Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit, either. ~Elizabeth Zimmerman

07 April 2009

Planting Seed-Stitches! Run for the Needles-Spring Knitting Blossoms

Little Cotton Rabbits

The skies are grey. The Home Opener was postponed. The gardens are covered in winter kill as the buds and bulbs struggle to show their faces...I need Spring!


Blue Sky Alpacas

So what do I do? Head for the Yarn Shop!


Classic Elite-Heather Bagni

I have packed away the winter projects of wools and the skeins of tweeds and Alpaca. It's Cotton-Time! Drapey cardigans, Elegant Tanks, Shrugs and wraps and easy to wear in Colors that make you smile. Skinny yarn, Luxurious cotton blends, Eco-inspired fibers. The spring patterns have arrived like a welcome bouquet.



Vogue Knitting Spring/Summer 2009


Spring knitting used to be an after thought. The season is so very short--in New England often we get a handful of true spring days and then a heat wave. With this winter filled with storms and ice I found myself digging in the stash for cotton and garden colors and got an early start. I couldn't wait til the yarns and patterns hit the shelves but they are here now and there are some welcome surprises.

Noro-Jane Ellison


Rowan -Sarah Hatton

The yarns this year are eco-concious, natural, simple and clean-many organic based with a mix of cotton and other natural organic fibers like corn and bamboo. My favorites can be found with Rowan of course-I love Milk Cotton and Purelife Organic Cotton DK, and Handknit Cotton . Patterns from Classic Elite, Ella Rae, French Girl Knits,Interweave... are all in queue. Drapey, lace filled, elegant, stitch intensive,shaped and sheer, cropped and cute,clean and classic...pick up a skein and get started-you will feel the season beneath your needles.


Rowan-Sarah Hatton



Rowan Sarah Hatton


Interweave-Hannah Fettig-Now on the Needles!


Some of my other favorites from the spring collections:



Interweave-Olga Buraya-Kefelian Vogue Knitting-Shiri Mor



Classic Elite-Cecily Glowik -Now on the Needles!

Debbie Bliss Twist Collective-Fiona Ellis
Vogue Knitting-Shiri Mor

On the Needles!

Off the Needles

Pearls from the Yarn Basket