First Snowfall

We had our first real snowfall of the season last night and today. At 6:00 am the driveway was white and there was some powder on the deck, but it wasn't snowing and the grass was still green. By 8:00 am the grass was white along with everything else and it was snowing again. By the time I went to check the mail around noon, the snow was ankle deep. It has continued to snow off and on through out the day. Luckily, there is no wind and it is fairly warm so the snow is settling. This is the first of three snow events forecast for the next three days.

I got the bug and put up a tree for the holidays for the first time since 2007!  It isn't the nine footer I used to put up, but it is a nice tree.

                                    

I finished one of the two knitting projects I took on for other people this season.

I designed this scarf to fit the yarn I created. The yarn is 100% wool in two natural colors, grey and white, spun in singles and plied together. It is a sport weight yarn. I had two hundred yards to work with. the person I am knitting for bought the yarn from me earlier. I didn't want the scarf to be too frilly or too blah. I decided to knit a border of all knit stitches three stitches wide on either side and six rows deep on either end. The body is stockinette with rows of eyelets spaces throughout. I added rows of crochet to each end to finish the scarf. I didn't want to used fringe. The scarf turned out to be 8" wide and 48" long. It will be a warm scarf to wear inside or outside of a coat. Now I have one item left to finish and the sale this weekend. Then, the pressure so off!