Friday, June 8, 2018

The Clouds of Spring

May and June are months where we see a lot of clouds. Sometimes, it's just the unending "May Gray," or "June Gloom." More often, we have cloudy mornings with "sun breaks" in the afternoon. When there are sun breaks, there are often fluffy/puffy cloudscapes, illuminated by the sun. Here is a sampling:




Spring clouds can also be dramatic, especially at sunset.



Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Done, and on to Adventure #3!

So this got finished last week:


As you may remember from this post, the yarn and pattern for this shawl (Martina Behm's Lintilla, knit in Wollmeise) were pulled randomly from this bag:


Today I pulled the canvas bag out again.

I picked this brown bag:

This is what I found inside:
I have a number of other projects going on, as well as a big non-knitting adventure coming up, so I'm giving myself most of the summer to finish this shawl. Watch this space in August for more on this particular adventure.