An interesting weekend. I was supposed to go in to work, but got snowed in.

I snapped off my diffienbachia, right in the middle. I’ve had the poor thing since before high school. 14 years. ::sigh::

I put the top in a new, well watered pot, and there’s a chance the bottom will sprout a new top. But… still, not the best thing.

Then I broke the clip on the shoulder strap of my work bag. Ugh.

I plied one bobbin of the Dionysus before running out of plying thread. I’ll be finishing that up, setting and drying it tonight. Hopefully photos up tomorrow.

Some new roving arrived. Clun Forest, a downs breed. It’s very different in it’s hand, I’m looking forward to seeing how it behaves. I’ve got 4 pounds. A good contrast to the Polwarth I posted earlier exploding out of the box.

In the evening, the power went out, whee! So, after calling the power company and cursing the fact all my storm lanterns are at my parents’ house in Western MA, I lit my little decorative oil lamp.

And sat down, determined to get some progress on my little Brother’s holiday present.

This is why this is a decorative lamp. My one at my parents’ has glass so it reflects out a lot more useful light. Still, I could have managed, which was nice to know.

Then I remembered I have a coleman lantern for camping. And with the oil lamp handy for illumination, it was easy to light. And much easier to knit by.

Eventually, the power came back on, incidentally just before I went to bed.

Sunday, I got some fiber through the first batch of dyeing, before finishing up the hat and getting some more work done on the mistake rib thin scarf.

Hat for Lil Bro! (A Hat Fit For A Boyfriend)

This is in Plymouth Happy Feet yarn, double-stranded (whee true DK!) So it’s a nice thick, squishy, stretchy hat that breathes well. The idea being that it will be a good hat for my little brother to use backpacking as it can take the wear and won’t be overly hot for his high metabolism. But he still needs a hat for when he’s up in the hills of CA and the west coast backpacking. Hopefully it works well for him.

And more scarf. Still got a ways to go since it’s thin scarf for doubling over.

Tonight I get to bag up all the food I haven’t gotten thrown away from the power outage before I go home to visit my parents.

That’s all for now!

~The Gnome