The birds are chirping (screaming) in the trees, it is partly cloudy but quite warm, Tina is barking fiercely right here under my window, she is trying to talk some sense into annoying rodents which have grown big and fat under the thick snow carpet during the winter months and have now surfaced... after all it is spring and the world is bursting life after the long rest.
I can hardly believe that the snow is gone and the lake is just about to be free. There is no denying that the spring and the sun and the warm weather have impact even on my knitting.
But first of all I would like to point out to you all that
KnitNation class registration is about to start (May 1st)
I am so looking forward to this happening. I am really happy to have an opportunity to teach there amongst the great knitters and this makes me feel very humble and thankful. Have you looked at the
teachers list?
I have never been part of anything this big and experiencing the buzz of knitters and yarn and knitting knowledge in one place is going to be something I will never forget... This will be the highlight of my summer!
But the knitting...
I tried to make a sock out of hardwearing Gansey yarn --- Wendy Guernsay five ply for my daughter to wear inside her boots but I just could not to. It felt so thick and somehow hard in my hands and maybe a bit too wintery too that I had to put it away. I turned to mittens but just the same...
My hands yarned for something soft and light and delicate and I finished the shawl that has been lingering in the knitting bag for two years (
Ice Fantasia by Anne Hanson).
I will block it soonest so that I can show it to you. And while I was at shawl knitting I cast on for the third big Faroese lace shawl by Anne:
Lacewing.
I think I bought all three of them (the third being the beautiful
Irtfa'a) about the same time because I could not decide which one I liked best and then and there promised to knit them all. So two of them are done and the third one is on the needles.
I just love tiny sweaters and cardigans and I have been swatching for a wee Korsnäs-like (combination of knitting and crochet) cardigan. The colors here are not traditional but somehow they feel just right at the moment. The motif is traditional "dancing girls", in my mind the most beautiful one amongst the traditional patterns.
It is almost May, time when I find it very, very difficult to go to bed at nights. The scenery (both visual and audio) is breathtaking: no leaves on the trees yet, plenty of water in the lake and the concert of the birds echoes around the lake... I cannot bear to miss one minute of it! And the light! I wish you all could see my May.
Wool with you,
Lene
