One of the things on Emma's wish list is berets. I'm knitting the Gwen Slouchy Beret and I like how it's looking. The yarn is Bambool and I'm enjoying knitting with it. Let's just forget that this was supposed to be a Christmas present, okay?
Also in the photo are some lovely new stitch markers. Mary gave me some delicate olive green markers - she chose my favorite color! And Emma made a set of colorful turquoise markers. She even made one different to mark the beginning of a round. It really touched me that she made something for me that would mean a lot to me and that she knew enough about my hobby to make one of them different.
Today is Day 3 of The Storm. Steve went to work and finally got there. One 10-15 minute stretch of road took him an hour to travel. His parents are trying to leave. They called to tell me that the hill near our house is blocked by police so they're having to go around. The interstate roads are now passable but getting to them is a problem.
I hope you are all cozy and safe with all the winter weather. Right now Florida is the only state without snow!
That's a very pretty beret. And you know what? Let's go to FLORIDA!!
Posted by: Carole | January 12, 2011 at 06:18 PM
Not to rub it in...but YAY for us! :)
Posted by: Christy | January 12, 2011 at 07:29 PM
I love the beret! And I think it's something Emma can use right now. There is a lot of snow out there. My parents left for Florida last weekend.
And today we got 15 inches of snow...
Posted by: Sheepish Annie | January 12, 2011 at 07:57 PM
Lovely, lovely! The beret, the olive green markers, but especially Emma's gift. What a sweet girl.
Posted by: greetingarts | January 12, 2011 at 09:24 PM
so pretty! I drove to Florida yesterday...and it's nice to not have snow, but it is cold here - in the 20's which for them is like the arctic!
Posted by: Mary | January 13, 2011 at 06:09 AM
i love the beret! that's something on my list of "wanting to knit for myself." and what a very thoughtful gift from emma! i'm just discovering the joy of stitch markers!!
Posted by: vanessa | January 13, 2011 at 11:57 AM
the beret is lovely-got to work late this morning to a parking lot that rivals any skating rink-complete with a hill for sleding-not just black ice downtown, but several inches thick of solid ice-have enjoyed the knitting time that the snow days have provided.
Posted by: lydia | January 13, 2011 at 07:57 PM
What a nice post. I love that you got the stitch markers that showed Emma was paying attention to you at some point when you spoke of knitting.
We are above zero today. We had several days of -18...much rather get snow.
Posted by: marti | January 14, 2011 at 10:24 AM
I hope you're still doing okay weather-wise! Seattle's snow storm was called for rain...and now they're worrying about floods...if it's not one thing it's another....at least it keeps life from being boring! :)
Posted by: Mary | January 15, 2011 at 08:25 PM
The beret looks like it's coming out beautifully, gorgeous stitch markers too.
Posted by: Ruth | January 16, 2011 at 12:03 PM