spring — Blog — Blue Peninsula

It’s a season of endings and beginnings: the Mill River Socks I began on New Year’s Day are off the needles and on my feet. And the seeds I planted back on May 1 are sprouting: nasturtiums, marigolds, and zinnias, two pots of each. Hummingbird Cafe 2021, here we come!

To celebrate new seedlings and new socks, I’m having a sale: Take 25% off the Mill River Socks pattern at Ravelry or Payhip with the coupon code MILLRIVER.

I knit this pair with a sock set dyed by OlannGra—the colors are Mercy and Raspberry. Laura conjures up really beautiful flecks of contrasting color in her speckled yarns. I love the tender greens and berry colors in the Mercy colorway. The base is 75/25 superwash merino/nylon, so the yarn is incredibly soft (especially after blocking), and thanks to the nylon the socks will hold up well to washing and wearing.

I feel like I’m seeing the colors in these socks everywhere—even in the pansies I spotted in downtown Amherst yesterday.

Aren’t they lovely? It’s so refreshing, after a long winter and a very hard year, to witness color bursting forth and feel new possibilities on the horizon. I hope you’re feeling renewed hope and optimism, as well. Happy sock knitting!

LINKS

Mill River Socks - Ravelry

Mill River Socks - Payhip

Today was Look Up at the Sky Day. And the weather here in Massachusetts was perfect for it — blue skies and gorgeous clouds.

I had a lot of errands to do, so I was able to look up pretty often. My heart was so happy to see the trees just starting to leaf out against the blue sky. The grand season of greenness and growth is here at last.

Of course, I wasn’t able to look up at the sky all day. Doing a couple of loads of laundry meant looking down at the stairs on my way to the basement laundry room. And spinning meant mostly looking down at my hands, the fiber, and the spindle.

My foray into spinning with a Turkish spindle is going well. I’m really loving this heathered BFL dyed by Greenwood Fiberworks. The color changes are stunning.