the bright, clear light of a cold winter's day,
smelling the woodsmoke from the fire in the stove,
knitting up a pattern that is well written and clever*,
listening to Chill on my radio
eating hot buttered toast with tangerine marmalade
and drinking a good strong cup of English Breakfast tea, with one sugar please.
Added together, these equal a happy morning for me.
What are the things that add up to equal your kind of happy?
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* The pattern is Alfredo Gloves by Suzanne Stallard and with its well positioned thumb and neatly integrated shaping it's the nicest pattern for fingerless gloves that I've knitted.
PS: the pattern is written for knitting in the round but I much prefer knitting things flat and seaming them with mattress stitch afterwards, so if you're a clever in-the-round knitter please don't let my pictures put you off giving a lovely pattern a go.
PPS: the yarn used for this pair was Madeline Tosh sock yarn in 'mare' and 'smokestack' full details on my ravelry page.
