I'm hoping the fourth time will be the charm. This is my fourth attempt at knitting an adult sweater. And I just won't feel like a "real" knitter until I can wear a sweater that I knit myself! My first three attempts ended up in the garbage; that will not happen this time as I'm using good yarn (Briar Rose). Without further ado, I present the first sleeve of
Harriet's Jacket:
It fits so far, which is more than I can say about my previous attempts!
I picked up these two books at the library yesterday:
I love Cathie Pelletier's novels, and
A Year After Henry is as good as her previous books. The story is set one year after Henry's death through the eyes of his wife, mistress, and brother. Sixty pages in, I'm mesmerized. Even though I couldn't finish
Just Kids, Patti Smith's first memoir, I picked up
M Train. We'll see if it grabs me.
I finished
Life Drawing and it was OK. I will warn you that it gets very, very dark as it nears the end.
Yesterday I was able to take this photo:
Finally we got enough snow (barely) to get out the cross country skis! My friends are in better shape than I, so I had to struggle to ski for 90 minutes -- but I did it! It felt great. If I could ski all year round, I would be in great shape. It's the only exercise that I truly love.
Afterward we went to one friend's house for hot chocolate. A perfect afternoon!
Looking forward to catching up with everyone in the post-Christmas week with Ginny's
Yarn Along.
