Nor'easter
The nor'easter is not being very nor'easterly in our neck of the woods. Last night sleet started falling around 9:30 and carried on for most of the night. Our bedrooms are in converted attic space right under the roof so when it rains or there's sleet at night, we can hear it pretty clearly. There's no better sound to fall asleep to, with the possible exception of ocean waves. Soon after we got up this morning it started to rain. About two hours ago I tried tuning in to our local channels to see what else we might be getting out of the storm but all I got were five channels worth of blank screen time. We still get Fox News so we'll at least be able to stay misinformed about the world in general. (Ouch! Couldn't resist I guess.) I can only assume Scranton/Wilkes Barre must be getting some pretty interesting weather if it's knocked out their ability to send out a signal.
With luck the rain will turn to snow and we'll get a few feet of the white stuff. This is entirely wishful thinking, but it's my blog and I can dream if I want to.
Friday night our town had a late shopper's night. It was a madhouse, which was great because it's never a madhouse downtown. It makes a person feel like they actually live somewhere. Anyway, Libby had a sale so I went in and picked up a few skeins of Lonesome Stone Fibers yarn in Hot Rod Red. The picture doesn't do it justice. It's got some black in there, as well as a hot pink that matches my wool coat perfectly. You get 400 yards per skein. I bought two. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them yet. Maybe a scarf and matching gloves? I spent some time flipping through Vogue's knitting bible looking for some inspiring lace patterns. The yarn's fairly delicate so I was thinking of doing something lacy with it on bigger needles than the yarn's gauge calls for, at least for the scarf. Then I was thinking if I planned it out properly, I could duplicate the lace pattern on the back of a pair of fingerless gloves because who doesn't want to be all matchy matchy? That's the idea for now. Maybe later I'll see something that will inspire me to head in a completely different direction.