Birds are migrating
Aside from a particularly cold winter we've had quite a bit of sunshine.
View of Sacramento:
View of Mt. Shasta:
For some reason Roxy didn't seem thrilled to pose with my snowman.
I've been knitting, as usual, and made a hat inspired from Hermione's in Harry Potter 7, Part 1. She wears the hat in the scene of Godric's Hollow. The moment I saw it I knew I had to make one for myself. A friend of mine got me a skein of the perfect yarn when she went to New Zealand a couple years ago. It's Zealana Rimu DK Possum Yarn, 40% New Zealand possum fiber mixed with 60% N.Z. merino. So soft! And the perfect color to match Hermione's hat!
I also made some legwarmers using some pokeberry dyed yarn. I'm currently trying to exhaust my dye bath I started 3 days ago using pokeberries I'd frozen from summer. It's not as good as fresh, but it works. The color is leaning more towards orange-red, which I'm not too fond of, but I'm also overdyeing lots of yarns I hated so it's a step up, but not completely. The legwarmers are of yarn using fresh berries so this color is one I love.
I'm hoping I can use some of the overdyed yarns to finish my blanket I've been working on for a year. It's only taking so long because I ran out of pink. That's why I'm exhausting my dye bath so I can hopefully get some pink.
And of course while I was taking pictures of my knits the chickens were curious. Bea's tail is back, everyone's laying again, spring is on it's way!!
My clay-head guy has a spider living in his nose.
I like the leg warmers. Is this yarn you spun?
ReplyDeleteNo, I didn't spin it. They're SO easy to make! It's in my projects in Ravelry if you want the pattern.
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me, I have the roving from your wool, do you want it? We were going to split in half remember? I haven't gotten to it, but it's here if you want it.