what to do with da vinci?

For Christmas, my sister and her husband gave me an airy skein of alpaca yarn, spun from the coat of an animal in their neighborhood. It delights the eyes and tempts the hands, this woolly donation from Signore da Vinci.

I am thinking I will combine it with Little Flowers, a bright string of sparkly doodads, to make something soft and as yet undecided.

slower than slow

Last January I signed up for the Block of the Month project at Red Purl, a blanket of twelve knitted blocks.


Today as the cropped cornfields outside my window are patterned with light snow, I shall begin August.