I've been walking much more frequently now that the weather has been okay, and the time changed. The little lake near my place is hosting a flock of cormorants (the big black birds in the picture below.) I had seen them before - but only thier backs and necks. I'd never realized just how big they actually were. While walking this morning (before it got cloudy and cold) I saw a couple of them diving and coming up with nesting material. There is an interesting congloeration of fowl at this manmade lake. Last week I saw a pair of grebes but didn't have my camera with me. It was probably just a resting point for them as I haven't seen them since.
Ducks and geese and other birds are pairing off, trees are budding, tulips and daffodils and narcisus are blooming - its definitely spring! Yay!
A couple of my friends are celebrating significant birthdays this weekend, so I've been working on a couple of presents:
100% BFL in two different colorways plyed together, approx 525 yards. Enough for a nice pair of socks. This is going to my friend who knits.
And these are for my other friend (she doesn't knit) who loves pink just like I do. Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in the colorway "Tickled Pink." I think I have enough yarn left for a pair of shorties for myself.
Now I mentioned in my last post that I found out I'm going to be an Auntie. So of course I've been working on some things. One of them is this:
A log cabin square out of Lion Brand Cotton-Ease (see, mom - cotton and washable) from Mason-Dixon Knitting. I'm going to do four squares with the colors in different sequences and an I-cord edging to finish it off. I had originally planned on something else with this yarn, but it just didn't work out as easily as I'd hoped. I am really happy with this though, and am almost finished with the 2nd square already.
On the spinning front:
More BFL (handdyed by yours truly) and chain-plyed for color retention. I really liked how the brown came out. I'm not sure what to call it - Tiger Lily or 1970 (you know for the orange!) :-)
Happy Spring!
