What is this?

 

Can you guess?

Big bird, little bird

In our slow Covid world, we are discovering all sorts of fascinating nature moments both in our back yard and at a local arboretum.  

Here's a hawk sitting in the branches of an old (and probably not very healthy) fir tree.  He's one large and scary bird.  Looked the Hubz right in the eyes, and the Hubz was very happy to go back into the house.

 

And here's a hummingbird who is probably nesting somewhere at our Frelinghuysen Arboretum. There are at least 3 of them, and about as cute as can be.

Knitter on fire!

And another sweater finished.  This one is loosely based on the Vanilla Sweater by Corinne Tomlinson.  I'm not thrilled with crop sweaters. They seem to cut me in half, and I'm small enough not to want that.  So  I did some modification:  much narrower, long sleeves, and longer in the body.  I also increased each side of the side seam (fake seam), at around the waist to give a bit of ease at the hip. 

I just loved knitting this sweater.  Usually I hate miles of stockinette; it's so boring but this time, it just flowed along so nicely. 

I can see more of these top-down raglans in my future.  Stripes, patterns on sleeves and/or body?  A bit wider?  A slightly lower neckline?  All good fun to think about.

Corinne Tomlinson owns The Woolly Thistle up in NH.  Beautiful yarns from the UK, Norway.  That's where I bought the Frangipani gansey yarn in the last post.  Soft woolly yarns, stunning colors.  I'm in love!