It's one of those days, when the fog turns to snow inside one's head, it being December and all. An inordinant amount of strong coffee has been consumed and still the snow keeps softly dancing, and no clear thought can form in its midst. It is snowing outdoors too.
The good news is that the stole is done, and goregous, though I can't post a picture until after Xmas. So on to other Xmas projects. Do we hear it for socks?--omigod do we have a sock list, some of it from LAST Xmas (it's in my head with the snow). Sorries go out to all friends still waiting even if you don't know who you are.
What I'd like to do today: sleep (the usual low pressure system response), start the next shawl (waiting on yarn so that's not an option), or just about anything except what I'm supposed to do--edits and content creation for my current income earning project. Maybe having a wee snack of something with almond paste in it would help? I bought a pound of the stuff last week and will attempt to make myself an 'almond ring' with phyllo pastry assuming I can find instructions some where.
Okay, to make the work stuff seem more palatable I could have a look at my stove, to discover where the bottom oven element is and whether I can replace it and have a working oven. This thought (inspite of inner snow) follows on thinking about baking something. Haven't had a working oven since June, but recently discovered that the bottom element might be the problem and not the electronic panel as I first thought.
December makes me yearn for Xmas baking, mostly the baking part because I no longer eat much of what I make but love to have it to give away. So I will in fact make myself attempt the repair of the oven element soon even though it requires major physical contortions to get at it. I hate that beached whale thing when I get down on the floor and can't get myself up easily or with much dignity; imagine that and crawling, somehow, into the bottom drawer area of the stove. Sorry, can't take photos of myself doing that!
Nearly done spinning the Blue-faced Leiscester for the trim on my 'marmalade' sweater and hope to have that done as a Xmas gift for myself. Also have two vests in progress and many, many socks. Will start carding and spinning for the gansey I want to make during the Xmas break. There are always more projects in waiting than I can probably do in this life, but that doesn't mean I won't keeping on building that list. When inner snow isn't falling I find the list quite entertaining, exciting even.
