Work In Progress

Thank you so much for all the kind comments and notes I've received about Maisie.  She was a sheep with a lot of friends.  So missed by so many.  

I think Baaxter is doing okay.  He was pretty unsure what to do the first couple of days, but he's started going out to graze in the driveway a little and I think he's finding his way.  He's a curmudgeonly old guy, but I think he loved her more than he let on.

I've been mostly hiding out knitting the sweater that I'd hoped would have been finished weeks ago.  Maybe it was good to be slow starting as I've needed this time and it's a good reminder that spinning, knitting, weaving, crocheting, felting, dyeing...can help sooth a broken brain and heart.

Remember the walnut dyed yarn?  And the comfrey and goldenrod?  The green is comfrey and the yellow is from the green leaves of the goldenrod.  The tan, rust and brown are from green walnut hulls.  The yarn started as the nearly white with a hint of Baaxter's gray wool mixed in Lamb Camp Bottle Lamb yarn.  

I tweaked the Vintersol pattern by Jennifer Steingass to represent my favorite fall flowers.  I'd hoped to have this finished by the time the goldenrod bloomed, but I'm running behind...as usual...and in case I don't get the sleeves done before the blooms have faded, here's a quick shot.  

As hot as it's been this week, I'm tempted to leave the sleeves off!