Hello again everyone and welcome to the last month of 2014! On The Needles Ginkgo Shoulderette Shawl : do you have pattern suggestion for the leftover yarn? I might have 200+ yards of light fingering weight yarn. Hitofude Sallah Cowl by Bristol Ivy. First pattern by this designer. Wanted to knit Hanois Cowl. Designer notes on size and shaping.  Helpful notes by chromakate. Do you look for helpful notes before beginning a project? I've received my November Yarnbox shipment (my second one): Outlaw Yarn's Bohemia Sport, a unique blend of 45% Polwarth, 45% Alpaca, and 10% Possum fiber.It comes with a set of fingerless mitts and beret with a knitted bow by Rhiannon McCulloch called So Boho. I'm still debating between the So Boho or the Mothed pattern by Mag Kandis, a pattern published on Knitty Deep Fall 2010.   Get Your Geek On! December: Latin word decem. Interesting name meanings of the months. Wikipedia Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it! Since there's no trace at all of Thanksgiving here, I decided to make December my personal thanksgiving month.   Into The Blue In the Rav forum marielynn commented how she barely knit a stitch in the 15 months that she's been living in Indonesia. I talk about MY warm weather knits.   Essential Oils Some books I'd recommend: Valerie Ann Worwood's The Complete Book Of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy Julia Lawless' The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils Jennifer Peace Rhind's Essential Oils: A Handbook For Aromatherapy Practice, 2nd ed. Robert Tisserand's Essential Oil Safety 2nd revision (considered by many as the foremost expert on essential oils' safety, also a consultant for Plant Therapy) Other helpful links: Local Indonesian EO supplier based in Bali: SandStouch My fave EO supplier Safe Essential Oil Recipes group on Facebook Using Essential Oils Safely group on FB   Tadaima Christmas tree! Yamaha Music Wonderland program BIG congrats to our lovely moderator Steph (crookedknits) for her recent engagement! Drop by on our Ravelry forum to wish her a hearty congratulations :)