simplicity

There's something new on the horizon.

Something bright...

...and eyelety...and fun...

...and punctuated with pops of color!

Mr. NK picked the color from my stash, as it was bright and happy and perfect for spring!

I'm calling these socks 'Funfetti'. I think the yarn is STR 'pride'...it's not up on the website right now, and the label is long gone...oy.

I hope you all had a fun weekend!! 

Wishing you a great week!

Funfetti pattern by me in STR 'Pride' (maybe?)

a time for...

Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment.

~Ellis Peters

Happy Spring, my friends!! xo

rainy days

The sea breeze socks are back in play.

We enjoyed a double-date for lunch Sunday...our guests were knitting and the camera.

Mr. NK's meatball sandwich was yummy...

...and the coffee was an absolute requirement for warming us up between hail storms!

Me? Turkey and cranberry chutney!! :)

Bon appetit! Bon tricot!!

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing,

wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating;

there is really no such thing as bad weather,

only different kinds of good weather.

~John Ruskin

Socktopus Sokkusu yarn in 'spring storm'

strength

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself.

~Henry David Thoreau  

spring forward...

to summer!

To "sunflower field" to be exact...

...from my friend Camilla's new shop: Twist and Twine

Are these colors not glorious?! LoveLoveLove. Go check out her shop...you won't be disappointed!

Don't forget to spring forward this weekend...consider it one hour closer to summer!! xo

Bring me then the plant that points to those bright Lucidites swirling up from the earth,

And life itself exhaling that central breath!

Bring me the sunflower crazed with the love of light.

~Eugenio Montale

Sock pattern by me

to the morning

When day will break

And you will wake

And you will rake your hands

Across your eyes and realize

That it's going to be a day

There is really no way to say

No to the morning

Yes it's going to be a day

There is really nothing left to say

but come on morning.

~Dan Fogelberg

muse

The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.

~Stephen Nachmanovitch

...and this crocus...rain, shine, muddy grass...I'm inspired to shoot.

What's your muse?

Wishing you a great weekend...I hope you let your inner child run free!! xo

pairings

There are some great pairings:

Bogie and Bacall

Tracy and Hepburn

Rogers and Astaire

Myrna Loy and William Powell (and Asta makes three!)

hot cocoa and whipped cream

Turkey and dressing

popcorn and butter

Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy

Mr. Darcy and Bridget Jones...

and here at Chez NK:

knitting and food!

There is nothing better to accompany a cold February afternoon

than knitting and a cup of hot soup!

Don't salt and pepper shakers make great props for spur of the moment photography?

And the sock...Toasty Twist in STR Currier and Ives.

Oh...the soup...another great pairing, tomato and basil!

And it was good to the last drop!

What is your favorite "pairing"?

Happy Friday Eve! Happy March!

But let there be spaces in your togetherness

and let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another but make not a bond of love:

let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

~Kahlil Gibran 

words

Kind words do not cost much.

Yet they accomplish much.

~Blaise Pascal  

dreams

We're on a roll here at Chez NK! Hah! I couldn't resist!

The Mad Color Weave socks knit from Becoming Art in Agave 'Sanguine Sky' are finished,

and there are pics to prove it!!

I love this yarn...Like really, really LOVE this yarn!!

And I love how this particular color performed in this pattern...

And the fit is dreamy!

I hope you all are having a great Monday!

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old,

they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

~Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

time

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small.
We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.
~Georgia O'Keeffe

Wishing you endless time for family and friends this weekend!! xoxo

be mine

My Mr. NK is the bestest!
He can pull off the Brooklyn Tweed look like there's no tomorrow!

He does the happy dance  even when it's gray.

Did I mention that he's a comedian extraordinaire?!! 

(no models were hurt, but we don't suggest you try this without adult supervision!)

What more could a girl ask for in her Mr. NK??

Happy Valentine's Day!!xo

Love puts the fun in together,

the sad in apart,

and the joy in a heart.

~Author Unknown

The hat...you want to know about the hat?? It's the Christopher hat knit in MadTosh Vintage

bright lights, big city

Actually...a city park...on a gloriously sunny afternoon last weekend.

A preview of things to come...

...finished socks...

...and Spring!

Wishing you a bright and wonderful weekend! xo

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

~Percy Bysshe Shelley   

Mad Color Weave sock pattern by Tina Lorin in Becoming Art Agave yarn in 'Sanguine Sky'

baby steps

I've noticed a trend in the subject matter of the quotes I've been appending to the end of blog posts. Many of them have to do with progress...I wish I had more to show you more often, but apparently progress takes time...in some cases lots of time! I believe my second most frequent topic is patience :)

I modified these Toasty Twist socks by knitting my new favorite heel...the linen stitch heel. I heart it!

Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a fantastic week!

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow.

Great results cannot be achieved at once;

and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk,

step by step.

~Samuel Smiles  

Toasty Twist socks by Teresa Fox in STR 'Currier and Ives'

sunday play

When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself

with me more than I with her.

~Michel de Montaigne

lives

When we do the best that we can,

 

we never know what miracle is wrought in our life,

or in the life of another.

~Helen Keller

Embossed Leaves sock pattern by Mona Schmidt in STR 'winter solstice'

imagination

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

~Henry David Thoreau

beatitude

If you see this from your front door...

...the wise woman turns around and does this.

A little drowsing cat is an image of a perfect beatitude.

~Jules Champfleury