"The reports that he wasn't getting any heat to his helmet for a while as they did the final checks freaked me the hell out. Made me feel ill," Saph makes a face. "I don't think I breathed the entire first half of his descent - at least until he stopped spinning and stabilized."

"That blanket looks lovely! Those braided cables turned out beautifully. I'm currently just working on Christmas knitting. Just finished a pair of pink, fetching fingerless gloves for my second-eldest niece, and am about six inches into a short scarf for my eldest niece, based on the open-X stitch pattern used in a shawl I made last year."