Snuggly Chic

Tomorrow we're expecting about 10 inches of snow.

When I was young(er) I used to question Mother Nature's injustice in timing these blizzards for the weekends instead of more fortuitously sometime mid-week. But now I grumble for another reason. Having taken quick stock of the void that is our refrigerator I decided to brave below-freezing temperatures and interminably long lines at the grocery store in order to make sure there's more than cereal on the menu if we're snowed in. Which should only be a day at the most. But no one seemed to have mentioned this to the woman ahead of me in the queue who proceeded to buy up not only the entire seafood and deli sections, but also a three week supply of bottled water, a cart full of canned goods and five absolutely enormous bags of cat food. Clearly, she's running at cat shelter... or keeping at least one lion or tiger.

Being the lazy last-minute food shopper that I am, I'm probably going to be significantly less prepared for the coming freeze... foodwise, anyway. But, see, I did think ahead: I might starve, but at least I'll be snuggly warm in this roll-neck sweater, the Seurat:

By way of last-minute blizzard prep, this sweater took about 5 days from start to finish. So, while not quite 'instant' gratification, it's not bad as quick knits go. I used US 10.5 needles and the aran weight cashmere in Crocus.

More at the updated Cashmere Gallery.

Stay warm, everyone. And happy knitting! Keep those fingers moving -- if anything, it might keep them from freezing!

Edited to add: Well, they weren't kidding about the snow. This is what it looked like outside an hour ago (and now those trees in the distance have all but disappeared!):