Finishing a Sweater

I've noticed a sad but interesting thing about myself and, in my very rough calculation, this seems to apply to about 50% of knitters I meet everyday. Some projects, like hats, are very easy to finish, but those that require "making up" can sit, completely knitted, in a closet for years just waiting to be finished and shown off. Let us not fear success! Just think of all the compliments you will receive on your sweater, of the baby that is now six months old and in need of a hand knit blanket, or whatever the incentive that works for you.


If you haven't noticed, I'm trying to motivate myself here.  I have been working on a coat-style sweater on commission since October now.  In my defense, I had to take a break from it for my Christmas knitting, at which time I was able to finish several different projects, though mostly small ones.  But I finished almost all of the main knitting on this sweater about two weeks ago and I've just been avoiding the assembly of the pieces, the next necessary step.  So today I forced myself to sew the side seams and the sleeve seam of the one trial sleeve.  Note that it took no more than an hour.  Oh, and it didn't hurt at all!

Winter Hats

I am always looking at color combinations that I see around me - in nature, on houses, interior design, you name it.  I know it's a little early for winter hats, but there are a couple of color combos I had to try out and a hat is the perfect sized project to do it!

upta Bingham

This week when Ned left my house in Raymond to go home and get ready for another week of work, I got to go with!


The drive was really nice, past frozen swamps full of snags and black spruce and then as we got closer almost all giant elm and hard maple.  I'm hangin out at Ned's apartment all week before we head back south on Friday.  Today I came "downtown" to this little internet cafe (and next, to the post office) and here is what it looked like when I walked through his neighborhood in upta Bingham:

'the weatheh Up Nahth...'

It's snowing again really hard.  This week was mostly sunny, in fact the month of February was pretty sunny all around.  One week ago today the temperature on my shaded thermometer said 54.  When I saw it I couldn't believe it, so I had to go for a walk up the hill overlooking the lake and then down the road to the mailbox.  Being in the sun I was delighted with how warm it felt.  It's important to remember that just a few months ago I truly believed 60 degrees was 'breezing,' haha.  I could have sworn it was 60 degrees last Friday, and by that I mean it was WARM!  But, ho hum. I checked out March and average highs are 45 all month.

In other news, I will be broadcasting from a new location next week so stay tuned to see where I will be (and what I'll be working on), cause it is sure to be super exciting!  I think it might be a good time to show you first how it looks here in Raymond, on the cape of the frozen Sebago Lake...

chickadees say, 'time to restock!'