wool colors and a new sponsor

looking out my window, these lovely shades of lavender...

reminded me of this...

and these petunias growing in my window box...

made me think of this...

and this brown bunny with delicate wisps of white...

looked just like this to me (alaska project!)

and this little dog (having the puppy pants scared off him by scout the neighbor kitty), reminds me of...

this, one of several current project on the needles...

hello friends! is this a sign of too much time spent with needles in hand? when almost everything in life is a reminder of hanks of wool you have, or would like to have? ah well, i'm excited about the new wooly additions to my basket! and my sister and i have been super excited making plans for alaska, which is only about a week away now. lindy and i have been researching the northern lights, wildlife excursions and knitting shops in fairbanks. hee hee, well, maybe that would be me (found one!)

this week the children's knitting class i teach reached the maximum capacity, which is six. there were five girls and one small boy, age six. the girls were picking up needles for the first time, but the boy, taj, was already accomplished with the knit stitch. he said his grandma had taught him when he was younger   :)
he was hoping i could show him how to cast on and make those little holes. by the end of class he had the knitted cast on and yarn over down. and then wondered when we would be making socks....
:)

i'm excited to welcome wild faerie caps as a new sponsor! melissa is a very talented knitter, spinner and dyer. she's busy filling up her etsy shop with handknits, handspun yarn, and goodies for your seasonal~ nature tables. visit wild faerie caps here. i've hearted this, ah autumn...!
for affordable sponsorship contact me at lorix5@hotmail.com   ~ have a wonderful week ahead
xxx lori