oh! the colors!

my little coastal garden is filled with color inspiration these days...

I have been marveling, in particular, at the common alstroemerias that grow like weeds along a rustic fence just outside my kitchen door...

most of them are pink, but occasionally we get one that is gloriously orange...

and with that blue, blue, blue sky of early summer?

even these ordinary lilies become breathtaking...

of course, the temptation to knit with these colors was too great...

isager alpaca merino 2 from 

my favorite yarn shop...

pretty darn yummy, eh?

instant baby sweater...

the pattern for the 

wheeee...instant baby sweater

is almost ready!

pattern will include two sizes and a hat...

this is a fabulous 

instant gratification project

look for it soon!

fog and a scarf...

the fog continues...

it is currently 54.4° farenheit

on the Mendocino coast...

not what many of you would call

"summer weather", eh?

good knitting weather, though...

I'm currently working on a scarf for lulu...

a bit of lace, a bit of geometry,

a bit of garter stitch

it will be short and warm and easy-to-wear when she races her lotus

yup, that's my mom!

raphanus raphanistrum on a monday morning...

the color inspiration...

and the cables...

theatre shadows...

as some of you know,

this tangled knitter 

can sometimes be found on the stage...

this was taken last night on the set of our up-coming show, boy gets girl

theatre shadows...

love the lines 

love the colors

design inspiration can be found

in the most unexpected places...

color inspiration...

oh! the colors...

the base of a bridge beautifully "painted" by nature...

or a gate pocked by rust...

color inspiration 

can be found

in the most wonderful places...

colors...

the colors of a rusty gate...

inspire...

“Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways. ” 

                            ― Oscar Wilde

color inspiration...

a mendocino coast sunset...

pamela w allen designs

now...what can I knit in these colors?

the colors of...

mendocino in may...

 just makes me want to

k n i t