Last Wednesday my weather widget began a red ticker tape warning: Expect loads of snow Saturday, turning to ice by Sunday evening. Whereas a lot of Wisconsinites would scoff at this kind of news, my heart does little happy-as-a-schoolgirl flips inside my chest. I love winter. I love going out into the cold, and I love coming in out of the cold. The season is both invigorating and cozy.

When I read the winter-storm warning, I was even more delighted at my plans to meet a friend at a yarn store on Saturday morning. What better way to enjoy a snowstorm than to be inside making something while the flakes swirl all around you? The snow forces you inside your home, and if you let it, inside your head. And for people who are makers, a chance to check in mentally generally means you'll be producing something physically mere seconds after the first "What if" hits your consciousness.

When I got to the yarn store early on Saturday morning, it was full of people buying supplies and heading home to hole up and knit away until the plows emancipated the roads. So how about you. Do you head for your studio as soon as inclement weather hits? What do you work on when you get there?