Gratitude..

"Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you,

and to give thanks continuously.

And because all things have contributed to your advancement,

you should include all things in your gratitude."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

I so appreciate all the love and support near and far.

The festival yesterday was an amazing experience..

simply wonderful.

A most heartfelt and sincere thank you..!

~

Yarn Along..

Spend a little time camping last weekend.

Packed up my stuff and settled into the cabin.

Deep woods.

Hiking.

River time.

Took some things to get ready for the 

Indy Knit and Spin Festival this weekend...

and of course some knitting!

This morning:

Coffee in the studio..

clouds..

birds talking at the feeder..

.. and label ALL the woolz..

: )

~

Joining Ginny

Yarn Along..

The brilliant velvety colors of

the hummingbird..

I couldn't resist knitting a skein myself..

..in a familiar pattern..

~ Antarktis ~

Pattern by Janina Kallio.

I've been eyeing up 'Orbit' too.

Happily humming along preparing for my first little festival.

Dyeing, re-skeining, labeling..

~

Joining Ginny

Eggplant..

My version of eggplant parmesan..

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..Hydrangea..

hydrangeas

pale blue in the rain

blue in the moonlight

~Masaoka Shiki

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hand dyed Falkland | hand spun sample

Yarn Along..

Hats..

I haven't had much luck with them in the past.

After talking with a friend at the guild, she was kind enough to loan me this book..

Elizabeth Zimmerman.

Need I say more?

It's like she is talking to me...

Some first hats.

The brown and pink is a hand dyed chunky hand spun.

Thanks Linda for making hats fun!

Do you have a favorite hat pattern?

~

Joining Ginny..

Personality..

The thing about natural dyeing is you never know what is going to come out of the dye pot.

Each skein has its own personality...

The smokey lavender of Logwood.

Cheerful salmon that reminds me of summer begonias

which was a result of dyeing with marigolds from the garden and 

some cochineal.  If you look closely there are these

lovely tangerine undertones.

Buttery marigold from the summer garden.  

I froze all the blooms I could stuff into the freezer.

So hard to let them go..

Hoping to get some summer cheer this winter

from the frozen blooms.

~

These skeins have been listed in the Etsy Shop

if you care to enjoy some colors of nature.