Itty. Bitty. WIP!

Just a pile of the newest things on the needles, waiting in the springtime sun. Cushy tweed. Smooth cool cotton. Classic twist. All neutral.

I’m in love with the variations of shadow; the look of color in daylight not under the sun, beneath a tree, under an awning, left of sky.

While gardening this weekend, my new building mates and I started talking about the differences in flowers. I’ve planted lots of perennials (coming back year after year) around the place but we always fill in with annuals (those that only go a season) that give swaths of color. For the most part, I prefer the perennials, because, even if they don’t keep blooming and might be more subdued in shade, they have more fanciful flowers, more enticing to bees?

Then there’s those who live in shade and those that like full sunlight. I’ve studied the way the sun moves around our building. The structure faces East, so it starts in the early morning and moves in an arc across the southmost, ending West in the late afternoon. Most of our grounds get limited full sunlight and are in the shade the rest of the day. I started remembering the way *sunny* flowers look and those who grow in shade: zinnia vs. lily of the valley, petunias vs. coral bells. It seemed some of the more refined and gorgeous shapes were those almost lurking in the shadows.

Who doesn’t look good in Twilight?

So my color sense seems to be leaning to the color of subdue.

My favorite so far is the taupe cotton number in the upper right, a summer knit with a past.

It started out on a wonderful adventure, traveling all the way to Paris to visit with Becky, way back in the summer of 2005. It ended up in a ball, frogged, afterwards, because it wasn’t a good match for the design I intended it for.

It’s been lurking in the stash ever since, but I think I’ve found a better way to use its nougaty loveliness. I’ve been knitting away on it for days and it’s coming together quite well.

  Monday Morning Mirth  

I love this so especially at 1:17 in…

Totally a visual poem to Perseverance. Try & then Try AGAIN!

New Threads FRIDAY!
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Sea & Sky Cardi

After a trip to the button box and a warm soapy wash, the cardi finally hits the runway! Even though the weatherman says it’s going to be, drumroll please, 85 frickin’ degrees today (I might hide a way from it, it’s so unusual) like everyone in the Big Windy says, “If you don’t like the weather, wait 10 minutes.” OR, in this case, a few days, and then it’s back in the 60’s, and Cardi Wearin’ Time.

MODS: I made this Basic Chic Hoodie with 3/4 length sleeves and used the lace pattern all the way around for cuffs and I did a 2×2 rib instead of a hood, no buttonhholes or buttons on the pockets. Easy peasy.

Seeing it up on the mannequin, in its finished pose, it strikes a rather Oriental air. The sleeves & lace combo especially mimic robes and jackets I’ve seen on Chinese textiles. Although my photographer (moi) has lost the muse for portraits in the current crib set-up (no room) I’ll find a friend to take a picture of this modeled at some point. :)

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