Spring! Spring! Spring!

"Let us rejoice, Charlie Brown," said Linus, "for SPRING IS UPON US!"

Although I've been pretty occupied of late, that is to say, buried in an ever-expanding pile of paperwork, it hasn't escaped my attention that we've gone from below freezing temps and snow-and-slush-covered ground to longer, sunny days and balmy temps -- in February, I consider anything above 50 degrees F balmy, and yesterday reached a downright tropical 65 degrees!! Outside, the first sprouts of daffodils have burrowed through the old mulch and the cymbidium orchids -- barely visible two weeks ago -- now look like this:

These are the guys that greet me on the way from the house to the colourworks studio (perky, ain't they?):

And so this isn't a completely horticultural post, I've taken some pics of the newer colourways in the sportweight cashmere. First is...

Tender is the Night:


The second generation of Amy's Chocolate Cherry (predominantly dark with splashes of red and a wee bit of pink):

Amy's Chocolate Cherry II up close:

And Orion:

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In knitting news, I really have been working on projects, but they're either not picture-worthy yet or "classified" at present, so they'll have to wait for another post!