Still knitting but no FO pictures. I need to rent some long movies this weekend to finish up some things. I'm not sure this will happen as we're going to Nob Hill for a long walk and fantasy shopping on Saturday and having a Scrabble party on Sunday.



Speaking of fantasies, I keep thinking I have Peaches on a diet. Then I look at photos like this where the plump brown one is surrounded by food.

Sorry I've been so out of it lately. You'd think after I nurse an extremely grumpy DH for a week that things would improve but then I became ill as well. Married couples should NOT EVER get sick simultaneously. It isn't pretty at all. I was somewhat surprised that continuing to do my daily yoga (although not always the proper ujjayi breathing of course) really helped. I think I improved more quickly as a result and also managed not to murder DH. I got about 10 new yoga videos for Christmas from my father and am anxious to test them all out. Anyway, I'm finally better and trying to get caught up on everything. I'm way behind on blog reading but I'm now up to date on email at least.



Sara finished her pretty version of the Norwegian Star Hat pattern from Stranded Color Knitting. Go check her version out! I had originally decided to only mark down the price on the booklet until the end of 2004 but the booklet is selling better so I'm keeping it at the lower price of $8.99. As the local produce market says, "A Fast Nickel Beats a Slow Dime." Also, there are some new reviews of the booklet at the web site if you're interested. So far the booklet has made nearly $600 for rabbit rescue. Thank you all for your support!



I'm unsure what my fiber resolutions are for this year. Maybe I'll come up with some knitting designs. Maybe I'll try to reduce the size of the stash. I do think I'll continue to see how many more of the designs I can knit from Folk Knitting in Estonia. So far I've knit 9 of the 25 designs and the pages in my copy are almost completely separated from the binding. This week I plan to start Avo's Mittens in this Peruvian Baby Cashmere from Elann. I dearly hope this is enough yarn. I should have ordered more but I was sick when I ordered it and for some reason even thought the yarn color was green.

Yesterday was this blog's 2 year anniversary! Pop the cork on those champagne bottles! Break out the party hats!



This household is infested with flu germs and I've been working on the same silly Dale of Norway hat for what seems like years. In lieu of any FO photos, here is a photo of the most breathtaking quilt my college friend Gracie is making for me. I am completely stunned by such a beautiful gift-in-progress. Aren't the curves and colors beautiful? It reminds me of butterflies. This is certainly the coolest gift anyone has ever given me.

I've already said that socks are my comfort knitting. Here are a pair of basic socks (only 1 would fit in the scanner) done in Dale of Norway Sisik. The yarn came with a sock of the month mailing and I'm not that impressed. I'm starting to think all Dale yarns are overpriced. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with these socks yet.

Here is a photo of former Four Corners Bunnies/House Rabbit Society rescuer Debby Widolf and Sophie the bunny. Sophie is Peaches' identical twin. For years Debby worked tirelessly, caring for all the rabbits from the county shelter at her own expense. I set up the Cafepress Four Corners Bunnies shop and published Stranded Color Knitting to help her efforts. (Now the money goes to the Colorado House Rabbit Society in Denver which maintains a shelter and many foster homes.)



In October Debby landed her dream job as the Bunny House Manager at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. We miss her terribly but it is wonderful that someone so deserving got this opportunity. She has a staff and several hundred rabbits to care for. Debby and the rabbit staff were highlighted in an article, "Wascally Wabbit: The Fine Art of Bunny Love", in the current Jan/Feb issue of Best Friends Magazine.







Anyway, in the first photo you can how large Peaches is. She is tiny though in comparison to this UK house rabbit, Dory, who recently saved her owner's life.