My friend Melissa came up to the city on Friday and we went on a little adventure to the Cloisters.
We saw very impressive carvings:
and walked around the gardens, which are all ready for winter:
Then we went downtown to see the Lion Brand Studio, but we forgot to check their hours. They were closed. We did, however, have a good laugh at their window display:
It’s a little hard to see in the glare of the window, but yes, those are size 300 needles. I’m wondering what yarn goes with those.
Then I came home and did more Christmas knitting.
This is from Knitpicks Tidings of Joy Ornament kit. I’m slowly working my way through the booklet, and I absolutely recommend it if you’re looking for some quick present ideas. (Unless you’re in Scotland, of course.) I could probably figure most of these out on my own, but sometimes it’s nice to have someone else do the lifting and figure out the numbers for you. It’s a terrific little kit with some great ideas — strings of lights! sugarplums! popcorn & cranberry strings! and I’m really enjoying turning out finished objects this quickly. The only problem is that I want to keep them all.
Ok. Enough jabber, more knitting! Dare I ask how everyone else is progressing? Or have you not started yet? I know one person is done. I won’t say who it is for her own safety, but she should know I’m pretty darn impressed.