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Weather: Unseasonably warm. Record of 72 degrees F yesterday. No snow yet this winter.

Current projects:

Winter Projects:
Still have to make the other glove for Dennis
I have not begun the scarf for Ryan His group is working on a logo and I will make it with the logo once they decided upon it.
Various hats, scarves and mittens. I want to have some on hand to sell at the CT Sheep Show in the Spring.

Projects on hold. I'm bored with these!:

A lace scarf out of hand painted Merino. This is a test project for the business. I might start to sell this yarn. Haven't finished it. Not crazy about the colors. Maybe I'll make it into socks instead.

Charcoal gray alpaca sweater. I have misplaced the instructions. Should be interesting to finish it without them.

Also crocheting a never ending blanket.

No quilts in progress

Very strange weather patterns this year. Record warm recorded at the airport yesterday, 72 degrees F. We have moths flying around the porch light and numerous robins running about the yard. This is not good. I worry what the lack of the snow ground cover will do to the water table. I'm always worried about our well running dry. Animals that should be hibernating are awake. The insects are out. The trees here have not started to bud, but I'm sure they are thinking about it. This weird weather will affect the maple syrup collection too as that requires a certain amount of cold temperatures before the sap starts to run. We are having a January thaw before we had a good thorough freeze. The ponds have not frozen yet and I'm certain that the peeper frogs will awake too early.

Ryan has gone off to a friend's house in NH for a few days. All of the guys in his band are there to work on their music and record some songs. This friend's older brother has a complete recording studio in the basement of the house. They are going to cut a new CD. If only this music would somehow contribute to the college bills, I would be very happy. Due to a miscommunication between myself and the loan foundation, I have to start paying back one of the loans next month. Don't ask, it was a stupid mistake.

Poor Ryanne is lonely. She sent me an email over night. Ryan has been almost ignoring her this break. He says that he needs to find his direction in life. I'm hating this teenage angst. I'll call her later and see if she wants to come over for a visit. She said she misses the bunnies.

Next weekend is a long one for us as our company now closes for Martin Luther King Day. I really need to jump into the paperwork for the business. State taxes are due at the end of the month. We haven't had many CT sales as we are strictly internet based, but I still need to report and pay them.

We still have to take down our Christmas tree today. That's only about a 15 minute job for us since we bought the artificial one about 6 years ago. I did all the other decorations down yesterday, well, except for the wreath on the front door. I never know what kind of winter decoration to put there after the holiday. We need something colorful what with the drab gray landscape of the season. I would put a small quilt there, but the western sun would mercilessly fade if in short order.

Today is St. Distaff's Day. It is the first day after the end of the Christmas season (yesterday was the Epiphany) and it was the day that women returned to their spinning. You can read about it here. Today I need to do the usual chores of grocery shopping, feed store shopping, laundry, bunny hutch cleaning, order processing and general house cleaning. In addition, I want to finish the mittens I am knitting for the woman in my department and in celebration of St Distaff, I want to spin more on Prudence.

I guess I had better get off of this computer and start to work. Happy day!

Recently completed projects-most recent first:

		Mittens for my supervisor out of some Noro I had in the stash.
Mittens for Ryanne to match the Shetland lace scarf out of the softest Merino wool	Shetland Lace scarf out of pink angora. I need to block it as it seems to have grown when I washed it. It's now about 8' long! I gave this to Ryanne's mother. She loves it.	A blue and multicolored handspun, multidirectional scarf. I gave this to Ryanne's father as a combo Christmas & birthday present.
Finished a hat out of multicolored handspun from roving I purchased at Rhinebeck last year. It's pretty shades of blues and greens. I made it for the Tamarra the temp that left work and now is in school in NH. I need to make her some mittens too and I will mail them to her.	Finished a Shetland lace scarf in greens & orange hand painted Merino from the NH Sheep show. It's for Ryanne for Christmas	Started and finished a quick multi-directional scarf out of the same green homespun for the other temp at work (Tamarra) who was leaving. She's going to school in NH so she'll need it.
Knit another hat for Ryanne. This one larger and out of green homespun. I added a few stripes of orange to make it the colors of the Irish flag. She's very Irish.	A blue hat with pink embroidered flowers and beads. I gave it to another girl at work for her toddler daughter.	Little basket weave socks for a toddler. I gave the to a girl at work for her 18 month old daughter.
A hat for Ryanne out of some blue Merino. I think it's too small though.	A homespun wool scarf in Autumn colors using a Shetland lace pattern. It's my first attempt at lace and I'm enjoying it.	Socks. Two pairs. One for me and I gave the other to Ryanne.
Made a quick scarf to wear to work out of the recycled silk I purchased on vacation.	Ryanne has the green sweater. I haven't seen it or her for a while. I have no idea what stage it is at. She was lengthening the sleeves (I have very short arms) and adding volume to the neck.	Socks. Blue & green variegated yarn. I gave them to Ryanne
Multidirectional Diagonal scarf out of brown homespun wool and alpaca. I gave it to Jack the Therapist. He didn't have a scarf.	Finished the never ending cardigan turned vest! The buttons are sewn on, I just have to make button holes and block it.	Pair of mittens for a child. They are knit out of Blue Wool-Ease from Lion Brand so they will be washable. I gave them to Chef Dave at work for his little boy Michael.
A multidirectional diagonal scarf for Dennis out of blue homespun wool.	A scarf for the scarf swap at our spinning guild made out of a mohair blend I purchased at Rhinebeck and some blue homespun wool.	Mittens for the girl who lives down the street made out of brown alpaca and a wool in autumnal colors.
Another hat for my chiropractor's baby out of multicolored acrylic..	Blue mittens to match the scarf for Ryanne	A simple gray winter hat. It's from the Border Leicester fleece that I bought last year. It's for LP for Christmas.
A turquoise blue wool and silk blend scarf for Ryanne.	Socks out of hand painted wool in lovely muted, "desert" colors. I inadvertently washed them and the wool felted. I now have slipper socks.	A grass green colored angora & alpaca simple raglan sweater
Hot pink hat for my chiropractor's baby.	A cowl from a blend of Cotswold wool and alpaca.	A glittery scarf with yarn purchased from Threadbear.
Hat for Dennis of homespun charcoal gray Corridale wool.	An ugly brown sweater for Dennis out of a mix of homespun wools. He loves it	Multicolored socks for me.