…bowl.

truly, an old beat up

wooden bowl.

i’ve had it so long that i

no longer remember where it came from.

now it’s gotten

a ‘yarn makeover’ and

it’s so cool.

as i’m shopping for Christmas gifts

i always seem to find things

that i want for me.

so, i allow myself to give myself one gift.

and, because i know me, i give it to me early so i don’t have to wait.

this year i gave myself the book

‘knits at home: rustic designs for the modern nest‘.

at first glance it is just another knitting pattern book,

but not so once you dig in.

there are some patterns

and even more suggestions

of how you might apply

what the book’s patterns teach you.

right off by the cables hooked me.

this is the busy season, though, so i started something simple first,

the ‘ribbed fruit bowl cover’.

measure your bowl, do the easy math,

then it’s straightforward ribbing all the way home.

the result is somehow

much more than the sum of its parts.

who knew that two leftover skeins of yarn

(i held vista and chalet together)

& an old 2nd hand bowl

 could look like this?

merry Christmas, to me.

‘home’ taken from 84:3 in the psalms.