I somehow managed to miss the fact that Thanksgiving is next week. I remembered it was going to happen towards the end of November as usual...only to realize exactly how close that was about two days ago.
I've been diligently knitting bits for gifts(Daughter is helping), that will hopefully get shipped out in the next month. There has been plotting for some indulgent projects after those bits for others are finished and I manage to cast on the sweater I have planned for Husband; the small fortress of works in progress gathering dust around me not withstanding.
After a bit of a rummage through the yarn hoarde I pulled two project bags. One was the yarn for the Ash & Fire pullover, Malabrigo Silky Merino in the Redwood Bark colorway.
It is a purple-toned red-brown that is kind of amazing.
The second bag was for Lillet, the yarn is Malabrigo Washted in the Selva Peruana colorway (a colorway I visited almost daily until I found the sweater pattern for it).
The colors just glow. (Why yes, I am a huge fan of Malabrigo!)
I also pulled out my Leeloo cowl to work on, only to realize I had over-compensated for my usual tight knitting gauge, ripped out what I had, and started the whole thing over on a size smaller needle (which is still four sizes larger than the pattern recommends).
The yarns are from Nerd Girl Yarns Hunger Games inspired colorways, Twirl for Me and Girl on Fire. Sadly, Nerd Girl Yarns is not currently dyeing.
The end is finally in sight for my Henwife shawl! Only...it's huge. Like, coat size. I used worsted instead of DK and went up four or five needle sizes. Two or three needle sizes would have been sufficient. Too late now. I've hit the lace border, I am not ripping out. The plan is to full it a little (start the felting process), block it out, and then fold the wings into sleeves and sew them down. Voila! (Sort of) instant cardigan! It's been in progress for more than a year now. /sighs
I may have also indulged just a little bit. The colors were just so lovely!
The dyer is Dragon Hoard Yarn. With a name like that, is is really surprising I love their stuff? The colorways are Fire Vixen and Spirit of Fire.
Spirit of Fire is planned to become the main color in a Winterthorn hat. Fire Vixen will be the bright contrast in The Doctor Is In mitts. I've also already planned out what to do with the leftovers from the Leeloo cowl, the Winterthorn hat, and The Doctor Is In Mitts. A cowl with mitts looks pulled together. Gloves or maybe mittens, in yarn from your colorwork hat? Charming! A lovely, simple hat to show off hand dyed yarn that I may or may not be planning to slap a plague doctor on? Thematic!
Then my brain reminds me that we still don't have a turkey or sides (or really anything) for next Thursday. So, I start planning recipes instead. Simple ones, maybe ask the others what they want to make. Right now, (like everyone) we are all tired and enthusiasm is not bubbling. Time moves oddly, some days last a year, but the month only started yesterday. A week seems endless, till you start the next one all of a sudden.
So, homemade cranberry sauce and stuffing? I'll make a list, that always helps.
May you be able to focus on what you need to and have lovely distractions to help you through the next bit of time, however long or short it seems.
