Knitting, with Dogs

Just in time

I was without internet access at home for four days.

Four. Freakin'. DAYS.

All I can say is thank heaven for free wi-fi at coffee shops and other places, because without them, I'd've been in the loony bin by now.

BTW, when I was at the coffeehouse on Saturday afternoon, there was a group of guys sitting around and taking turns playing guitar and singing songs.  The non-singers would play along with the singer, and occasionally harmonize or sing along.  I don't know the whole story about them, but it looked like a regular gathering of guys (they were all male).  It was fun to watch, and made me nostalgic enough to pull out my guitar to see if I can still play a little.  I can.  And I want to sing.  My singing is bloody ordinary, but singing makes me happy.  I predict more singing in my future.

We got through Christmas just fine, over at my brother's house.  First Christmas in 56 years without a parent around.  :(  But we made it through, and we'll be fine.  I am blessed in my family, even though there's not many of us left.

So happy new year to all, and I hope you're never without internet access for days, unless you want to be.

Merry Christmas!

Because I love these guys...

Happy Solstice

The Shortest Day

by Susan Cooper

And so the Shortest Day came and the year died
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees;
They hung their homes with evergreen;
They burned beseeching fires all night long
To keep the year alive.
And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake
They shouted, reveling.
Through all the frosty ages you can hear them
Echoing behind us - listen!
All the long echoes, sing the same delight,
This Shortest Day,
As promise wakens in the sleeping land:
They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends,
And hope for peace.
And now so do we, here, now,
This year and every year.
Welcome Yule!

My husband is a good sport

He even models FO's for me sometimes.

However, sometimes Jasper looks at him funny when he does this.

Pattern:  Just Enough Ruffles scarf (Rav link).

I've finished about 4 pair of fingerless mitts in the last week or two.  Got a couple more to do.  Pictures are on my project page in Ravelry.
I hope everyone else's holiday knitting is going well.

This. On a tee shirt

From here.  (Via the Chum.)

My sister sent me this

I can't imagine why, though.

(via Rhymes with Orange.)

BTW, my spare bedroom (aka my stash room) locked me out yesterday all by itself.  I swear, I couldn't make this stuff up.  I had to take two doorknobs apart (a normal one so I could see how the mechanism worked and the broken one, so I could fix it) to get back in the room. 

I don't know if that means my stash is happy or unhappy.