Thankful it's the weekend....

It seems that each day of last week, I got more tired each day. Probably a combination of time change, grey snowy days and more time outside in the fresh air. Whatever the cause, it means that I don't get as much knitting time. So this morning, I got an extra hour to sleep and I have spent most of the day knitting and taking small breaks to do the household jobs that needed doing.

I was able to finish a pair of socks. Plain ribbed socks of hand-dyed superwash wool/nylon. Three 100 yd skeins were required to knit an 8" pair of socks. These will fit a woman's size 7 or 8 foot.
I'm working on reducing the stash I have here (in order to buy new, of course). I purchased a skein of  50%/50% mohair/wool from Tracy Asselstine at Old Apple Ridge Angoras during the Christmas sale in Tamworth. She's hand-dyed it in a blends of teals, greys & black. This yarn is her millspun from her own sheep & goats. I bought this yarn with the intention of knitting a one-skein shawlette to have on my table in my Farmer's Market Booth. I like buying hand-dyed & handpainted yarns from other fibre artists; each of us are unique in our colourways, and this allows for creative variety.

I've started the 

Multnomah - a design by Kate Ray (available through Ravelry.) This is a garter stitch shawlette that has a beautiful fan & feather border.

Tomorrow we're meeting up with our daughter and son-in-law and his family and we are all headed to Wheeler's Pancake House & sugar bush at McDonald's Corners. We'll have a wagon ride, tour the museum and enjoy a nice breakfast that will include sweet maple syrup.
It's been a productive day. Keep knitting! :)