We salute at the threshold of the North Sea

It's a feature of my Christmas knitting that there is always one project that takes much longer than it ought.

One of these days, perhaps I'll figure out why. The common theme seems to be texture -- cables and even simple knit-purl patterns take much longer than it seems like they should. Colourwork, on the other hand usually goes fairly quickly, even though it seems like it should take longer. What's that about?

I still have 2 hats and 2 pairs of mittens to crank out in the next 8 days.

So here's another video for music I really like: