Christmas is over...

I started taking down the Christmas stuff yesterday. Quite frankly, I need the space where our tree is so I can continue to clean out the UFO closets.

Doesn't everyone use their yarn swift to hank up their lights?



I played a bit with my new Japanese crochet book yesterday. I did one motif for the cover shawl in Zephyr wool/silk. It came out a little big, so I'll go down one or two hook sizes. The zephyr is a two ply yarn, which makes crocheting it on the small hooks a bit more of a challenge, but the drape is lovely! I'm also looking at some weaving yarns for a pure silk option.

I updated the UFO/WIP list yesterday, so I'm up to 33 43 projects so far, but I think I have about 5 that I'm going to abandon. If I add it to the list without being tempted to work just one row before I put it back, then I figure I'm not going to finish it. One closet is almost cleaned out... then the other closet (which has more yarn than projects right now).

So today I'll add a few more projects to the list, finish taking the Christmas stuff down and maybe work on a little knitting. I might have to take a break from the Lasso Gansey, tho' (boo-hoo). I think those size three needles might be too hard on my hands right now. Oh well, I've got lots of other projects to work on...

Happy Knitting!