I was extremely excited about the possibility of last night’s snowfall for some reason, and when I got up at 3:30am to look out the windows (yes, I was THAT excited), I was pretty disappointed, because there wasn’t much snow there. At 6:15am, there was a bit more, but not nearly as much as I was expecting. However, when I checked my work email around 6:45, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my employer had closed the office due to the weather. Turns out areas east of Durham got a lot more snow than we did. Yippie!

After doing some work from home while watching the Inauguration (YAY!), me and Jag took a walk after lunch to see how the roads were doing. The snow was starting to melt by this point.

The deck was snow-covered, but only by an inch or so.

Jag’s metal boar sculpture seemed to be enjoying the weather.

Some of the roads were still pretty wet due to tree cover; this will probably refreeze overnight, unfortunately. Luckily there’s a 10am start tomorrow, and I won’t need to leave the house til 9 or so.

In spite of all the moving and packing mess, I have gotten a little spinning done. I’ve spun up 4oz of Three Waters Farm merino-tencel blend over the past 3 weeks or so in small sessions before work or as a reward for packing. I’m planning to leave it as singles and knit something lacy with it. I have another 4oz of black alpaca waiting to be spun up as an accompaniment, and I’m thinking that the feather and fan striped stole from Folk Shawls would be a good project for the yarn.

Spinning this fiber was a totally different but even more enjoyable experience. It’s Shetland top that I hand-dyed in teal, magenta and bronze, and it’s going to be the next installment for my mom’s handspun club as a 2-ply worsted weight. It’s very wooly wool, drafts like a dream, and is simply wonderful to spin. I need to order more of this stuff. This is fiber I can definitely see myself spinning sweater amounts of.

All in all, a happy snow day.