a new thing... and we are all rooting for him and hoping it goes well. A few things to iron out but basically it seems like it will work. People can join in and talk and listen and use their webcams so you get to see them on video. So we can see Guido showing us his stash and his projects and we could see his guest and the other people that joined in could talk and contribute. Neat idea. I think we need higher speed internet though as the lag time seemed to be a bit of a pain. But it was fun to try it. It's his two year anniversary. So David ( http://www.sticksandstring.com/ ) Ready was there working on his Hemlock Ring blanket - amazing - Guido just finished one too - and both of them are so gorgeous! And CAT from (http://www.letsknit2gether.com/ ) and Eric were there, and she is going to try and do a video podcast next week too. Right now Cat does the video on the iPod where we learn so much from her and she is just great. And I got to see Charles again - he is working on a gorgeous shawl for his mom (I think it's for his mom) and met Jadie (jadielady on Ravelry) and Susan B - who is not on Ravelry yet but seemed fun and she has a little baby so she is busy busy...

So here are more socks and I am going to finish up the Noro socks tonight and have joined the KAL for some "No Purl Monkeys" (which is what CAT is working on) with dkKnits group on Ravelry. Starts next week. Looking forward to it. Have been winding skeins of yarn into balls for some projects and using up some old acrylic yarn making it into an afghan (it's been sitting around for two years and taking up yarn space ) so am busy and happy and hopefully the antibiotics will work their magic soon cause this headache is driving me nuts. Sinus pain and headache for three weeks NON-STOP is enough to make anyone cuckoo.

Happy Knitting everyone!