A couple of things to love.....

Just in case you haven't found this yet please check it out: http://www.craftlit.blogspot.com/ It is wonderful! Today I listened to The Lady and The Tiger. I have been looking for that story since highschool! It is fabulous! Go listen, tell Heather (is it alright if I call you Heather?) her podcast is great, then tell me what you think of the story!

I found these wonderful patterns to make sock monkey convertible mittens (I think that is what they are called, you know they can be either fingerless or mittens....). They are just darlin'. Here is the sock monkey head: http://www.yoelknits.blogspot.com/ (you have to scroll down, it was posted January 14th) and here is the fingerless glove: http://myknittingbasket.blogspot.com/2007/12/sock-monkey-fingers-popped-out-wrist.html
I am starting on these asap