Tuesday, December 22, 2015

The Shortest Day

We got here! Although I always worry for a little while about whether they will remember to throw the switch. Did I know that Stonehenge is precisely aligned on this morning's sunrise? The site has been open for the last couple of hours, in case you wanted to turn out and observe it.

No time for much this morning. I have cast on another Awesome hat, and indeed might reach the crown shaping today – although, in the modern idiom, I'm not going to stress about it. I'm using a freshly-wound skein of Whiskey Barrel, from which I have previously taken only the three contrast rounds at the turning point of the Roasted Hatch Chillis hat.

So at the end, I can compare the two (Roasted Hatch Chillis and Whiskey Barrel). I weighed the former, hat and leftover yarn together, as soon as the needles were out. 122 grams, was the answer. But the label doesn't show weight, just length, so that was no use. It still seems to me that the RHC ball was uncommonly small.


Otherwise, it only remains to say, happy solstice to all. I'll try to look in next week.

17 comments:

  1. Best wishes for a peaceful holiday period Jean. I hope it all goes smoothly. I'm looking forward to the longer days.

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  2. Anonymous12:42 PM

    Hope you & all the Mileses have a wonderful holiday together and that Perdita doesn't cause toooooo much mayhem.....

    Beverly in NJ

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  3. Merry solstice, happy Christmas, and here's to a healthy and peaceful New Year!

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  4. Merry Christmas Jean! I hope you and your family have a wonderful, uneventful (as in no appliances break, no water leaks through the ceiling, and nobody is ill) holiday season! :-)

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  5. Happy holidays to you and your family Jean!

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  6. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Enjoy the light from the lengthening days!

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  7. Carol4:36 PM

    Jean, Merry Christmas to you and your family. And happy holidays to all the followers - I enjoy the comments, too!
    Carol, San Diego CA

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  8. Merry Christmas to you and yours, Jean. And good luck with the third Awesome Hat. I am bound and determined to finish my Wheaten Cap today. I still have at least one pair of socks that MUST BE finished by Christmas.....

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  9. Anonymous5:31 PM

    Happy solstice indeed! A merry Christmas to you and your family, and best wishes for 2016.
    -- stashdragon

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  10. Anonymous6:07 PM

    Here's to all our seasonal festivals of light and hope. Merry Christmas, Jean and all the Miles's, and a happy and healthy New Year.
    - Beth in Ontario

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  11. And from sunny Sydney, joy and blessings on all your family, Jean, and indeed on all your knitting/blog family too.

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  12. annec in Maryland8:18 PM

    Merry Christmas, Jean, to you and your family.

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  13. MaureenTakoma8:37 PM

    Merry Solstice, Happy Christmas! perhaps Perdita could have just a bit of wrapping paper to shred?

    Looking forward to hearing from you in the new year.

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  14. A very happy solstice!

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  15. =Tamar12:00 AM

    Happy Solstice! The sun will return!

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  16. Happy Solstice and Happy Holidays to all! Wishing your family a marvelous holiday. From Madison, Wisconsin.

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  17. Best wishes to you and your family. Happy Solstice!

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