Knitting: I'm almost finished with a birthday hat for the little guy using leftover yarn. I'm not sure exactly how it will look in the end -- there may be a third color in there to finish it off. The final ingredient to make it complete would be some cold and snow.
Reading: On the way back to the library is Knit Green, a book about eco-friendly knitting choices with some patterns thrown in. I skimmed it very quickly, but I definitely walked away with some helpful tidbits. I really didn't know that cotton has been bred to grow in colors other than white. It also grows in green, red, and several shades of brown. How did I not know this?
Linking up with Ginny at Small Things.
Wow! I didn't know that about cotton either! I have a second cousin that is a cotton farmer in Mississippi and I need to ask him if he knows this!
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I'm interested what you find out from your cousin!
DeleteHuh, I didn't know that about cotton either. I like what I can see of your hat, btw. Scrap projects are always fun - I just read "Stashbuster Knits" actually, and it had lots of good ideas about combining odd leftover balls of yarn.
ReplyDeleteI think the hat will be wonderful when done. Then we can see your wee one model it!!
ReplyDeleteI would like to get to a point in my knitting where I can just make up a pattern. I can change an existing one, but haven't jumped in yet about making one from scratch. Hope you get some snow so it'll be used.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know it, either. Sounds kinda weird, actually.
ReplyDeleteThe hat looks good!
wowzers, I did not know that about cotton either! The more you know. :)
ReplyDeleteCotton grows in red and green? I love making "leftover" hats for the wee ones!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that either about cotton. Wow, you learn something new everyday!
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