Spring Knitting

It was wonderful to have a pleasant holiday weekend. I enjoyed sitting outside and moving some of my knitting projects along after spending several hours working in the garden. We had so much rain the last week , that there was plenty of clean up. The low hanging branches of the tree were making me feel claustrophobic, so I got up on the ladder and sawed off some of them.

Universal Yarns has a lovely cotton/linen blend, Summer Linen that I am working up in the Eastern Lace. Stop by and finger it--it's lovely! I like working this pattern as every row is different over a 26 row pattern repeat, but it's not that hard to follow and keeps me engaged. I have other knitting that is not as interesting and I am les s likely to pick it up.

I'm also knitting Jill's design, Lattice Lace. WHAT A FUN KNIT! I love it when a pattern is so enjoyable I can hardly sleep for wanting to pick it up and work it. This is a great wrap that is easy to wear and, as I've said, fun to knit.

New Yarn

It's always fun to get new yarn in the shop and I sometimes forget to let everyone know.

For the sock knitters, we just got in some Lorna's Laces (pictured here - Jungle Fever in Y2Knit colors!). The colors are dreamy!

With warm weather upon us, I've ordered some summery yarns, all of which come in many beautiful colors:

• Flax - 100% linen, the yarn we're using for the Market Bag
  
• Summer Linen - 50% cotton/50% linen - I've cast on for Eastern Lace in this soft yarn
  
• Cotton Blossom - cotton with a rayon twist
• Links - 100% organic cotton (worsted weight) - we suggest Jane's Bag and Scalloped Bath Set (pictured below)
• Cottonwood - 100% organic cotton (DK weight) - make up Flirty Tank

Scalloped Bath Set in Links

Knitting Navy

This afternoon I had a pleasant visit from Rachel, who plays with the Navy Band and has a performance in Hagerstown this evening. Rachel learned to knit a year or so ago from Navy Band co-workers and quickly became infected with the bug.

She told me that on a recent band tour, the knitting band members taught others how to knit. They soon had a large knitting group! Go Navy!