We currently have snow. Not anywhere near as much as we have had in previous years, but it is causing some issues in our corner of North Wales. We are ever more grateful to live on a bus route as these are the roads that get gritted, so as long as we can clear the top of the drive we should be fine to get out in the car. Side roads are more like skating rinks as we discovered on a walk yesterday. Where the snow is driven on and compacted, melts a bit and refreezes it creates a very skiddy situation! Surrounding areas have had more snow than us as well with some folk being snowed in.
And so, the weather has meant that both commitments in my diary today are off. This probably doesn’t mean I’ll be out in the garden making snow angels, but I am admiring the traditional snowman complete with scarf that has been built by a young family who live in the road behind us.
I also love the light you get when there is snow. Everything is brighter and that is just what we need right now, especially as we took the Christmas decorations and tree down yesterday. All the cheery Christmas lights in the neighbourhood have gone away for another year and so the brightness of the snow helps it not feel so dark.
I will walk up to the post office today and post a design sample that is due to arrive by the weekend, and then email the pattern and all associated files to the magazine. I will also have time to start looking at a tech editing job I have recently been asked to do and play with the numbers for a new design of my own.
While I am enjoying the current weather I am also hoping that it is all gone by the weekend so my journey to visit my mum in the midlands is straightforward. The signs are promising – keep your fingers crossed for me!
In the meantime I have actually done a bit of knitting I can share with you. I knitted some new toes for Sue’s favourite socks at the weekend as she had worn through them. I’ve already shared these on facebook and one of our friends said it was “love declared in the form of knitting” which I thought was spot on!
Also, I was given some sock yarn for Christmas (thank you Katie!) and last night I started some new socks for Sue using that. It’s West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-ply in the colourway ‘Robin’.
For those of you who like to know these things, I’m doing 80 sts on 2mm needles, 20 rnds of 2×2 ribbing, then 60 rnds of leg (I’ve done 27 so far) before a heel flap worked on half the sts. So that’s 8000 sts by the time I get to the heel turn! So, yes, if someone knits you socks (or anything!) as a gift, it means they love you.
I hope you have a good week and have had a good festive season. Until next week, take care and do some stuff that makes you happy. K X