(click for bigger pic)What can I say… I was looking for an interesting title! And I apologize for the colour conflicts with the gloves, I’m still learning white balance it would seem!

I made myself a pair of the fingerless Fetching gloves that so many knitters have knit before me. But sadly, the instant gratification factor disappeared when I realized I was short the required yarn to finish them. About 30 inches too short! (are you feeling my pain?)

I dug through my stash, but nothing close was to be found. I chided myself for already sewing in all the loose ends on the first glove. Somehow in my deluded mind I thought I would be able to spit splice all the little bits together if only I’d not woven them all in. I assure you there would have been more spit than spliced!

(click for bigger pic)In the end there was nothing left to do but suck it up and frog what I’d knit, find something that would work with the Debbie Bliss and begin again. A ball of superwash merino in an eggplant shade came to the rescue. The yarns bonded immediately and I knew the gloves would be warming my hands in short order.

It is so painful to tear apart something that fits, but won’t work without a mate. If I was a one-handed knitter I would be fine with one glove. Mind you, if I was a one-handed knitter, maybe there’d be no glove at all - anyway - there’s no photos of the carnage that followed as I snipped and clipped at the woven ends of the finished glove and wound all the lovely soft cashmerino back into little balls.

(click for bigger pic)Success was mine in short order! I had gloves and they were beautiful and warm and everything I thought they’d be.

I decided the perfect photo shoot would include me feeding our local squirrel population.

I’m not sure why, except I thought it might be more interesting than just shots of gloves on my hands.

(click for bigger pic)Have you ever tried to balance a pile of nuts in one hand while hanging on to your NEW CAMERA while trying to keep the cat in the house with your foot (and other body parts blocking the door) while trying to get low enough to take an interesting shot with no camera shake and ... well this was the result.

Which is why I ran it through an “artful” few filters in my graphics software.

This little guy was none too sure of the crazy woman with the peanuts, but he was determined to get the nuts. And he did.

(click for bigger pic)One last (blurry, he scared me) shot of the squirrel. I thought he’d left. I had placed a peanut on the edge of the step and was playing with camera settings for exposure, DOF and all that when suddenly he popped into view, snatched the nut and was gone!

As you can see, the nut was in focus, his paws were in focus but I don’t think his head ever stopped moving.

Gosh, my life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.

And I have a finished pair of gloves to top it all off!

But wait! There is more! (remember the title now ...)

(click for bigger pic)This is my lovely bejeweled scarf. I have been wearing it, and I LOVE IT.

It is soft and warm and looked lovely draped on this tree. When I am out of pajamas and someone is here that can take a nice photo of it around my neck, you’ll see it again. The colour is almost exactly like this photo. The most gorgeous shade of blue.

I am so glad that I have added a little more colour to my world these days. (those who know me understand)