Welcome Spring Potluck

We had a great turnout and fabulous food for the Welcome Spring Potluck. What good cooks in our midst! We had another rowdy game of Knitionary (with a charades option). I'm sorry we don't have a picture of Heather's "Superman" charade. She's quite a good flyer!

Phyllis read a wonderful poem, that several wanted the words to. It's got a Zen-like call, a good reminder of the season, and anytime: to be still once in a while.

Think Like A Tree

Soak up the son
Affirm life's magic
Be graceful in the wind
Stand tall after a storm
Fell refreshed after it rains
Grow strong without notice
Be prepared for each season
Provide shelter to strangers
Hang tough through a cold spell
Emerge renewed at the first signs of
spring
Stay deeply rooted while reaching for
the sky
Be still long enought to
hear your own leaves rustling.

Karen I Shragg

Spring is here!

Spring is not only here in the form of daffodils and crocuses, but we've got spring yarns too! I love the arrangement of pastel Cottonwood (Fibra Natura from Universal Yarn). It's 100% organic cotton dyed with natural dyes, except for the colors which do not require dyes.

Knitters are using this yarn for babies as it's very soft. It knits up at about 5.5 sts to the inch on a size 3-5 needle. We've also had it knit up in Y2Knit's Flirty Tank. You won't find a lovelier yarn for a facecloth, for baby or mom.

Keeping the spring theme, Jill and I purchased a couple new yarns at the trade show in January. Cotton Blossom from Farm House Yarn is a worsted weight cotton with a rayon twist which gives a nice sheen. We'll have our pattern, Star Mesh, available soon. It's lovely in this yarn and perfect for summer wear.

Another new yarn is Evolution from Chameleon Colorworks. Evolution is a stretched Merino. The stretching is a mechanical process, which makes the wool shiny and soft. It doesn't have the stretchiness, but seems to have good memory.

We're combining these two yarns in an Italian Summer Shawl pattern--the combos are fabulous. We'll share soon!