Gloves! Like my icon, but different!

This is my first foray into paid knitting, a wonderful happenstance that occurred so that I'm knitting a pair of fingerless gloves for dreambastion, a friend from Portland. So both for her and you all, here's one completed glove. The yarn is yummy, mostly cotton as she's allergic to wool. The cables really stand out in cotton.
( two glove pics )

In other me news: more crazy dreams. Two nights in a row that featured snow; should look into that symbolism. My Lord John/Hector story is nearly complete, the one I'm writing for lgbtfest. It'll be posted June 15th. And I heard back about my Wraeththu compilation story; it rightly needs more grit, and basically more substance. The sequel for it is much more stand alone, but I'm looking at this as a challenge to really improve it.

And you all?

"The Heaven Tree"

I've neglected to mention that I'm listening to/being read to The Heaven Tree, the first in a trilogy by Edith Pargeter. It was recommended to me by emansil_08 and I feel I should write her a thank you note. It made my 3-hour trip to Williamsburg and back fly by. It's set early in the 1200s in England, then Paris, and now they're heading back again. I've fallen in love with the main protagonist, Harry Talvace. And what's even more wonderful is that I can listen to this, be totally swept into the world, and I'm not comparing my works to hers. I do listen with an editor's ear (afraid I can't undo that), but I'm not thrown into despair. Highly recommended, and devilishly difficult to get as an audiobook without paying. I'm listening to a cassette version which I had to get via interlibrary loan. It's so worth it, though. ♥