I can’t resist, Beth. I know that you are right when you tell me that everyone else is tired of winter pictures, of anything having to do with winter. I know people want to see flowers and pictures of green grass. Even in the Kingdom, there are signs of the changing seasons. You have to look closer, spring starts slowly. The temps drop into the single digits (and below) at night, but the days are heated by the growing strength of the sun. The ground underneath the snow isn’t frozen. Four feet of snow is a good insulator, and now, the melt has begun from below. I can hear it. The streams are racing under their winter blanket. This is the best time of year for walking in the woods. I wear my smallest snow shoes, the layer cake of winter supports my weight. I stay on top, my point of view changed, like a child riding high on his parent’s shoulders, watching the parade of the season passing by. I am a winter person. This is my time. The woods are pristine, bare bones. I can see through the trees to skylines that will soon enough disappear.
There is lace.
the other lace..
This post would have been pictures of the Diamond Fantasy herself, blocking. However, I ran out of my first skein as I was doing the I-cord bind of. There are 37 more stitches to go. I’ve set up a new skein on the swift. When I finish this post, I will begin to join the yarn together, using my favorite sewn Russian join. Then, working with the yarn still on the swift, I will finish. She is beautiful.
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11 responses to “lace”
Can’t wait to see your shawl! Ran out with just 37 stitches to go? Grr! Will you show us how you do your Russian join with photos?
Love your ice-lace photos btw.
Nice pictures! I look forward to a New England Spring.
Idaho spring is hard to see because the wind generally keeps me from opening my eyes very wide in fear of getting a tumbleweed in there!
Great Ice Lace, Judy. Hope to see your shawl today!
who needs to see knitting when you paint such wonderful pictures with words!
Is it spring arriving?
Or winter….leaving….?
Either way, your photographs capture it beautifully.
37 stitches? A squeeker! You must have nerves of steel!
I’m with you about being a winter person,or cool weather anyway. Today was beautiful, windy, fresh air, blue sky, distant views. Part goes to staying toasty with the woolens.
I have never seen anything like that self-supporting ice lace. What a wonder! I’m so glad you enjoy winter and write about it so well, because then I can enjoy it vicariously without having to be cold and frightened.
I love these pictures. The ice above the branches is so fascinating and beautiful. Thanks for sharing them. 🙂
Lovely pictures. Pretty winter, I like. Ugly winter (grey skies, brown grass, small piles of dirt/snow) not so much.
The ice appears to be floating above the wood. Very nifty effect! The last photo reminds me of a caterpillar or other long insect sunning himself on a branch. 🙂
Lovely winter pictures. We sometimes get so bundled against the cold we forget to see the changing, fleeting beauty all around.