Lost in Austen

I have been a little slow  in the knitting department this last half week.  Of course Wednesday evening was when I was sick.  I didn't want to infect the yarn you know.  Thursday I didn't work, but still felt sketchy. (Sandy and I decided to cut back our hours some at the history center, since we still aren't bring paid.)
Anyway, I had started re-reading Pride and Prejudice on my Nook.  I was so "in the mood" that I dived into one of the many P & P alternatives I had purchased when they were on sale.  I read one variation where Elizabeth and Darcy marry after the first proposal (Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy - the Last Man in the World). And now I am buried in "Mr. Darcy's Diary". 
I am indeed lost in Austen.
And loving it.

Cabling Along

Much progress has been made on the Misty Blue cardigan, especially when you consider I was too ill with the creeping crude to knit yesterday.
I love the cables in the front of this sweater.
I did discover that they show up better when captured without flash on my phone's camera than with my regular camera's flash.  The extra light washes them out.
The addition of the garter stitch edges, as well as the cable help keep the knitting interesting.  I'm going to enjoy this project.
Especially since the deal was that the receipent is going to do the sewing up.

One Down

One piece, I mean.   Four more to go.
One advantage of knitting for a short rotund person (me for example) is that while the rows may be long, you don't have so many of them.
While knitting for a tall slender person (let's say like Evelyn), while the rows may be short, the number of them go on and on.  Particularly if it is a long style of sweater.
That just may be why that "almost finished" back took until today to finish.  Just now in fact.
And since it is way too long to fit on my handy footstool, and it is way too long and skinny for Gertrude all I have is this bunched up shot to prove it is indeed off the needles.
Now to cast on the interesting shaped side number 1.

Stupid Time Change

No secret here that I am not a fan of Daylight Savings Time.  With my local community being on the western edge of the time zone, we already are waiting till nearly 1pm for the sun to be overhead.  And with sun up at 8am, and sun down shortly before 8pm, that gives us sun overhead about 2pm.  Yuck. 
Not to mention this mucking around with the time totally messes with my mind and body.  I'll be practically worthless for most of the week.
But on a brighter note, despite the wonderful snow and cold last weekend, look below to see what I found in the yard of the old rectory, next to church.  Crocus!
And....I almost have the back done on the Misty Blue Cardigan.

Lake Hagen Visitors

Just like the swallows that return to Capistrano, Lake Hagen gets its own visitors each spring. And last week, the geese returned to Lake Hagen.
If you look very closely they are on the far side of the" Lake." They are quite vocal about taking possession of the lake, which you may remember is a located near the house and garden, snaking through the pasture to the property line to the neighbors.
They didn't stay long however. This past weekend we were dumped on with rain, snow, slop and then temps down to 10. The lake became a ice skating pond, and the geese moved on. Now that the temps, just five days later are in the 50's, we will have to wait and see if they come back again.
An aside for those who have been interested in my employment situation. With the opening of the Terry Wantz Historical Research Center in Fremont, I am at least semi-employed. We will be having the Grand Opening later, in April but in the meantime, I have posted pictures and some information on the Cemetery Divas, my other blog which will be able to make a resurgence.
I am so happy to be back to working, doing the kind of work I love. I may not have as much knitting time in my future, but I will have cash for stash enhancement. Its all in how you look at it.