I call waking up to 3 inches of unpredicted snow the offical start of winter :) The sheep have shaken most of the snow off their 'blankets' (of wool; they're not coated), but they still have a frosting of white on top of their grays, browns, blacks, and dingy whites.
And there's been enough wind of late to make me ponder the issue of avoiding facial frost bite yet again. I was thinking about the woven woolen veil Laura Ingalls Wilder describes wearing when Almanzo used to pick her up from her teaching job in his horse-drawn sleigh. It was loosely enough woven that she could see through it, but obviously protected her face from cutting winter winds. Anyone know anything about veils of that sort? I'm tempted to get out some soft Shetland wool I have on hand, and try spinning and weaving such a thing. I'm guessing the yarn was pretty fine, but sett more loosely than normal, probably in a plain weave to make it as open as possible without being sleazy. I thought I might handcard the fiber, to make it as lofty and warm as I can. And then I go back to thinking about hats with wimples attached, all knit so it stretches to fit over the face, then can be pulled off again readily. I've got this one pretty much figured out, I just need to decide on the yarn. Leftover lofty BL from the shawl (which may be pulled apart yet AGAIN <g>), or more Shetland--I've made a hat out of 3 ply worsted weight handspun, maybe I can just adapt the hat; or spin something just for the project from scratch. A three ply sport weight, I think, and make the hat dubbelmossa style (hope I spelled that right), picking up stitches along the bottom of the cuff to knit the wimple down. I better light a fire to knit beside today :) Holly To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
