yarn along, december 2023:

By 4:45 pm, a murky gloom settles on our street, and the feeble light from the street lamps makes dim fuzzy circles on the pavement.  We have had just a few opportunities to embrace the seasonal hygge, but we try anyway.  

Mohair is definitely cozy, and a recent offer of free shipping to the US from Knitting for Olive enticed me to order enough for a sweater for myself and for Little M.  The beginnings of the above sweater, in dusty petroleum blue merino + mohair, are for her.  The pattern is a Petite Knit cardigan (with pockets!).  She has been begging for a sweater, and I am happy to oblige.  My only critique of the yarn is that the merino is a little thinner than I expected.

I have begun a Paul Klee sweater for myself, after a deep dive into my Shetland yarn stash and a trip to a local yarn shop for some Holstgarn and Biches et Bûches.  It's early days, so I'm still in the "is this working?" stage.  Updates to follow.

My eyes won't stay open long enough to read anything these days, unless it's my early morning reading.

It has taken me thirteen years to read through The Arena; while the guidance it contains was specifically written for monastics, there are bits that can apply to the average layperson as well.  It's hitting the spot right now.  Also a thinking book, Patterns for Life discusses the intersections of Charlotte Mason educational philosophy and Orthodoxy.  I'm savoring it!