Extravayarnza

I don't think I've ever been this cold.
I walked 5 blocks to and from my art class in freezing rain. Despite my alpaca shawl I got soaking wet. I skipped out this morning & grabbed commercial socks rather than hand knit ones so my wet feet got very cold. I was stuck sitting there for 3 hours in my cold wet cloths.... My whole body just began to ache.

When I got home I pulled out all my heavy knits. I'm sitting here now in 2 pairs of DK weight wool socks, colorwork leggings, my Llama Rogue pull over, a heavy wool hat, & angora wrist warmers... all over my winter flannel pj's. 3 hours and I'm starting to just feel warm.

However this has really reminded me why I knit. Does a 'normal' person have this my woolly warmth to wrap up in when they get cold? I had my choice of garments to warm up in. At this point the only part of me that's still cold is my hands and only because I've been working on the computer & had to wear fingerless hand warmers.

My theory has always been that I'd rather have it be cold because I can do something to keep myself warm. In the summer I just turn into a blob in front of the fan & I'm still too warm. This has to be my favorite time of the year because I start to pull out all of my favorite socks & sweaters that have been neglected all summer long.

Plus when I got up to get some papers I came back to this view...

Doesn't that just warm your heart?