A solitary crane
In winter snow
Needs no jewels.
Deng Ming~Dao
The Grafts….
Oh!Canada is finished! I took one evening to pull out the graft, which was not an easy feat and then I spent another night reworking the graft again. Better to do this in baby steps. 🙂
I have to admit that it took me a few tries to get the pattern to line up, mostly because my working yarn was on the wrong side. After a little creative finangling it finally lined up and the rest went soothly until the very end. It is a teensy bit off there, but not enough that I was going to pull it out again.
If the idea of grafting has put you off from this pattern….please don’t let it. The pattern is such an enjoyable knit and it would be a shame to pass it by based on that.
The graft is the very same kitchner stitch used to close up the toe on a sock just on a bigger scale.
Once the first 5 stitches are lined up properly, the rest should line up without too much trouble.
She will be bathed and blocked tomorrow and hopefully be ready for pictures on Tuesday.
I can’t tell you enough how much I enjoyed working on this stole. I think next to the Wool Peddler shawl, it has been my favorite knit!
The Snows…..
This has been a CRAZY winter with mounds and mounds of snow up here in the North Country! What makes it so wild is you only have to drive south an hour and a half to find almost no snow. The upcoming week promises at least 2 more dumpings of the white powdery stuff, so if you ski………come on up! It doesn’t get much better than this!
Take a look at those snowbanks…..no really, take a look at them! I have a HUGE barn and my husband barely needed a ladder to climb up onto the backside of the attached shed to shovel it.
Speaking of shoveling……God Bless Ken, last year we told my Dad…no more shoveling off the roof. Ken had told him that from now on, he would be doing it. Wouldn’t you know that this winter it seems like every 3 days he is going over to shovel Dad’s roof, rake off ours, shovel a path to the propane tank that the plow man buries every time he 
comes and now we are having to shovel the perimeter of the dog yard so Maggie can’t climb out.
That buried fence is a 6 foot fence….but Maggie could clear it in one jump right now. Thankfully she is a dog that respects boundaries.
Cavaliers on the other hand….boundaries….what is a boundary? Thankfully they are small dogs!
The Woolen Rabbit 
WOW. You look like Aspen, Colorado right about now.
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Aspen CO!? Where’s that, Laurie? 😉
You are buried in snow! We have more coming, too but we’re coming up on the tail end of winter.
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Wow! That is a lot of snow! We’ve had such a mild winter here.
Congrats on getting the grafting done on Oh, Canada! It came out really beautifully!
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Ah the fond memories of shoveling paths around the house, keeping vents clear, shoveling the roof, etc, etc…had enough snow while visiting the midwest to have my fill for the year!! The joys of NC living…do love to see the pics!!!
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The shawl is awesome! I love the color. I’ll have to research the Wool Peddler Shawl. I don’t know that one. We have blizzard conditions right now, with more on the way Tuesday night!! Will it ever end?
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oh gosh . . i haven’t seen snow like that since 1978 i think! wow. maybe i’m happy with my snow shawl as a substitute after all.
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I can’t wait to see Oh Canada! blocked. It looks great so far.
Your snow looks wonderful. I hope I get the chance to come up. We were supposed to, but things keep coming up and we haven’t x-country skied or snow-shoed yet!:(
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hurrah for grafting success with Oh Canada. She’s lovely. I look forward to photos of you modeling her 🙂
and that snow – wow..
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Glad to see you made it ! 🙂
And look at that snow ! Crocuses are blooming over here haha !!
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You must be so glad that grafting is done. And I know it’s just like doing a toe but a toe is only about 8 stitches! I hope you’ll bring it to SPA, I want to see it in person.
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your shawl is beautiful! thanks for showing a close up of the grafting…i have several patterns that call for grafting two sections together but it has intimidated me…your explaination gives me the confidence to try it.
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Oh Canada looks great! We don’t have quite as much snow down here, but I’m still ready for spring!
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Oh Canada is just beautiful! Congrats on finishing that wonderful grafting! It looks great. Wow you have a lot of snow! It does look pretty though. 🙂
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Chris and I are talking going skiing this weekend. Nothing else to do really, with all this snow.
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I think the grafting turned out great! I want all that snow – we never get that much here but the mountain passes have been getting gobs and gobs of it!
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That is a lot of snow. And the weather patterns have been strange this year. But at least it is powder and not the wet heavy stuff.
Just remember these photos during the really hot days of August though.
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Egads! The snow! I guess we’ll bring our sleds this weekend! lol. Honestly, that’s the snow I remember from my childhood in NH. I remember my grandfather and uncles having to climb out the 2nd story window at the Hatchery so they could dig us out.
Oh Cananda is GORGEOUS!
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Kim- Up here in Oh! Canada it is so cold, it’s obscene. Lots of snow as well.
Your stole is gorgeous- the color is so rich. Really nice job.
What a honey your dog is.
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You’re having a real winter that’s for sure. Wrap up in Oh!Canada and keep warm. It’s gorgeous!
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Yeah, I have gotten sick of the every other day shovelling out of the back gate so I can get it open to feed in the barn. I resorted to calling Bhen over with carrots to trample down some of it and make less work for me. How pathetic does that sound?
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