Purling Oaks

A shadow and her cat

Stacey is having a contest!  Go visit and tell her what job you would like to have if education and money were of no significance.  I'm still thinking what job I would love.  There are a number of areas where I would like more experience  Crafting.  I suppose my ideal life would be to delve into all the crafts that I've only tested the waters, which is essentially all of them.  I would love to attend conferences and classes.  Maybe, once I gain some skill, I could teach and foster crafting.   Gardening.  I would love to spend a lot of time in my garden and develop a dyer's garden and expand my kitchen garden.  Writing.  I would love to work on my writing skills and expand on the little stories that roll around in my brain.  Music!  I would love to learn how to play my acoustic guitar.  Hmm.  I suppose I know what I'll be doing with my free time.  Not much of an answer for Stacey, though. 

The sun was shining for a few moments over Chez Purling Oaks late this afternoon.   We have signs of life in the gardens!  Well, the gardens that aren't still covered with snow, that is. 

On the left is the start of a tulip and on the right are crocii coming through the leaf debris under the lilacs. 

White Dot joined me on my stroll around the green parts of the yard and we did a little goofing around.

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I also finished the wash cloth on Sunday.  Here it is, posing.

Chinese Waves for the soul

I started up a new little project this week.  I had (and still have) a feeling that I wanted a project I could do quickly with little brain power.  Hmm.  Socks?  No, I looked through the yarn and most of it required the ball winder for socks to be the project.  (Yes, *that* kind of a mood.) Then I spied a ball of cotton yarn.  That's it!  A washcloth.  But what pattern?  I did a very quick search and came up with this one.  Hmm, now I need needles.  Do I have any size US 7s in the house besides dpns?!  No.  (searching through bag of knitting stuff)  Okay, the circular 8 will work just fine.  And presto...........

A nice little washcloth to help keep my hands busy and my mind calm.  And it is green, one of my favorite colors.  Isn't Joan looking for green?  (She's having a contest.  Go look.)  I don't have much green of the outside to offer but my green washcloth and the sage green beadboard in the dining area are a reasonable contribution.

I took the little project outside for a little look-see.   Nope, it hasn't melted yet.

ETA:  Happy Birthday, G'Ma Susans!   (aka my super DMIL)