karen's knit in contemplation

the slowest sleeve in history

This has to have been the slowest sleeve ever knitted.  I hope the second sleeve is going to go quicker.  For one thing, I would like to be wearing this sweater right now!  It's cold and I need a light but warm sweater around the house in the daytime.  Well, I look forward to the day this Jaeger Nevada mossy-green-heather vintage lambswool sweater is complete!

Hope you all have happy holidays - whichever ones you celebrate.  See you in the New Year!  (with or without complete sweater.)

lucy

For those of you who used to follow my blog and enjoyed my posts and photos about Lucy - I just wanted to let you know that Lucy passed away on Monday at 99.25 years, peacefully, in her home.  I will certainly miss her and her gardens. Spending time with Lucy was like being in a sanctuary of serenity.

By the way, I do intend to keep on blogging about knitting but my posts are fewer and further between, now that I'm not quite the 'knitting machine' that I was there for a while.  I think I just needed to integrate knitting back into my life after a long lull, and the blogosphere helped.  Thanks to all you knitting-bloggers out there who inspired me to get back to knitting, and also to get online with my own blogs. 

I've been plying away on my two current projects: the edging of the Baby Georgia Baby blanket, and the sleeves of my Mossy Green Nevada sweater.  Knitting has been taking a back seat to writing, researching and playing the dulcimer.  We had a very huge Thanksgiving event here, but now as we move toward the solstice, things will be quieting down and I'll probably have lots of opportunities to pass the hours of solitude with knitting.