While the snow and sleet has been nonstop in the northern climes, spring has arrived in our back yard. My little Anthropologie knitter is peeking out the window to admire the azaleas that are just beginning to open. Our bushes are now at their peak and will soon start to shed their spent blooms.
The citrus is slowly starting to bloom. I can catch the scent of orange and grapefruit blossoms in the air at night. We still have an abundance of grapefruit hanging from the tree.
I spent most of my afternoon on the back patio watching the urban wildlife (squirrels and assorted birds) frolic in the bushes. The weather has been grand. In the midst of all this spring fever I had to cast on something new.
The Tulip Sock and the accompanying balls of Knit Picks Palette have been in my stash for two years. I bought the yarn because I thought the socks were so pretty. I have almost destashed the yarn and pattern a couple of times because I thought that a fair isle sock was too much work. It's not really. I cast on and frogged a portion (damned error in the pattern) and reknit. Here's what I managed to accomplish. All this in between baskets of ironing and sorting through my tax paperwork. Not bad at all. I love to change colors and watch the pattern emerge and I have not knit anything fair isle since the Red Light Special.
I didn't need to start another thing. I still have Pomotamus and Nutkin on the needles, not to mention a couple of sweaters that I'm too ashamed to even bring up in this post. But thats what spring weather will do. Bury the old and bring on the new!
