“If you have an apple and I
have an apple and we
exchange these apples
then you and I will still
each have one apple. But if
you have an idea and I
have an idea and we
exchange these ideas,
then each of us will have
two ideas.”
~George Bernard Shaw
I have been having a
blast knitting the
Corkscrew Scarf.The
pattern is very easy to
follow so it is a wonderful
project that can be set
down and picked back
up with ease. I picked up
some inexpensive yarn,
Lion Brand Tweed in
Prism to practice with
and I must say that I like
how the colors are working
out. Next I want to find
some really colorful silk
to use as I plan on making
several of these and giving
them to everyone I know.
I am still very slowing reading
Wendell Berry and really
enjoying the book. I have
also been reading a lot of
Beatrix Potter to the
wee one from a book
given to my children
from my parents. I must
say it is a lot of fun to
read the same stories to
my granddaughter that
I read to her mother
and uncles.
What's on your needles
this week?
That skein of yarn looks like a colorful Easter egg. I enjoy reading stories to my kiddos that have notations inside the cover from my mom recording when she read them to me.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos! I Love to see the blossoms as spring has not sprung here yet. The colors in your scarf are quite beautiful.
ReplyDeleteso pretty ! i love the apple / idea line ! x
ReplyDeleteThat scarf looks awesome! I think I might need to try something like that :-) And I am just starting a Wendell Berry book myself.
ReplyDeleteI've been making this scarf as well but left it out and it became a ... not so pretty creation after little 1 year old added his expertise. Bah! Now I wanna start it again!
ReplyDeleteI love that George Bernard Shaw quote :)
ReplyDeleteThe scarf is looking fab :)
We love Beatrix Potter, what perfect reading material for Easter week. Your scarf is turning out beautifully!
ReplyDeleteLovely quote!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous scarf and such lovely pics! My Lola would love that Beatrix Potter book.
ReplyDeleteLove your quote this morning :) And your pictures are always so artistic and beautiful, love them!
ReplyDeleteYour scarf looks amazing, and I think I will add it to my knitting list, thanks.
Enjoy your day.
I love the quote at the beginning and your yarn is such beautiful colours and looks very snuggly and soft.
ReplyDeleteCute scarf. I love the colors.
ReplyDeleteLisa
I love your photos :) They are always so interesting and seeing those blooms makes me so happy.
ReplyDeleteLovely scarf, such a gorgeous colour.
ReplyDeleteThis post reminds me how much I miss reading to little ones. Your scarf is beautiful! Sounds like a great pattern.
ReplyDeleteThe scarf is gorgeous! I love the colors. Now I want to make one! :-) I love the pictures of the flowers. So springy!
ReplyDeleteYou always make your projects look like art! Great colors on the scarf. I've been fascinated by the corkscrew pattern and may have to try it one day. We have a book of Beatrix Potter and I read her stories to my daughter.
ReplyDeleteHappy Yarn Along Wednesday!
Isn't that quote exactly what yarnalong is all about?? You are amazing how you find just the perfect fit. Love the scarf---Easter is really in the air! Have a wonderful yarnalong day!
ReplyDeleteYour links aren't working for me. :/ It could totally be user error on my part (still working on that morning coffee). I saw your scarf and thought - I wonder if I could do that with lace and make some funky doll hair... hmmmm... you've sparked something now. (:
ReplyDeleteMelissa, it wasn't you, it was me, but the links are fixed now. :)
DeleteOh I love that corkscrew scarf! It really looks very pretty with the yarn you chose.
ReplyDeleteLove the corkscrew scarf! We are two peas in a pod reading our books slowly :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful qoute today. Your scarf is divine...so fun!
ReplyDeleteYour scarf is looking beautiful! And your picture! Oh my, just gorgeous! Beatrix Potter was a fav at our house as well.
ReplyDeleteThe quote is beautiful and so is your scarf, I just love the colourway.
ReplyDeletexo xo
I love the scarf...the colors are coming together so nice...we also enjoy Beatrix Potter in our home...such sweet stories....
ReplyDelete~~Renee
The scarf looks great, I love the colours. Looking forward to seeing more of them!
ReplyDeleteOh, and the quote is wonderful!!
I love the yarn you used for that scarf. Such pretty Easter pictures!
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are so lovely. I loooong for flowers in the trees...It's snowing right now here!
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are so lovely. I loooong for flowers in the trees...It's snowing right now here!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delight that the scarf pattern is both fun to knit and makes such a beautiful piece! I can't wait to see it in the silk!
ReplyDeletebeatrix potter is always good reading. always.
ReplyDeleteI love how those colors work so perfectly with that pattern.
ReplyDeletesuper adorable.
Very pretty scarf you are creating. So good when the pattern is clever and easy to create the spirals.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your blossoms.
Yes, I think that would be awfully fun to read to a grandchild the same book. Does she like it more/less than your kids did? Love how you stuffed the ball of yarn on that branch! :)
ReplyDeleteso so pretty tracey, you are the best friend to make these for others too! i LOVE beatrix potter, so sweet to read to the little one. xxx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scarf... and colors!! Love the bunny vases~ so festive.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Beatrix Potter takes me back.... I had mini books that I carried everywhere with me as a child.
Such sweet seasonal photos Tracey! Your scarf looks amazing x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos and oh my that scarf is so fun!!!
ReplyDeleteWendell Berry is one of my very favorite people in the whole world. I used to read his poetry aloud while my soon-to-be husband and I floated in a canoe down Ozark waterways. :) Fond memories!
ReplyDeleteLove the quote!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love the scarf. I could make a couple for my nieces. Thanks for the link. Also love the Shaw quote. So true. We are big Potter fans. I loved them as a child and I'm so pleased that all my children really enjoy them. Hoping to take them up to visit her house soon.
ReplyDeleteThat corkscrew is so pretty, Tracey!
ReplyDeleteI love love love it! Beautiful! And those trees!!
ReplyDeleteI really, really, need to read some Wendell Berry. Summer reading I suppose...
ReplyDeleteThe photos are beautiful! I can't believe the sun! and the apple blossoms! AND the yarn colors are wonderful...
ReplyDeleteMy friend just knit a scarf like that and it looks like so much fun - I love the yarn your chose (and especially the photos you took of it). My youngest is enjoying "bunny Potter" and I tell ya, I never tire of reading it. I love it so much more than Pooh.
ReplyDeleteFun twisty scarf! We love Beatrix Potter here. My first grader has been reading quite a lot of those stories! Happy Easter to you!
ReplyDeleteI used this very same Tweed yarn for a scarf for my older brother this past Christmas.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful coloring in Woodlands colorway - with aqua pops ! ! !
Am I going to have to give this pattern a try?
hugs
Such a lovely scarf! Reminds of a wind chime.
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