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Awash in Color

Wendy Solberg - Sunday, April 18, 2010

Springtime in the Hill Country can bring tremendous color to our landscape - and this year we have better than ever due to the rains we have had recently. Simply put - we are awash in color! The bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, and other wildflowers are just spectacular! This is a picture from about two weeks ago of some roadside bluebonnets - the early morning light does not do justice to the vibrant colors...

This week we also had our Color Workshop to learn intarsia and color stranding (aka Fair Isle) - and Gwen Bortner of Knitability joined us from California to teach the class. Thursday night we took Gwen to Po Po's for a yummy dinner of fried chicken, and no one can resist the lure of the Po Po dessert...

Gwen is a tremendous teacher - and we were awash in color on Friday! There were 20 of us total - and we christened The Comfort Meet Market our "knitter's bar". The pictures show serious concentration on everyone's part.... Mark and Diane (owners of the Comfort Meet Market) were tremendous hosts - and Mark was even our DJ with soft tunes as we took knitting breaks to practice our new learning.

Brenda, Karen, Shirley, Peggy, Jane, and Darcy (and a cutout of Elvis)

Jennifer, Nancy, Angie, Tonya, and Rhonda

However, at lunch time, there was a bit more time for laughter. Karen and Darcy are just too funny with their knitting on the loo! Important notes if you are reading this and not local.... Comfort typically doesn't decorate with outdoor facilities - High's is updating their restrooms... AND we did have indoor bathroom facilities at The Comfort Meet Market. We just thought this articulated the "bonding" experience that knitting has.

Despite being late posting to the blog - I always try to take pictures of great customer projects. Here are a few great finishes from the past couple of weeks.

The first is a GORGEOUS lace shawl from Rowan Kidsilk Haze from the Victorian Lace book. The piece was created as heirloom gift from grandmother to granddaughter. Wow! In addition to the shawl, there was a quilted bag to keep the shawl in that was part of the gift.

We also had a Monkey Sock class, and one of our great knitters, Bobbi, joined us. She made the socks out of an Abstract Fibers tencel blend sock yarn - and to a great effect! She also added a "Bobbi" addition of a tabi finish so she can wear with sandals.

Don't these finished objects inspire you to finish a project?! Unfortunately for me, I just get inspired to cast on more....

I bet you are wondering if I have a few new pictures of the cats. The answer is YES, of course! I have been getting a few more closeups so you can see the tremendous beauty of a cat. The picture of Laurel below shows her deeply asleep and feeling safe. Look at those whiskers.

Then Mr. Noro.... He is such a photogenic kitty! Here is his new closeup that will definitely be in his modeling portfolio - and the other shot is what initially lead me to get the camera.