As The Yarn Turns

June, the Blue Month

There's something comforting about reaching June, the blue month for Project Spectrum. May was a hectic month for me. There was a lot going on. Plus it was the green month for Project Spectrum. I have green stuff but I seem to have trouble with green. I like green but I'm never quite satisfied with it. I have no idea why. Now blue is completely different. My favorite color may change from year to year but there's always a place for blue. So to kick off the blue month, I'm following Lolly's lead and showing my blue stash. Now I don't have a huge stash, I tend to buy a project at a time. Here are the highlights though.

Starting at the top left is some Cotton Ease I found on sale and just couldn't pass up, followed by some Brown Sheep yarn I found at a charity flea market. On the right is some wool-ease I'm using for an afghan that I've been working on forever. On top is some blue wool fiber I bought for spinning. Moving on to the sock yarn stash, I have more blue yarn than any other color. .

From the top is Steinbach Wolle, Fortissima, Mountain Colors Bearfoot, and Wildfoote. Plus I've got a lot of odds and ends scattered here and there. Most are partial balls from previous projects plus some miscellaneous balls of Sugar and Cream cotton that I bought for some long forgotten reason. Hmm... looking at all of this makes me want to buy more yarn

by Sydney  |

A Random Goodbye to Green

Well it's the end of May and I didn't do much that fit into the Project Spectrum Green theme this month, except maybe a little (way too little) yard work. Hopefully I'll do better in June since it's the blue month. I did manage to get a picture of this brilliantly green bush in the yard.

I am not sure what they are, but they almost glow in the spring. As the weather gets hotter and drier in the summer, they start losing leaves and aren't quite as bright.

I have been knitting some on the scarf. You remember the cashmere and silk lace scarf I started in March for Project Spectrum don't you?

I decided to knit on it while I decide which socks to start next. I kind of abandoned it for a while so it's not close to being finished yet. With any luck at all, I'll finish it before Project Spectrum is over.

Claudia brought this up today in her blog so I thought I'd mention it here too. If you are in the US and have a blog, a website, a small Internet business or just like to use the Internet, you might want to familiarize yourself with the network neutrality issue. You can find out more information here.

On a brighter note, I'll leave you with a picture of Phoebe helping Rick make some contacts on the ham radio.

by Sydney  |

Lots of Chocolate

Well the wedding on Saturday was a success. The weather was beautiful, the wedding was beautiful, and it looked like everything went off without a problem. When we went to the reception, the first table I spotted was this one.

I'm not sure that I've seen that much chocolate in one place outside of a chocolate shop. There's a little more chocolate over to the left, outside the picture. Needless to say, I made sure I stopped by that table.

Otherwise it's been a nice, relaxing weekend. I got a little bit of knitting done and continued with my attempt to get some organization into life (a continuing struggle). I did some knitting on the cashmere scarf. I haven't taken a picture of it lately but I'll try to get one soon. I still haven't decided what my next sock will be. Overall it's been a good weekend. The holiday came at just the right time.

by Sydney  |