Happy Valentine's Day!

I had a lot of plans and ideas for this day that just didn't happen, but it was a nice day anyway. We had a Valentine lunch with two guests, and The Bruise finally had someone to give Valentines to. I also saw two movies. I went to The International with BFJ, which I thought was a good movie, if somewhat despairing. As we were leaving the theater, my sister was coming in, heading toward He's Just Not That Into You, so BFJ suggested I stay and watch that with her while he went to pick up the kids. So I did. (I went back out and bought a ticket, just so you know.) I left the second movie acutely aware that my house does not say things about me, like Movie Peoples' Movie Houses say things about the character(s) they belong to. And also, I had never realized how much Ben Affleck looks like Casey Affleck. I mean, it's not that I didn't get the point of the movie, but luckily I am all settled about who my sweetheart is :)

And by the way, it is still wintry here.

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reasons I knit

I haven't posted a lot of knitting on here in the last few years. Not much to say about it but I still knit. I knit because I love to create. I knit because I love sweaters. I knit because I grew up with a mom who is artistic beyond the acknowledgement she receives, and it's in my blood to do something creative. I knit because I love the good things God grows, like sheep and wool and muskox and cotton. I knit because I love colors. I knit because my boys wear what I knit. I knit because I like the rhythm. I knit because it has a beginning and an end, and they are achievable. I knit because when my hands are busy, my mouth slows down, and it gives my brain a chance to make better decisions. I knit because I'm really, really good at it, and it's one of the few things that others acknowledge, and we all need that. I knit because I love to knit. I'm working on a colorful shawl in alpaca.

modular knitting

On the plus side, modular knitting gives one interesting options for colorwork and color blocking. Sometimes the dye process can give the yarn its own commentary, like this changing of scales. However, there are often many more ends to weave in. This one is not too bad, but there's at least four ends on every row - 14 rows. Still, interesting to try something new! Details on my Ravelry page , if you are interested!! Have you tried modular knitting? Thumbs up or down??

getting through winter

As classes of all sorts get scheduled, rescheduled and postponed due to weather, and with the short days with less light, I often find January and February to be a forced pause. Years like this convince me that I should get good at reading rain gauges and keeping track of the temperature. It seems like we've had an usual amount of snow. That should be good for our snow pack and seasonal runoff to fill creeks, lakes, basins, but we'll see what the spring brings. In the meantime, I have been trying to tick off indoor chores and projects, and working on garden things. We have started a handful of seedlings: basil, foxgloves, verbascum, lavender, rosemary, onions and something new to us, naranjilla . We have varying levels of success. The naranjilla did take a long time to germinate; I think we used 11 seeds, and we currently have five seedlings, some a couple weeks older than others! We're still 12-14 weeks out from planting and I really had my hands full last year -

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