March

I hate March. The month of mud. Because in New England you get these teaser days where everyone says "spring is here" but you know that is never true. It always turns back to winter several times before spring sticks. The crocuses pop up and it looks hopeful on that sunny day until you get this:

Winter storm warning in effect until 12 pm edt Saturday. flood watch in effect from 8 pm edt this evening through Saturday afternoon,

Tonight: snow and sleet this evening, then freezing rain and rain after midnight. Precipitation may be heavy at times. Snow and sleet accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Brisk with lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
Saturday: rain in the morning, then rain likely with a chance of freezing rain in the afternoon. Rain may be heavy at times in the morning. Brisk and cold with highs in the mid 30s. North winds 15 to 25 mph, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
Saturday Night: mostly cloudy with a chance of flurries. Lows in the lower 20s. Northwest winds around 15 mph.

There is no place for all that water to go when you live in house without gutters... except for the basement. Now why, you ask don't we put gutters up? Because this house is old and has a hip roof that is slate. In order to put gutters up and to not look ugly, someone would have to figure out how to attach them to these strutt thingys and it would probably have to be made of copper. Not an easy job = expensive. Maybe we should do it ourselves? Hahhahahahahahahahahah surely you jest.

In knitting news, I put aside St.B. for a new quick project. I was browsing AC Moore the other day and they had all their yarn on sale at 25% off. So I picked up some cotton blend yarn to make that little sweater from the Sublime baby book. I had read on someone's post that a particular brand of cotton blend yarn worked up great for baby items because it was washable and held up well despite multiple wearings/washings. I didn't find that yarn, but I found something similar I think. It is 51% cotton and 49%Acrylic. I like to use natural fibers, but with baby clothes washability is important, although not so important that I would use totally man-made fibers any more.

I don't know what posessed me to knit these in pieces like it says to. It makes more sense to knit a raglan in one piece I think. But I didn't do it that way, so seaming will be in my future. I hate seaming almost as much as March. Progress pictures later, as the camera is out of batteries again. (I know, I know, rechargeables!)