A hydrangea cutting from last year decided to make Spring even more exciting by creating its first ever flower when nothing else bloomed in the garden. Brought indoors its single blossom came to be appreciated and admired all day long for weeks and weeks.
Thanks to its beautiful influence this Spring I was drawn to chalky shades and especially to new-growth vibrant greens and pale pinks.
Noro of Japan create beautiful yarn and colours. I found some Noro Shiro that captured all of these harmonious shades of Spring; new, outrageously limey and zesty greens and pale, sorbet pinks flowing through old greens and browns of winter.
“Spring does not turn into summer.
Spring is its own time.”
Adding to the joy of finding it, {it’s a discontinued shade} Noro Shiro is 40% soft nature wool, 30% cashmere and 30% silk. A joy to knit with, and to wear.
So this Spring I knitted several INNER WILD pieces using this yarn with a feeling of flowing with the universe: the Zenko Apron and Zenko Strappy Top {sold on Etsy} and Arum Lily Bodice and Arum Lily Gauntlets.
Here they are, first the Zenko – look at that shading! {I did manipulate the balls of yarn to make more obvious the shading of dark to light}:
Rejoicing in the colours of Spring, brown grasses turning golden and lining the corncrake’s new nest. Rudely fresh green grass takes over slopes and flat meadows. Robust leaves of Angelica poke from bare earth and make olive feather shapes. Bright pink buds of crab apple trees burst open with pale pink white flowers. Homemade Harris …
Vibrant emerald green fades quickly to muted dusky brown. Our Hebridean sky becomes more complicated with squally clouds edged in black and orange-red speeding above us. The wind carries wild autumn seeds of Hogweed and Bishop’s Lace that will settle and sow themselves to flower next year. Goldfinches eat the last Self-Heal seeds and sparrows …
A sunny day in June and the INNER WILD Elven Strappy Top makes summer frolics brighter. A little elven top for all kinds of adventures in secret places with thin i-cord straps, hand knitted in Noro’s pretty jewel, rainbow effect yarn. Hand knitted in beautiful Noro Silk Garden yarn that’s 45% silk, 45% kid mohair …
Spring: blossom inspiration
A hydrangea cutting from last year decided to make Spring even more exciting by creating its first ever flower when nothing else bloomed in the garden. Brought indoors its single blossom came to be appreciated and admired all day long for weeks and weeks.
Thanks to its beautiful influence this Spring I was drawn to chalky shades and especially to new-growth vibrant greens and pale pinks.
Noro of Japan create beautiful yarn and colours. I found some Noro Shiro that captured all of these harmonious shades of Spring; new, outrageously limey and zesty greens and pale, sorbet pinks flowing through old greens and browns of winter.
Adding to the joy of finding it, {it’s a discontinued shade} Noro Shiro is 40% soft nature wool, 30% cashmere and 30% silk. A joy to knit with, and to wear.
So this Spring I knitted several INNER WILD pieces using this yarn with a feeling of flowing with the universe: the Zenko Apron and Zenko Strappy Top {sold on Etsy} and Arum Lily Bodice and Arum Lily Gauntlets.
Here they are, first the Zenko – look at that shading! {I did manipulate the balls of yarn to make more obvious the shading of dark to light}:
… and Arum Lily:
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