It's about time for bed. I am particularly proud of myself because I am over halfway done with the first of John's (boring) navy blue socks. No pictures, because everyone has seen half-finished K2P2 rib socks before. John has been an active participant in the process and seems surpised that ribbing stretches. He wants me to put "extra yarn" in the toes of the socks to keep his toes extra warm. The yarn is already worsted weight, however, so I don't think I am going to add anything or he won't be able to get the socks in his shoes!

Seems like I can't finish one sweater without starting another. I broke out my eBay purchased Jaeger Chamonix this afternoon and started "Nettle" from the Jaeger Chamonix book. Given that it has 12 rows of a hard (for me) to remember pattern, I don't think this will go quite as fast as my Silk Garden sweater. The yarn is wonderful and soft, but not as elastic as I might have expected. The fabric is soft and drapey. To help myself deal with the repeating patterns, I decided to try a suggestion from Maggie Righetti's Knitting in Plain English an put a stich marker between each major pattern section.

It was a nice weekend. It started with a wonderful Valentine's Day dinner at Ambria arranged by my husband, was punctuated by a short visit by my parents and the completion of Gormley. Saturday night we had dinner out with friends in Elmhurst at another old favorite restaurant from when we were in the burbs, Francesca's Amici. Today, with no obligations to deal with, we got up late, had breakfast at one of our favorite local breakfast places, Munch and then just did whatever we felt like... which for me included Nettle and a sock and practicing my "English" method (which I am still having a hard time getting used to) in preparation for my Fair Isle class on Tuesday. And for John, it meant calibrating his projector, paying our taxes and looking for good deals on the Internet.

I hope everyone else had a peaceful weekend, too!