It's Easter Sunday and it looks more like Christmas! The trees are heavily frosted, and the goldfinches in their spring colors are quite a contrast against the white. If the sun comes out it's going to be a fabulous scene.
I finished spinning up a black fleece, which of course has resulted in my having more yarn to work with; 7 fat skeins (probably over 2# of yarn)...but a little less fleece, so it's a win, I think. I'm in the midst of spinning a bag of merino/tencil, now, and also working through a Bullen's Woolens color-study (a UFO). I used up a skein of Mountain Colors knitting a moebius scarf from a Knitty-Gritty episode, and nearly have the rest of that yarn knit into a cap. I've reknit the cap twice, because I didn't get the gauge right (my bad; I didn't complete my gauge swatch), and I've redone the top several times, because I haven't been able to make sense of the pattern instructions. I found a UFO for a summer shell last night; I think I'll jump onto that in hopes that we will have spring and warm weather one of these days... I'm afraid, though, that when the warm weather DOES arrive, my somewhat glacial knitting progress will slow even more because I can't resist being outside!
I completed a portraiture class and have gotten artwork into two shows this spring; the most recent are in a juried show at a local Art studio! Good stuff there...maybe later this year I can move forward with developing my website and showing my portfolio to some local galleries.
