So I am in Vermont, because that is where my sister is. Visiting her is such a trial:
This is where we went apple picking. The orchard overlooks Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains.
I ate one right off the tree. It was delicious.
In the car on the drive up, I started a shawlette:
This is Les Abeilles by Anne Hanson, which I am knitting up in the magnificent “Wild Flower Honey” yarn spun up for me by Melissa. There’s a bit of a joke in those choices, and I will give you a virtual cookie if you can figure it out. (Pipe down, Missy, I know you know it already.) I think it will make a wonderful Rhinebeck shawl.
Can I just say, knitting with Melissa’s handspun is so much fun? Can I? Good. Because it is, bouncy and soft and I’m having too much fun with the colors. I can’t wait to see how this shawl looks when I’m done.
Abeilles=french for bee, isn’t it?
Mais oui! Halfway there…
ummm – are you allergic? to bees or honey? I’m gonna look up the pattern – I have yummy yarn and don’t know what to do with it. Am very jealous of the Vermont thing too . . . .
I am indeed humbled and honored and DAMN woman you have a way of getting things all lined up and meaningful and.. I predict more handspun for you since you are a most wonderful recipient. 🙂
No allergies. I just posted more pictures, and my dorky reasoning.
Vermont is awesome and if you ever get a chance to visit it you should absolutely take advantage.
It just clicked all of a sudden, and the synchronicity was too perfect to pass up.
SPIN ALL THE FIBERS AND I WILL KNIT ALL THE YARNS. YAY.
Thanks for the Beautiful pic of Vermont. It transported me somewhere calm and peaceful on a hectic day!
I tried to get some shots of the moon setting over the lake, but it was such a faint sliver that it didn’t even show up in the final shots. I’m glad the orchard gave you a moment of Zen! (We are still working on those apples. YUM.)