It's a warm and soothing month of May here in northern California. Today we had a few rain sprinkles mixed with a lot of sunshine. Even though it's warming, memories of cold winter days motivate knitters and crocheters to continue making items to keep neck, head, and hands warm when the time comes. Here is another version of my favorite neck warmer that I've shown in previous blogs. This pattern is worth every penny of the purchase price. If you're interested look for it here: Cabled Neck Warmer at Etsy store: http://homemadeoriginals.net/
also at Blog: http://homemadeoriginals.blogspot.com/
This one is a modified version of the mistake rib neck warmer. I used two yarns together, one worsted grey and one multicolored sock yarn. I found these unusual buttons on a very worn out sweater at the thrift shop. Bought the sweater and salvaged the buttons. No telling what you can find at a thrift shop that you can use in your crafts, especially ribbons, yarns and buttons.
In my last blog I showed three wool grey striped hats. Here are two more wool hats to add to the collection that I'll be mailing to the organization, afghans for Afghans. Their mission is to send warm, wool clothing items to children in Afghanistan before the harsh winter sets in.
Their current campaign is for hats, mittens, and socks. The items need to be sent to their San Francisco address by a date in July. From there volunteer organizations transport them to Afghanistan. If you are interested in participating, you will find all the information here:
You know the old saying, "April showers bring May flowers." It's true. Wild flower seeds, and bulbs long dormant are popping up and filling in the flower beds. Love it. Our yard has never looked so good, thanks to Master Gardener, D's research and hard work.
And the vegetable garden, too. Master Gardener D's tomato structures are doing their job of keeping the plants leaves off the the ground and growing up like they're supposed to. You can see the huge squash leaves in the background. We should have some yellow summer squash in a few days. Yum. More flowers below - We think these are a type of lupin. Love the colors.
How beautiful is this! This lovely red purple flower is a Day Lily. More of these should be coming up soon.
I'm currently working on snake scarves inspired by a pattern for a coral snake. I now have one coral snake, one rattle snake, a rainbow snake (my own idea), and part of a green textured snake. I'm not particularly fond of snakes, but appreciate the beautiful colors and patterns that some of them wear. Look for my snake scarves and the link to the pattern in my next blog.
Keep on knitting, crocheting, and gardening - nonprescription stress relievers.
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