The Robins Are Back and I'm Back To Knitting

The robins are back. They've been around for the past week or two despite the snow and cold weather. It seems so early - February in Nova Scotia.  I read recently what I had already suspected - that they return to the same areas each year - even the same gardens. I'm glad to see these old friends again but it was hard to tell them that Lucy isn't here anymore.

I have spent the past week, in what seems like a very empty house, tidying up some unfinished projects and experimenting with leftover yarn. This little cardigan was started last fall and finally has the buttons sewn on. And I'm working on a little fair isle hat pattern that I thought would make a great addition to the outfit - bringing in a touch of that ochre colour again.

Pattern: Korrigan

Designer: Solenn Couix-Loarer

Yarn: Malabrigo Sock

Colour: Ochre

Needles: Circular - 3.0 mm

Pattern: Little Fair Isle Hat

Designer: Purl Soho

Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock (natural); Handmaiden Fine Yarn, Casbah (cedar);

          Handmaiden Fine Yarn, Casbah (lettuce); Malabrigo Sock (ochre)

Needles: Circular - 3.0 mm and 3.25 mm

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