Spring for a day or two -

The Skagit Valley Tulip festival has been in progress since April 1, with or without tulips. Word is that they are finally appearing, so visitors should be able to anticipate scenes like this:



Years ago, a nurseryman we knew said northwesterners are like houseplants - they complain if the temperature is much above or below 60 degrees. Obsessed? Perhaps. But this year, after the coldest spring in memory, it's more than usually welcome to hear that tomorrow is supposed to be our warmest day in 6 months!

Next week the cool wet weather returns, so I'll get a few more days wear out of the scarf I finished earlier this week. Its official name should be "Plan B," since, after knitting the entire back section of that sweater (see post #2) I had to face the fact that there definitely was not enough yarn to finish. (No chance to buy more - not only the yarn but the company that produced it disappeared several years ago!)

So - I can look forward (?) to another evening of ripping out part of a garment. This time I'll even wet the yarn and hang it to dry with weights, as the Vogue Knitting Book instructs. Somewhere there's a pattern that will work!

Meanwhile, I had so much fun making the brown scarf that I immediately started another, this time in some blue/green cotton yarn by Manos del Uruguay.