Regardless, I have been up to some stuff! I finished my Lionheart hoodie with the Tanis Fiber Arts DK in Rose Grey that I frogged from a failed sweater (ironically, another Jane Richmond pattern - I love the sweater, that one just didn't fit me at all!), and am *just about* finished a Portage cardigan in my old stashed TFA DK in Aquarelle - can you tell I had a TFA obsession a few years ago? I do love their colours!! And now that I'm focusing on stash busting, a lot of that yarn is coming onto the needles.
I also published an accessory collection! You can find it here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/lone-pine/patterns I'm really pleased with how they all turned out; I wear the mittens and toque more often now that it's not -30C, and I've been wearing the cowl loads since I made it. It's good for indoors and out so it gets more use than the other two - I really appreciate my Arika cowls but they have loads of fringe so it kinda gets into stuff when I'm doing dishes, cleaning, sitting with my cats...the Lone Pine cowl is just a nice comfy tube so it pretty much just turns any shirt into a turtleneck. I'll definitely be making more.
And in not-really-yarn-news, I'm now the local librarian! As a kid, I pretty much lived at the library, and in the last few years, I've been searching for ways to get closer to libraries as a career, but without having to spend money we didn't have on upskilling (a Masters in sociology is great but it's not quite suitable for getting librarian jobs). This job is a perfect opportunity for me to get into the community and do some good stuff for our lovely area, whilst petting lots of wonderful books. I'm so pumped!
So. That's what's up on this side of the valley. That, and ducks. We have two ducklings (well they're feathering out pretty good, so almost full grown) and we're about to hatch like 15 chickens and six more ducks, so that'll keep us busy - and calving starts in just a few weeks! Then it's spring for sure :)
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