So, we are joining in with the Yarning Along with Ginny and Tami's Amis' Work in Progress and Ambassador Crochet for the first time in ages...and I am happy to be coming back.
At the moment, I am working with some natural tone wool yarn for use in making a cardigan. I am hoping to make it similar to the one the I made my daughter in the winter...one which is still in her closet, folded and waiting for use.
This is a project that I am only using to hold time as I await the real prize. The prize which is beautifully dyed wool from sheep at a farm that my friend manages with her family. Never before have I been about to have any connection to the fiber I use, and this, I am cherishing.
As I have blogged in the past, my friend is Katie from West Bay Farm in Maine. I would encourage anyone looking to support a small business to give her wool a try. They don't have a fully working website for yarn sales, but if you visit their FaceBook website and send her a message, she would love to chat. She does some dyeing ahead of time, but enjoys custom orders. At the moment, I am eagerly awaiting an order of two skeins of a green and purple color blend which will be crocheted into a lacy shawl. In the picture above in a scarf done in her aqua and purple color blend.
As for the literary side of this blog...well, I am at a bit of a stand still. I am back to the stage of re-reading old favorites...currently being, well....the Twilight series. Yes, I know. Crazy. I just haven't found any thing else that I feel like losing myself in at the moment. I would, however, love some suggestions. What are you reading? Any good story lines out there?
So that is all on this end. I look forward to doing some blog hopping now and seeing what everyone else in doing. Want to join me? Head on over to the Yarn Along with Ginny, Tami's Amis' Work in Progress, and Ambassador Crochet.
Welcome back. I couldn't see your project very well, so clicked to enlarge it; but that didn't work. Thought I'd mention it, in case you've got a technical issue you were unaware of.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandy - I have had a lot of tech issues lately :) I will update this post to include a better pic of the scarf :) Appreciate the feed back!
DeleteYour scarf looks very pretty. It must be lovely to feel a connection with your yarn. I use a lot of acrylic at the moment so I miss out on that.
ReplyDeletewelcome back to WIP, it's nice to see your WIP's - the colours are lovely!!!!
ReplyDeleteI really love the combination of greens and purples in your shawl!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lovely pattern for that cardigan. I can't quite make out whether it's cables or lace or a combination - maybe a bigger picture next week?
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, Lee Ann!
ReplyDeleteGosh, I know what you mean about the reading. I am finding no inspiration to read anything new either.
Yes...I was wondering...I missed you! ♥ Looks like you're busy with yarn. I always think less and less of yarn as the weather warms up. I did like the first Twilight book... Right now, I'm reading the 13th "No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" book by Alexander McCall Smith. Have you read them? I'll give you a few lines that are cracking me up:
ReplyDelete"I believe in demand feeding. I think that's what it's called. I always leave some food out in the kitchen so that Phuti (her husband) can pick up a snack if he feels hungry." -Grace Makutsi (funny fictional character)
That's fabulous Marfa - Thank you !! I will totally have to check those out :)
DeleteThat yarn color is gorgeous, thanks for sharing. Any chance you can make the photos bigger? My husband of the BFA in photography has no problem processing small images but I am more...limited.
ReplyDeleteI see the picture pretty well, so you must have fixed it.
ReplyDeleteI've not attempted to make anything with that fancy yarn :)