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Socks, KAL, Snow, Door, Bread

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First: The Socks I am on track to finish the second Broken Seed Stitch sock by the end of next week.

I just finished the heel flap on sock #2 and am ready to turn the heel. Then the gusset (which I detest), the rest of the foot, and finally the toe!

This picture is the side where the colors change. You can really see the jog in the stitches on sock #1 on the right. I tried to tighten the yarn at the color change point a bit on sock #2 so it isn’t as noticeable.

Second: KAL Winwick Mum is having a Winter Haven KAL. (That’s code for Knit-A-Long) One doesn’t have to knit the same thing as everyone else but she’s included a free sock pattern if desired. She has other patterns as well. The requirements are easy to join the KAL: knit one of her patterns or use one of her yarns from West Yorkshire Spinners. The Easy Mosaic socks I recently finished is one of her free patterns.

I’ve never done a KAL before but I’m going to try this one and use her free pattern called Trailblazer socks. I have to finish the BSS socks before I start on these as I need the short circular needle from those socks. Plus I need to shop my stash for the right yarn.

Third: Snow Mother Nature dropped 6-7 inches of snow on us Sunday night and Monday. We weren’t surprised that schools were closed on Monday and possibly Tuesday. But Wednesday and Thursday?? The roads were clear by Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Aitch emailed a teacher friend about no school. Evidently the wind chill factor was so low, the powers-that-be decided it was too cold for the kids to wait for the bus. 99.99% of the kids ride a bus and sit in their parent’s warm car/truck/SUV when waiting for the bus. Whatever. We don’t have kids in school and we’re both retired so it shouldn’t concern me.

Pepper loves the snow but hates getting her sweater on. Is it because it goes over her head? It’s a struggle but I put it on her if it’s below 25oF.

Fourth: Door Our front door was bare after I took down the Christmas decorations on Monday. I thought this was perfect.

Fifth: Bread I took advantage of the below freezing temperatures this week and baked bread to help heat the house. Two beautiful loaves of bread warmed us inside and out.

In fact this was lunch the day I baked it along with a glass of wine. I still haven’t found the perfect “sandwich” type bread recipe as mine always seem to have a course crumb. Any help would be appreciated.

I had a home improvement hack and some other things to talk about but this post was long enough.

Patti nona

Snow Day

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Winter Storm Ember brought about 6-7 inches of snow to our area over the weekend.

Snow storm Ember 2024
About 4 inches at this time. Two more inches before it’s all done.

Pepper got to wear her new sweater outside to play in the snow.

She followed Mr. Aitch down the driveway behind the snowblower. But she ventured out into the snow soon after that.

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It was snowing pretty heavily before he finished. This was the last part and it’s already starting to get covered again.

Snow storm Ember 2024
Not boots…
Snow storm Ember 2024
…snow caked legs!

Pepper does not have booties on. That is snow caked in her hair! It took 20 minutes with the hairdryer to get all those icy clumps out!

Shoveling

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Snow storm Izzy dropped about eight inches of snow on us Sunday afternoon and evening.

Mr. Aitch used the snowblower on most of the driveway and then we both shoveled what the snow plow left at the bottom of the driveway. It was heavy and compacted with a crusty layer on top.

Mr. Aitch commented to the neighbor across the street that he would hire her three kids (ages 12, 9, and 5) to shovel our snow in a year or two. Her comment was that they didn’t want to help her shovel their driveway. Um, excuse me? We didn’t have a choice when I was a kid as to whether or not we “wanted” to shovel snow. With only one shovel in our house all of us had to take turns clearing off the driveway and sidewalk.

Whether we wanted to or not.

Zero to twenty-four

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What a weekend!

Mr. Aitch and I survived the visit from Jonas.  (In case you weren’t aware, the Weather Channel in the US decided to name the winter storms so we could remember them like we do hurricanes.  This one was Jonas.  Whatever.)  Fortunately, we didn’t lose power or our Wi-Fi – two of life’s necessities as far as we’re concerned.  And one can’t really stock up on those services like one can with wine, cheese, crackers, bread, and milk.

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We went from zero to 24 inches of snow in as many hours.

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Our snow blower wasn’t working (which I didn’t know) so Mr. Aitch and I tried to shovel out the driveway during the storm.  That activity ended within a half hour.  No point shoveling while it’s still snowing.  Plus the ambulance wouldn’t be able to get to our house if we needed it.  And we didn’t need it.

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We got three more inches of snow after this was taken.

We stayed warm and cozy with homemade vegetable beef soup and fresh made rolls on Friday once Jonas made his appearance.  Yesterday we had pork tenderloin (BOGO free) with mashed potatoes and green beans. Got to try to keep the house warm!

I was getting antsy and my hands wanted something to do so I looked through Knitted Gifts and found this pair of mitts I fell in love with when I first bought this book.  I cast on with some Knit Picks Stroll fingering weight in Duchess Heather (deep, rich purple).  The accent color is Green Tea Heather.

Shaadi-mitts

Most church services were cancelled on Sunday so we went outside in the sunshine and started on the driveway again.  Let me tell you, 24 inches of snow is heavy!  We were about a fourth of the way finished when our neighbor came to our rescue with his snow blower.  He made quick work of getting rid of all that snow for us.  Thank you Steve!

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The sun really helped clear off the remaining snow.

What did you do over the weekend?  Anything fun?