Springtime in Seattle
April is a fickle month in the Pacific Northwest. We'll go from having balmy 70-plus degree weather one day to wet and cold weather the next. And you can rarely count on the weather forecast; the weather can change drastically from one hour to the next. So it was a pleasant surprise to have one of those gorgeous warm days earlier this month, and the timing was perfect for a trip to the beach with some visiting friends.
This shot was pure serendipity -- I was monkeying with the settings on my camera and got this picture completely by accident. I tried to get the effect again on purpose and just couldn't do it.
The rainy days are okay, too, as they provide plenty of incentive to stay indoors and do some knitting and spinnning when time allows. I've been having some fun playing with my birthday gift this year -- hubby got me a Greensleeves Lizzy Kate, something I've wanted since I first started spindling!
I absolutely love it. So far I've plied some laceweight that I've been spinning up on my Bosworth Moosie and a Grafton FiberShip (I do so love that name), and it made plying from the two spindles a breeze! Plus I love that I ended up with a much longer length of yarn than I would have by winding onto a nostepinne and plying from two ends of the same ball.
Here's another project that I've picked up again. It has been on the back burner for awhile, but the Fairy Wonder Batt is back:
It's being knit into a "Leaf Lace Shawl" and so far it's turning out really pretty. I can't wait to finish it!