I had started Fetching for my eldest daughter around Christmas, but had put it aside due to Rosemarkie. She gently reminded me that she could really use them right now, so I finished them up for her.
Pattern: Fetching by Cheryl Niamath
Yarn: Karaoke, colour 281, 50% SOY SILK®/50% Wool, 100m / 50g ball, 2 each
Needles: #4 DPNs
My variations: I added an extra row of cable around the fingers and did the basic cast off with a decrease for each purl stitch.
The yarn is a single ply and feels quite soft. The colour reminds me of alpine glow.
The other day I seemed to be wearing my “taxi driver” hat for most of the day. The roads weren’t bad, though I wouldn’t want to drive without my 4 wheel drive. The weather can change while you’re driving and a lot of the side streets are icy. A couple of weeks ago, while driving one of the kids to practice. I get a call on my cell that one of the other kid’s parent had slid sideways on a hill while trying to stop and help a police officer who had gotten stuck in the ditch. Without the 4 wheel drive I wouldn’t have been able to help them.
While I was out driving around, I realize that I forget to appreciate the beautiful place where I live. Here are just a few pics of the mountains along daily “taxi” trips.
and my driveway (the mountains are peeking through at the base of the trees)
So I am resolved to “Stop and Smell the Roses Mountains.”
