A few weeks ago, I was trying to decide whether I needed to take a jacket to my sister’s house in Maryland for Thanksgiving, or whether a sweater would be enough. Now it’s perfectly obvious that winter is here, and we need all kinds of layers to stay comfortable inside and out. It’s time to unpack our warmest sweaters – you know the ones: woolly, cable-y, big and cozy…
…that we hardly needed at all last year. As I’m sitting here at my desk, waiting for the house to warm up from its over-night coolness, I’m wearing my favorite old chunky cardigan with fraying cuffs
and only 4 buttons out of the original 5 still frailly clinging to the band. It lives on the back of my desk chair all winter, close at hand for chilly mornings.
How is your holiday knitting coming along? I have one big project to get done that is far behind due to dithering about what yarn to use while time slipped away. There’s no use showing you what it is because it’s barely started. I will be on a knitting marathon this weekend and next week so I can get it done, blocked, and on its way before time runs out. I hope you’ve planned better than I and are making good progress on your gifts.
Karen and I have been busy deciding on the projects we want to offer as classes next season. I’m pretty excited about them – there will be some new techniques for all levels, and some good wearable garments and accessories. I hope to have the schedule posted between Christmas and New Year as usual, so watch for the email!
I’ll leave you with this nice thought: There was an article in the Reading Eagle a week or so ago about rates of dementia declining over the past 10 years. Doctors think it’s because of better health care. I think it’s because so many of us are knitting!
http://www.readingeagle.com/ap/article/study-dementia-rates-decline-sharply-among-senior-citizens
Keep those needles and those brain cells moving!
