Thursday, April 30, 2015

Springtime Rambles and Ivy Brambles

 
  

Before my big blogging break, I started  a hat with Ivy Brambles Sockscene yarn in the Celosia colorway. I loved the yarn, but didn't like the hat, so I frogged it and made a nice pair of socks instead. (I find myself knitting socks more than anything else--just soft, warm, plain ones, nothing fancy.) One of my 2015 resolutions is to purchase more made-in-New England fiber products. I will definitely be buying more colors from this New Hampshire dyer.

I love walking in the springtime as each day reveals something new:  flowers, insects, basking turtles, snakes, and songbirds. Last week I saw a pine warbler, one of the earliest to return to Massachusetts (along with the palm warbler pictured above). New England is famous for its stone and white picket fences, for beaches and history and ghosts and witches and white clapboard houses and literature and four spectacular seasons. With its many layers and ever shifting view, it is the perfect place for me.♥
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7 comments:

  1. LisaApril 30, 2015 at 5:33 PM

    What a great yarn for socks - they look irresistable. :) All your photos are beautiful.

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  2. Tracey ~ CloverApril 30, 2015 at 6:03 PM

    Beautiful, beautiful socks. I love that you can purchase yarn/fiber from your area, there is no one around here.
    I think I would enjoy living in Massachusetts, I love all your photos!

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  3. karenMay 4, 2015 at 12:48 PM

    that is a perfect resolution and one that I like to do as well, buy locally. Beautiful spring photos!! This winter has been a long one.

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  4. AnneMay 5, 2015 at 8:29 AM

    Beautiful spring photos and socks! Cute, cute shoes too. I love hand knitted socks :-)
    Have a good week! ♥

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  5. impossiblewayMay 16, 2015 at 6:40 AM

    And just like that, you are back. So good to see you here. I am sorry the Winter was so hard on you and I hope that Spring is bright and new and refreshing.

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  6. sarahMay 17, 2015 at 1:10 AM

    Oh dear, I am so annoyed - I have been waiting for a new post from you to appear in my reader, and it hasn't - obviously my reader is not picking up your feed, as I just found this here now.

    These photos are so lovely. I've always been impressed by, and rather envious of, your knitting ability. Socks seem like magic to me!

    <3

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  7. Project TaraMay 26, 2015 at 9:28 AM

    I misread the last line as "the perfect peace for me" -- Well, I guess it's that, too! Lovely photos and knitting as always, Susan.

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