The Heat is On

Hooray!  After a stretch of cold, rainy fall days, my heat finally kicked in!

While waiting for the heat to come on, I was finally inspired to block my latest version of the Hourglass Sweater (appropriately enough made from yarn purchased last year at Rhinebeck).

I was foolish enough to think that I had no toys to entertain my 4 year old nephew and 2 year old niece when they came over last night for grilled cheese and tomato soup.  Who needs toys when you have a sweater to block and yarn to wind?!  A spray bottle and swift were all I needed to entertain.  Sorry the photo is so crummy, the camera has some night vision thing going on.  Thankfully B is coming in tonight for the weekend and can rescue me (and you) from a world of exceptionally awful photographs. 

I'll take a better picture of the sweater, with me in it, this weekend.  I'll be thinking of many of you as you head upstate this weekend!

In other heated matters, please explain to me: Why did the fire alarm go off when making this.....

but not a peep was heard as this was left on the stove during a mad bout of studying? Yep, those are were carrots. 

Scholarly Lessons Learned:

• Setting off the fire alarm at 11:30 PM is not a good way endear yourself to the neighbors.  Let's hope that a pervasive sense of Minnesota Nice and the smell of freshly baked bread is enough to keep you in their good graces. 
  
• Don't try to cook when trying to meet a paper deadline.  The good news is, the paper turned out infinitely better than the carrots, I got an A!

Comments

[heather]

i recognize that yarn! probably good we're no longer in the same city as soon we'll be rhinebeck sweater twins twice over - i hit the spinner's hill booth for some licorice twist yarn very reminiscent of yours this weekend. congrats on the paper and i hope you had a great weekend with B - you were definitely thought of and missed in dutchess county.

[Juno]

Organic merino anyone? Looks fantastic.