....are mostly here again and I feel it's not a bad time to pick up a little blogging again! Thank you so much for very kind and thoughtful comments, - I know it sounds like a cliché - but I mean this from the bottom of my heart;  - such comments mean a lot to me! Things have worked out wonderfully so far and I am very optimistic.

I have been knitting! And I have FOs to show! Last thing first, I finally finished Flicca. Really, ends weaved in, sleeves seemed and buttons on. I even have proof:

details:

pattern: Flicca

needles: 6,5 circulars.

yarn: 2 strands of DUO merino (charcoal) 6,5 skeins,and 1 strand of Jaggerspun Zephyr (steel).

modifications: I cast on as for the largest size - my gauge was way smaller - and knit body in one piece back and forth. Then I knit the sleeves up to the armpits, joined all 3 pieces and knit yoke back and forth with raglan decreases. I did no neck shaping and knit a straight collar in 1x1 rib and finally a seed st. lining as also down the fronts.

result: considering the size of this thing it is a light (approx. 700 g), bouncy, warm and comfy coat and it fits perfectly, (which is more the result of luck than accurate calculation!) Me happy!

bonus: a lot of extra space in my ongoing-projects' basket and hence room for many new little and bigger things!

And there is more...