... along with elvis!
march was a wet and rainy month, so rainy that the constant downpours set a record for the most rainfall recorded in the history of records for march - swell!!
the pot of gold at the end of this rainbow for me was 'lots of rain, lots of knitting'! yippee! my garden called to me each and every day but it seems i have become a warm-weather gardener as the chilly, wet weather just didn't float my boat!
it is was my third month of keeping my new year's resolution i am most happy to report, and no one could possibly be more surprised by this feat than myself. gosh, i hope i don't break my arm by patting myself on the back!
so... here goes:
my socks of the month are another 'plain vanilla' unit, toe-up with a short row toe and heel, again from wendy johnson's book, socks from the toe up. miss daisy mae approves and is dying to start pulling them off!! she's giving me 'the look' that says 'off with the socks!'.
and i did not limit myself to just one scarf or shawl but three!! this is the blossoms by the brook pattern by ilga leja from knitty, spring-summer 2012. the yarn is mirasol 'hacho' in the color way 'peacock' and is a dk weight. the pattern called for a worsted weight yarn so the shawl is a tad narrower due to the lighter yarn but i had enough of this yarn in my stash to pull it off so... voila! i really like this yarn and am so sad that it has been discontinued - it has such a delightful hand. this was a fast knit.
in second place is this scarf (doubled as a cowl) cracklin rosie designed by shannon squire of twisted for the 2012 rose city yarn crawl. the yarn is the sumptuous blue moon fiber arts 'marine silk - fingering', a combo of silk, merino and sea cell. the color is the one and only 'pond scum', the world's most wonderful color!! it is so soft and yummy - did i mention that i love it? oh, yeah, pattern was free with yarn purchase!! really, there is no free lunch!
and shawl #3 (actually it was the first one i knit) is wingspan by maylin tri'coterie designs. i found it on ravelry and it was free - a very good price!! the yarn is noro sock yarn, famous for long color runs. this yarn was part of my stash and i must say that i'm glad i didn't knit socks out of this because it is rather rough and i think it would be way too scratchy for socks - sort of like wearing a hair shirt!! creepy! as a scarf, fine, bright and colorful - just what someone needs to brighten up the rainy spring days we've been experiencing.
oh, yeah, i also knit a sweater but i have no pictures yet so you have that to look forward to in my next post. it is the selvedge cardigan by amy christoffers from the magazine 'knit wear'. i put a big dent in my stash by using noro 'silk garden chunky' in color 3, lot b, which is a combo of green, blue and purple - delightful!
so, i guess the question for april is: shall i be praying for april showers so i can get my knit on or for a break in the weather so i can get my garden on? only time will tell...
