Ice, Ice, Baby

We got hit by quite an ice storm last night here in New York.  The boys had a two-hour delay.  Too bad we didn't know about it before everyone was up and ready.  Lucky slipped when Dan took him outside this morning so that's how we knew to check the roads.  It was some nasty stuff but made for some pretty pictures!  Of course the rest of the week calls for rain.  blech.

I keep forgetting to post the picture of  the socks I finished with Kim's yarns.  I think this colorway was called Boysenberry?  Kim??  I know it was some kind of berry.  Gorgeous stuff all the way around.

Also finished another gift for my grandfather.  A nice warm hat.  I used Elann's Uros and that same sock yarn that I used in his socks (trying to be thrifty, couldn't use the sock yarn for anything else). You can get the free pattern by clicking here.  It's very basic but I figured I'd save someone else doing the math.  I did the decreases at the crown by alternating ssk and K2tog so that there wouldn't be swirls.  My grandfather just doesn't strike me as a swirly kinda guy.

Jeremy comes for Christmas in a couple of weeks.  I CAN'T WAIT!!  We haven't seen him since he came home on R&R from Iraq almost three years ago.  He's doing so great in colleg that we're treating him to a night at a great B&B in the Catskills and two days of lift tickets.  I can't wait to see his face when he opens his stocking on Christmas morning.  He loves to snowboard and I told him I didn't know if we'd be able to make it up there or not but to bring his snowboard because there's actually a small slope right on West Point.  Bwahahaha.  I love surprising people.   Just hate being surprised.

Comments

[Kim]

Jean, the socks came out great!!! I LOVE the modifications you made on your grandfather's hat.

[marti]

the photo of the hat in the iced over grass is beautiful!

[Wool Winder]

I guess you're fairly confident Jeremy doesn't read your blog. What a great gift! The socks are gorgeous. I really need to try some of Kim's yarn. Your grandfather is going to love his hat. I never thought about why some hat patterns alternate ssk and K2tog until you pointed it out.

[Jennifer]

Knit, knit baby. Two FOs. I like 'em both. Great color on the socks. The hat looks great - and yet a little different than the normal every day cap. Thanks for the link. I'll probably make one or two of these, too.