Today it’s even colder – minus 17 this morning. Sounds terrible doesn’t it?

Actually it’s glorious. I was out briefly this morning – the sky is blue, the air crisp with the cold, dry, mountain air feel that we don’t usually have in the lowlands and best of all, the snow is frozen so hard that it squeaks when you walk through it. Honestly it felt like a joy just to be alive and out in it.

As soon as the sun shines I really do notice that my spirit lifts and I start to get my old energy and enthusiasm back. Both have been rather lacking round here recently, although I can now walk without limping with only slight pain in my knee, so I know things are on the way up.

Today my head is full of projects that I want to get going on….

First up, I want to make Camille Roskelley’s new pattern Hopscotch using Terrain by Kate Spain. I’ve got two jelly rolls looking at me in my cupboard and mixed with bright fresh white cotton I think this would really make a knockout quilt. Isn’t this a fun pattern!

…using this….

I’m also on the look out for a pattern for a table runner – any recommendations, anyone? – Would you believe that despite having made oodles of quilts I have never ever made a table runner. Crazy huh!

I also need to knit a hat. Today I had to wear a very dull black beret to go out in because there was nothing else (Daughter No.2 thinks I look like a granny in it – it’s that attractive!). I have a few nice knitted hats, but they seem to have all migrated to our place in the mountains. I confess that I have never, ever knitted a hat. That would make it about time, right?

I’m also itching to get this…

…onto my needles. February’s socks for the 12 in 2012 challenge. Pretty cool, don’t you think? This yarn is so totally me. there couldn’t be a better colour combination. It’s Ranco Multy by Araucania – the yarn is wool and polyamide, which should wear well – yarn from Turkey, hand dyed in Chile – I guess that’s globalization for you!

Here’s wishing you a happy and creative Saturday!

Helen

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