this week...

tuesday morning snow

washing sweaters

starting over

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

There is so much to be grateful for…

xo, j

the finished product

Well, the dye lost its brilliant orange color and 

ended up a nice golden hay color.

I left one skein in the dye bath overnight to see if it would darken

but the color was the same this morning.

I'll use the remaining dye as a base for a bag of red onion skins

collected from the grocery store.

The grey sweater was finished last night and blocked this morning.

It's as soft as a cloud and the fit is loose and very comfortable.

I didn't get to plant the seedlings as planned, soon...

The morning is grey but vibrating with the acidic green of new leaves

and the smell of rain and chlorophyll.

Spring

Snow and the Perfect Sweater

It's really snowing here again!

After a winter of very little snow it seems to be catching up with us now.

I don't mind, it won't be around for very long, and the robins are back.

Spring is only a couple of days away.

Here's a photo of the sweater I am working on.

This image was floating around various tumblr sites and the designer,

Isabell Kraemer, has finally made the pattern available on Ravelry.

Mine is a lighter grey Merino/Cashmere blend found on sale at my favorite yarn shop.

I'll be knitting many versions of this sweater!