Yee-haw! Cowboy Christmas has finally finished the trail ride and is in the stable. Quilting wisdom says that a quilt isn't finished until it's labelled, so here's the evidence.
You all are my witnesses. It's done!Prideful & Prejudiced socks are making about as much progress as my slog through the book--I think it's just that I know the story so well, I'm not turning the pages with any anticipation. But I have finally made it to the color work part and I seem to be doing okay.
This is a hat for Tiny. You can barely see it, but there are some subtle sparkles in the yarn that should make for a gently shiny hat.
This is a hat for Tiny. You can barely see it, but there are some subtle sparkles in the yarn that should make for a gently shiny hat.
And then there's the Damn Classy Hand Towel. Since I switched over to wooden needles, I'm actually making some progress. The linen yarn is slippery and behaves better with less slick needles. (yay) And I (ack!) just found the receipt for the yarn. I won't tell you how much it cost, because I would seem like a very silly woman to spend that much on a hand towel. But a damn classy one.
And I baked. Although when I had all the rest of the ingredients ready to go, I realized that I had less than half of the right amount of yeast. So I gave it a lot of time to rise and an extra knead. It came out good, if a little short. 
And I knitted some more. The pattern is the 
And I did a tiny bit of beadwork. After receiving some beaded stitch markers with my Sense and Sensibility yarn and examining 'em, I knew how to duplicate them. So I pulled out my wire and tools and beads and made two. Just two, though. Let's not get carried away.
Didn't do much else, though.
