Shetland Highlights Day One

New cousins to get acquainted with.....

Drams on the patio at 10:00pm......

Conversations with grandpa........

Late night fishing.......

and Mackie's Honeycomb ice cream......
Perfect first day!

Mellow Yellow

It is most definitely crunch time for me with 10 days to go before I leave for Scotland!
Obviously I'm very excited to see family but I also have a LOT of knitting to get done before the photoshoot of my booklet/collection.........so just to show I've actually been knitting here is a sneak peak of one of the shawls that will be in it!

The yarn is Madelinetosh Prairie, 100% superwash merino, laceweight. My hand and eye were instantly drawn to it's mellow mood and luscious texture and it's been a calming and soothing project to work on over these recently hot and sticky days.

Plenty more to come I assure you ...........

The lovely folks at Squam have put together this beautiful journal to inspire, entertain and bring you some of that specialness that is Squam!
For more detailed info go here!

A Tiny Tea Leaves...

...for a not so tiny-just-turned-11-years- today daughter of mine!

I took a brief bit of time out from my own designs to whip this out for Maya....she requested it and chose yarn and buttons herself...fits her perfectly and she loves it...thanks Melissa!

It was another lovely person's birthday yesterday (that would be Ysolda -see the resemblance) and Maya drew the above for her.....had to share!!

Happy Birthday my sweet lovely talented girl...keep doing what you're doing!