Goings On

Work continues of the Multi-directional Scarf. It's about half done. As long as the recipient stays out of the house, there is a ghost of a chance of its being completed. But I have a great fallback--the recipient just happens to have a late December birthday. So there's always an emergency backup deadline date. That's immensely helpful.

The goodies are beginning to pour in at work. Today's haul included a box of chocolates, fancy pretzels with mustard dip, and a plate of cookies, fudge and spiced nuts. I'm-a likin' that too.

Dietary changes will happen after January 1. Enough said about that for the time being.

In the meantime, the inbox contained something a bit more intriguing than the usual forwards and spams today. Casey and I were blown away by Habu Textiles when we saw their booth at Rosemont last spring. Looks like there's a sale going on. I don't dare look too closely at the sale page on their site. But I did explore enough to see that they have kits for some very wonderful and offbeat garments, bags, and scarves. The idea of knitting a jacket in stainless steel yarn sounds like quite an adventure...