It arrived yesterday!!! "It" is orange-red silk and silver-gilt thread from this Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ZELKOVAJAPAN which cost a LOT less than I would have thought, as in US$30 for both (!!!!!!!!).

It's vintage thread intended for embroidering an obi, it's absolutely divine, and I intend to make an attempt at these gloves: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O107792/pair-of-gloves/pair-of-gloves-unknown/ . The left and right gloves are different - I'll start with the right because it's considerably simpler, and my intent is to do only the knitting part as another specialist in bobbin lace would have likely done the lace part.

I've never worked with actual metal gilt thread before. I suspect I'll need even tinier needles than what I have, but we'll see.

This Will Take A While (TM). #knitting

Finished this mitt off Christmas day. My husband wears a wrist brace most of the time so can't wear gloves or a mitt with a thumb on that hand.

Pattern sized up from Royal Entrelac Socks (Ravelry), using leftover sock yarn in multi purple, multi grey and multi cream. #knitting

Finished the Christmas toque (Brioche Knots) for my FIL today! 🥳 (pic on my husband)

Now back to Dragon Lore, and to my husband's Brith Cardigan 🙂 #knitting

Yesterday and today's #brewing : Started this year's batch of cyser (mead made with an apple juice base instead of water).

I got 1/4 bushel (20 large) Cortland apples from the Parkdale Market and added in about 380g (minus a fair amount of bruises) crabapples. I cooked these in 2 batches in the IP with 1.5L water per batch, then ran them through a metal sieve then a cloth bag to get the juice.

I warmed a few ladles of juice and started EC-1118 in that while I added the honey to the must, 1kg golden unpasteurized. I got 3x 1.9L Mason jars of must, OG 1.090, now sitting in my nice warm office 🙂