Two more knitted  Christmas presents — done!  The scarf I took to France as traveling knitting is done, blocked, and going to the post office tomorrow.

Keeping the snow warm

Here it is on the immaculate half inch of fresh snow on the back deck table. The yarn is Jaggerspun 2/8 wool, from a cone that’s been kicking around in the stash for a few years.  As I thought, the pattern is very pretty, easy enough to memorize, yet not deadly dull to knit.

The Noro scarf is done, too.

All of it

 The color matchups range from the zingy purple and golden brown below

Part of it

to the subtle, almost lose the stripe blue-grey-green action going on in the lower right here.

Another part of it

Although my right thumb and I are happy to be done with miles of 1×1 ribbing, this is such a rewarding project with the long color changes that I would recommend it to anyone.

With the two pairs of Hand Like a Hole also ready to wrap, I feel that I’m ahead of the curve on this Christmas knitting thing.  Or should I try to whip out a hat for a favorite merchant mariner?  Since I make them for strangers via the SCI, it would be nice to to do one for someone I actually know.

And yes, it has snowed here, just a bit. It’s very pretty, and is supposed to last a while, what with the record-breaking cold spell they are predicting.  More than six days in a row with highs below 32 degrees!  Cathy, stop rolling your eyes and laughing in derision over there.  We are wimps, we admit it.

Holly and snow