W00t! My Phildar magazine arrived today, courtesy of Silvia, and I’ve already got about 2″ of the back of the sweater done.

Exciting, huh?

Well, okay, so it’s not that much to look at yet, but still … I think it looks fabulous.

It’s not at all surprising that the Karabella Aurora 8 is knitting up wonderfully. It’s such a gorgeous, springy yarn. I even liked it in the bulky version that I used for my Olympics Sweater, even though I usually don’t like bulky yarns at all.

As to the gauge? Well, I haven’t measured the actual sweater yet, but the gauge swatch was at least in the ballpark. And, you know, between my personal wonky gauge issues and the fact that gauge swatches regularly lie, I’m just going to see how this goes. I’ll probably measure this tomorrow to see about where I am, but really, while this is a fairly fitted cardigan, it’s knit primarily in ribbing and only has one button . . . which means that it’s going to be pretty flexible about fit, so I’m not agonizing over the gauge on this one. (At least, I don’t PLAN to.)

So, let’s see. I’m taking a vacation day tomorrow which means I don’t have to go back to work again until Wednesday–a welcome break (especially considering how crazy the last couple days were).

We had our office Christmas party today–basically just lunch in the conference room–but it was nice, if short. And crowded. We’ve down-sized in the last couple years and what is currently the conference room was once actually my father’s office. Crowding tables and chairs for 30 or so people in there was … interesting.

I baked some Surprise Peppermint Brownie Bites for dessert. (The lunch was catered from a local Italian place, but employees were asked to bring in dessert.) It was a little disappointing . . . they were so popular, there weren’t any left to bring home! It was an easy, tasty brownie recipe, with York peppermint patties layered in the middle. Mmm. Chocolate and mint has always been a favorite combination of mine.

Did you see that Kim has a wonderful new toy? Gotta love that “cathedral window” look of those wheels….

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