As with my experience of this Shepherd and Shearer yarn last autumn, I'm finding this wool demanding attention. It draws my mind away from the knitting with its lingering aroma of lanolin, the stickiness of the fibers, the deep creaminess of the natural colour almost lit from within and the bits of hay and grass reminding my fingers of the place from which all this was borne...
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Rising biscuits, wintertime dinners from summertime harvests, natural stuff transformed so simply into practical and beautiful things.
So too this wool reminds me, the sheep grazed and grew their fleece, the Shearer relieved them of their "burden". Cleaned and spun, I washed it to yield sweaters to keep us warm for years to come.
When I'm done with this lovely stuff, I'll miss its "nagging". This morning, as I'll roll the final skein into a ball I'll be a bit sad to see it "go" but by doing so, a wonderful new knit will get done and soon be ready to wear!
Its not unlike cooking with perfectly ripe, field grown tomatoes sourced from a local farm stand...
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| Spaghetti Sauce Prep 2014 |
Or the wonders of mixing flour, water, butter and leavening...
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| Buttermilk "Kiss" Biscuits |
So too this wool reminds me, the sheep grazed and grew their fleece, the Shearer relieved them of their "burden". Cleaned and spun, I washed it to yield sweaters to keep us warm for years to come.
Good thing too - because everywhere I look are reminders that fall is well underway...
Winter can't be far behind and its going to be a lot more comfortable with this knit in my wardrobe!
Thanks for dropping by today!
3 comments:
Your description of the yarn makes it sound magical to work with! Great photos of the yarn and your tomatoes! Happy knitting! :-)
Devlan, the tomatoes and the bisquits all look great. And I love the blurred photo.
Marie- I'm going to say it. It seems you have a deep appreciation for the fresh-from-the-farm product. Can taking up spinning be far behind?
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