After a few days break from knitting, my 1x1ribbing-finger injury was pretty much gone, so I picked up the second mutssjaal and went to work on the scarf part. My husband got the Lord of the Rings DVD for Christmas, which he just HAD to watch last night, so I got a LOT of knitting done on it then. Before I knew it, I had finished the knitting on mutssjaal #2! Now I've got four days to weave in those ends to get this project completed before the new year.

But I hate just weaving in ends. My fingers get restless for actual knitting. I don't want to pick up one of my older big projects just yet or start something else big, lest I get distracted and forget to finish the mutssjaals. What to do?? In answer to my question, some beautiful Phildar yarn arrived today from Becky, which I had my eye on for a quick little hat for myself. After the hat for my mom (yes, the Kureyon hat was for my mom) and these hats for the boys, I've been thinking, hey where's MY new hat? One new year's hat, coming up!

And don't forget: new year's fantastic fiber voyage right here in Boston next week! (Go check out Kerrie's tour today.)