lace and an apple

In spite of the wind I keep writing about (I'll stop now), cold nights and mornings, blossoms have managed to survive and the sky is bluest blue - a perfect backdrop for everything. These blossoms were snapped before noon when the air was still. Before I'd finished, the wind had picked up and the last batch of pics were just a pretty blur. So I went home to work on the anthology and knit one pattern repeat of the Lace Shawl. I couldn't resist. The cashmere from Sarah's Yarns is sooo soft and the color reminds me of the underside of aspen leaves - sort of a pale silvery green. I'm not even sure if the aspens have begun to unfurl yet up on the mountains where it's colder, but they soon will.

The pattern is by Alice Halbeisen and available as a free download from Interweave Knits. I've only completed 9" of the first of two 34" pieces so there's lots of knitting. The pattern is easy and makes me look like an accomplished lace knitter. This is good because I have little patience for complicated lace patterns (a subjective measurement) and unabashedly claim simple as my mantra. I'm planning a trip back east in early June and since I'll probably still be working on it I'll bring it along. I will walk from where I'll be staying to the little park overlooking the harbor where the oyster boats come in off of Long Island Sound to unload. I'll knit and write and take pictures. I haven't been back in two years and that's what I did then.

Last winter's snowmelt
Makes rivers this spring run high
A kid drops his apple