Wednesday's Yarns - A Christmas Gift

     

 Starry Sky yarn and Ripples of Peace Shawl 

     My oldest daughter gave me some beautiful yarn, a wonderful shimmery skein of Merino and Mohair yarn called "Starry Sky" in cobweb (a finer wt. than "lace").  She bought it at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool festival.  She says in her note that it comes from yarnhygge.com. and that "Hygge is the Danish word for cozy and they celebrate it on Christmas with candles and books!" (we're both avid readers and knitters).  This reminded me of a lovely quote about "hygge" on my computer from What if This is as Good as it Gets?   "Hygge has been on my mind a lot lately.  Kind of like healthy hibernating.  Hygge (pronounced hue-gah) is a Danish word that is a feeling or mood that comes taking genuine pleasure in making ordinary, everyday moments more meaningful, beautiful or special."  So in the spirit of Hygge, I've been curled up with my new book (details below) and my new yarn.  And enjoying the simple pleasures of tea, a fire, reading, and knitting (or winding yarn).  It took a movie night (Christmas Night) and a whole day alternating reading, knitting and winding this yarn to get it into a ball.  It's cobweb and 1,000 yards long!    (More on Hygge - "The Year of Hygge, the Danish Obsession with Getting Cozy" New Yorker.)

     Finally, I found a simple pattern - "Schal für zwei" or "Scarf For Two"h  Most of the patterns for "Cobweb" were lace and I'm not ready for lacework and I know me, if frustrated it'll be put aside.  So I found a simple shawl; I can do all the stitches and, while not mindless knitting, it seems like it's close to it.  My daughter said she wanted to challenge me.  My daughter works with silk lace and creates 18th-Century Silk Knitted Pinballs on 0000 needles.  Her pinballs are popular with the other Colonial reenactors she works with.  So now she has me down to a size #2 needles!  But I don't expect this will be done until summer!

© Knittola

  Schal für zwei 

 © Knittola

© Knittola

     In between knitting and rolling up my yarn (and sips of tea and nibbling of dark chocolate covered marzipan, also a gift from my daughter) I started a new book from Nora Roberts called "Year One: Chronicles of the One" Book 1.

      One glance at the synopsis of the book and I knew this favorite author had switched up a new level and changed her genre.  I've just begun, but we're in the end of the world stuff, with a collapsing world, millions dying and magic somehow involved.  I was just simply intrigued.  So far, it's a page turner and my she does know how to write! (An interesting review which gives you a real historical background of the possibilities of a pandemic, but also is a bit tongue-in-cheek, you got to watch the video! - "The apocalypse, as imagined by Nora Roberts" Washington Post)

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