Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Happy Spring!


Because nothing says 'spring!' like ten inches of heavy wet snow.

Yeah.  It's been that kind of week.   Needless to say, knitting winter gear has seemed like a perfectly rational response to this kind of thing.   I turned my three skeins of homespun into two hats, thankfully without feline assistance.

I have to say, this was clearly the work of a beginning spinner.  The yarn was over and under-spun, thick and thin and generally rather hard to work with.   I finished with only a foot or so to spare, and used the few ends to weave in the thinner spots.  I'm planning to give these a good washing.  They're both rather large hats, and a little light felting and shrinking would be a good thing.

And of course there were more mittens:

The only other bit of news for the week is that Biscuit has shown a wholly unexpected musical bent.  I was playing the flute, as I am occasionally wont to do, and Biscuit was seized with a sudden fascination.   Every time I started to play, he came running over, climbed into my lap, peered intently at the flute, apparently trying to figure out where the noise was coming from.   Just a hint- having a large fluffy cat try to stick his nose in the mouthpiece when you're playing makes it very hard to continue.    Naturally when I tried to demonstrate this later for my husband, Biscuit gave me his patented, 'what?' look and ignored me.  But I do have some evidence: 

Fascinated, I tell you.  Why that night and no other, I couldn't begin to say.

Does your spring involve flowers and green growing things?  If so, please send pictures- it may be the only green I see for a while. 

7 comments:

  1. Oh, it's so pretty out there! And I love how the hats match the snowy landscape.

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    1. Huh! So they do. I hadn't realized. I was coming home from a very early appt and the early morning sky had me grabbing for the camera.

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  2. We haven't got quite as much snow as you - but some has come down every day for the past three days and it's darn tooting cold!

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    1. I'm betting we get at least one more storm with measurable snow before it really gets serious about warming up, myself. (You'll be amused to know that the forecasters here blame 'cold Canadian air masses' for the temperature...)

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  3. Darn groundhog totally lied about that early spring thing. We got snow today, but thankfully not as much as you did.

    LOVE your musical helper! That's great!

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  4. was reading through your blog. you requested some green. enjoy! :) http://www.metzroth.com/katie/?p=5136

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    1. Thanks, Katie! Pretty flowers, and socks too! I'm betting you're enjoying a lot nicer weather than I am in Austin too. Our snow is gone but today it's in the 40s with a nasty cold rain. My first daffodil finally bloomed yesterday. Still, it all gets better from here!

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