i can hardly believe it myself...

... but i finished my shalom in lettuce even before the holidays! i actually ran out of yarn, which meant i had to make the sleeves 3/4 once again... my hubby says it's my "markenzeichen" (german for trademark, the two other cardigans i made for myself have the same length of sleeves) and i quite like that. all notes, alterations, yarn details etc can be found on my ravelry project page. 

so, without further ado (i've kept you waiting long enough), here it is:

 the buttons are made from hazeltree branches. they smell so good, are smooth and just so gorgeous. i found them in the etsy shop wooden artist.

i'm linking up with ginny's yarn along today. i am reading "what we talk about when we talk about love", a collection of stories by raymond carver. i read stories of him a few years ago and my husband picked up the book and liked it so much that he got two other collections second hand. i really love short stories and these are just the ones i love for sitting on the couch and doing a little reading now and then. i cast on a new knitting project, something smaller for a change :) it's a surprise, though. so i will share more about it soon!