baby it's cold outside

It has been cold here. Really really cold. Mostly too cold to get outside at all, and when we do it feels sort of panicky, like our skin might crack off on the way to the car. So we have been staying in mostly, and having some warm and cozy days by the woodstove. The bench by the window has been a good place to read library books in the sunshine.
And there has been time for lots and lots of very serious art making. I finished a pair of wooly babylegs for Ari today. They are Alpaca, so they are very warm and super soft. I was making up the pattern as I went along (they are just a tube, after all) and I changed a few things I didn't like in the first one- making the second one a few rows wider, and a slightly different stripe pattern. If I was a perfectionist I would take out the first one and match it up, but I most certainly am not. And my baby has cold legs, so that is a good excuse to just pull them on his little legs and listen to him marvel "knittinknittin, mama." That sweet voice keeps this heart cozy warm in the coldest of weather.
I hope everyone is keeping warm out there!

ETA: anyone have any idea what might be making my header dissapear? My troubleshooting minutes are rather scarce right now and I can't figure it out. I have been dreaming about a move to typepad for awhile now- soon perhaps.