Out With the Old

The sun finally came out late yesterday afternoon.

It was just enough light and just enough time to give me the last finish of 2019.  Woo hoo. It's the first pair in the 2020 gift box. That's Wild Hare's November colorway and it's a lot prettier in person than it is in a photo.

How about a kitty pic to go with that FO? That's the look they give me all day. They really don't know what to make of me and all the weird stuff I bring with me.

 I was pretty quiet last night though. I spent all night on Ravelry looking up Icelandic yarn and patterns. Daughter lit a fire with all that yarn talk. What I found was a Lopi that I have never used. It's Plotulopi which is unspun.

I wanted something new for the New Year and I found Altheda which is a popular pattern knit in Plotulopi. I ended up buying a sweater's worth in these colors from a vendor in Iceland who has an Etsy shop. I got all that and a bit extra for $35. There was even free shipping from Iceland. Wow.

Speaking of Iceland, here is Daughter in Iceland wearing the Lopi I knit many years ago. That yarn has traveled more than I have. Now it's back where it started from lol....She said those sweaters were $250 in the shop in Reykjavik. Whoa...

Yesterday was the day they took a bus out to the glaciers where they rode snowmobiles out in the mountains.

I spent the day watching my phone for the text telling me they were back at the hotel safe and sound.  Daughter flipped her snowmobile but didn't hurt herself. Then the tour bus got caught in a snowstorm and had to take a long detour back to town after another tour bus had a crash. Iceland is beautiful but I'll be glad when they are home.