Sleevin' Away

I'm about 8" down on the first sleeve, and convinced that my next project will be something without sleeves! Actually it's going well; I joined to knit in the round after 1.5", after I'd finished row 10, did my first decrease at the start of row 15, and am decreasing every five rows after, which is so easy to remember. In the second photo you can see a top view of the sleeve, with the honeycombs and two-stitch twist on either side of the saddle continuation. I'm satisfied with the way it looks so far. I'm still using my 24" Addi, having to pull out the excess near the end of the right needle as I go around. I guess that's how the magic circle is supposed to work, but it's sure exasperating to me. I'm planning on a trip to the LYS tomorrow morning to pick up 16" and 12" Addis.

I didn't get as much knitted on the road as I'd hoped; we started out too late on Friday and darkness comes so early now. We did stop in at a new needlework shop in Contoocook NH: Contoocook Needlework Gallery. They have a lot of great threads for embroidery and also needlepoint canvases. Around the corner is a covered railroad bridge and a great pizza shop.
Here are photos of DH at the end of the bridge (it's not as pretty as most covered bridges; there are no openings along the sides except for way up high so the side view is just a big rectangle) and of the goodies I found there. The blue-looking ones really are purple. I'm looking forward to trying the Mandarin Floss which is made of bamboo.









It started snowing at about the halfway point driving north; it wasn't really as much snow as it was wind blowing the snow around. When we arrived in the evening there was only a couple of inches, but here's what we woke up to Saturday morning:
At this point the snow was about 16" deep, and it continued to snow throughout the day. This area received the most snow; surrounding areas received much less, and back at home we had none at all, thank goodness! Come Sunday, the sky was bright and sunny for our return drive. Knitting all the way.

We stopped in Stowe VT and bought some gifts and penny candy at the mercantile ($6.95/lb, so it's not really penny candy anymore!). There's a little shop upstairs with some yarn and fabric, but I didn't buy anything. After we left there, we discovered Stowe Fabric & Yarn, around the corner on Park St. There I bought this:
A skein of Cherry Tree Hill supersock, in Suger Maple. I was tempted by a purple colorway, but decided to go with this bright, happy color (DH's choice too). Someday I'll actually finish the first pair of socks I started; I've learned how to turn the heel, but get stumped at the gusset. Eventually I'll get Charlene Schurch's new sock book; it sounds like it has great explanations (and I love her Hats Off! book). I've found so many great sock patterns, I just have to master this!