The Family that Knits Together, Stays Together

Last night as we listened to the last tape of Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Long Winter, we each worked on our own projects.

David finished a hat for Son from Melanie Falick's excellent Kids Knitting. This was his first project using purl stitch. He's trying to learn both English and Continental style knitting. (He'll be all set for colorwork eventually!)

I worked on the right front of the cabled cardigan. Two more inches to go.


Son put down his knit-one-row-at-a-time shawl and instead used the Paint program on the computer to draw me knitting in the rocking chair:


But hats and sweaters produced this time of year do not provide immediate gratification. Here's what is outside these days: