Knitting in pink

Merry Christmas to everyone!

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Thank you to everyone who commented with kind thoughts after my grandmother's passing. I really appreciated everyone of them. Thank you for keeping us all in your thoughts and prayers.

My trip to Switzerland went really well. I got back only a few days ago and have been trying to catch up to everything. There wasn't much knitting done while I was away but my only deadline knitting (today) is almost done and I should be able to finish it no problem. I will be back in a couple days with pictures of the knitting and of an awesome Special Swap package I received on Friday.

I'm going to be away for a couple weeks. My grandmother from Switzerland passed away last night. I learned yesterday evening that she'd had a heart attack. This morning I was told that she'd died during the night.

She's the woman on the left. The man is my grandfather and I'm in my mother's arms at 6 weeks. The cute little boy is my brother.

She was my last grandparent still alive and I always thought I'd see her again in a few months on my next trip to Switzerland. I guess I was wrong. Give your grandparents lots of hugs next time you see them!

I'll be back a few days before Christmas.

2 weeks ago, I fell in love with something I saw over at Lotus Knits' blog. She'd just had a contest and the winner had won a skein of her Aura sock yarn in the "Walking with a Ghost" colorway. She'd also mentioned that she would post more of this yarn on her etsy shop that evening.
After a brief exchange through her blog and email, she listed a skein of that yarn especially for me and a few days later it made its way to me.

By now I bet you're wondering why I fell in love with the yarn, right? Well, first of all, Aura is a blend of Merino, Silk, Nylon and ... wait for it ... Silver strands. Furthermore, this particular colorway was silver colored so it was just beautiful!

You want to know what it looks like now, don't you? (Make sure to click on the pictures so you can see them bigger)

Can you see the shimmering of the silver thread?

The yarn is super soft and the color is just gorgeous. I've been thinking that I should make a pair of Snowflake Lace socks with the yarn. That would be a quite appropriate match I think. Now if I could only knit them in time for Christmas...