Ode to Spring V: Take Wing

The Robin is the One 

That interrupt the Morn 

With hurried — few — express Reports 

When March is scarcely on – 

The Robin is the One 

That overflow the Noon 

With her cherubic quantity – 

An April but begun – 

The Robin is the One 

That speechless from her Nest 

Submit that Home — and Certainty A

nd Sanctity, are best 

Emily Dickinson

Tiny Owl Knits Sweet Robin Wrist-ees

Susan Lawrence Feather Duster

JOJI Dragonflies Jumper

HeartStrings Dragonfly Dreams Lace Scarf

Tiny Owl Knits The Beekeeper's Quilt

Flapper Madness: Clara Cloche

Clara 

by Theressa Silver 

Clara

Invented in 1908 by milliner Caroline Reboux nothing defines the roaring 20's Flapper's style like the Cloche.  This fitted, bell shaped hat kept their bobbed hair neatly in place as they feverishly danced the Charleston!  Bring your inner Jazz Baby to life with Silver's Clara!
  Clara is part of the new eBook Hat Couture which features 13 timeless designs.

If you only wear hats to keep you warm, Theressa Silver's eBook Hat Couture will truly turn your head around.

Designer Silver starts from the assumption that a hat is a statement piece. A great hat projects style or courage or mischief or sultriness—or all of the above.

Are you feeling more like Marlene Dietrich, Lucille Ball, or Grace Kelly today? Make a hat for every mood. Silver’s clear, easy-to-follow instructions allow even beginners to knit and embellish their own stunning toppers.

Ode to Spring IV: The Flowers

"Spring comes: 

the flowers learn their colored shapes." 

Maria Konopnicka 

"Where flowers bloom so does hope."
Lady Bird Johnson 

"Each flower is a soul opening out to nature."
Gerald De Nerval 

"The Earth Laughs in Flowers."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gardiner Yarn Works' Path of Flowers Stole

Noni Peony Little Purse in Crochet

Mia Rinde Growing Flowers

Schaefer Dogwood Blossom Wrap

Mia Rinde Pasque Flower

Dawn Brocco Flower Baby Blanket

Dawn Brocco Baby's Crochet Baby Blanket

Mia Rinde Bring Me Flowers

Ode to Spring III: A Trellis of Vines

A fairy seed I planted, 

so dry & white and old, 

there sprang a vine enchanted, 

with magic flowers of gold. 

Marjorie Barrows 

Noni Clematis Shopping Bag

Gardiner Yarn Works' Tangled Vine Socks

Sivia Harding Twining Vines Strip Lace Afghan

Susan Lawrence On The Vine

Ode to Spring II: A Real Spring Day

“The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.” 

- Henry Van Dyke, Fisherman’s Luck 

Spring Things Shawl

The Spring Things Shawl, by Susan Lawrence of I'm Knitting As Fast As I Can, is a small shawl knit from the center back of the neck down to the bottom edge.  The upper body is worked first, than the upper border, next the lower border and last the bottom edge.  This project is suitable for an adventurous beginner or intermediate knitter.  It is knit entirely from charts which show both the right and wrong side rows.   

Follow the links after purchase to download this PDF and visit Susan Lawrence to see all her designs.

Ode to Spring I: Spring's Arrival

I had some fun the other day looking up poems about Spring and matching them with patterns from my site. My first tribute…

“No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.” Proverb from Guinea

Come Spring Vest

Spring opens up with a flourish of joyful greenery. Celebrate with Jane Thornley's Come Spring Vest, worked side to side in a mix of lace ribbing and seed stitch featuring alternating colors of green braced by brown worked on size 5mm/8US needles. The bottom edging is picked up and knit afterwards in a leaf stem lace pattern. It’s an easy wear suitable for dressing up or down and those roomy armholes and absence of buttons offer an added dash of chic comfort. The back features a center panel in seed stitch worked in a glorious hand-dyed ribbon.

The vest can be knit in two ways: modular style by knitting lacey strips singularly or in groupings sewn together or, for those deep into sewing avoidance, by knitting side-to-side in either one or three pieces: back and two fronts.

Follow the links after purchase to download this PDF and visit Jane Thornley to see all her collections.

Vinorina a New Lace Shawl by Kitman Figueroa

A trellis full of vines blooming bead work will spread across your shoulders with Figueroa's shawl Vinorina.  Like most of Figueroa's shawl designs Vinorina is worked from the bottom up in a textural lace pattern. 
 

Follow the links after purchase to download this PDF & visit Kitman Figueroa to see all her designs.