It's azalea season

Azalea. This is a lucious, fully saturated color. Leave out those flecks of green and think of yarn dyed like this. Wouldn't that be the perfect sweater for a willful little girl? A cardigan with big buttons so little fingers can manage ("I do it!") and big pockets to stash the My Little Pony and assorted treats and treasures.








And here we have lace-leaf Japanese Maples. This is a colorway for a willful woman like me. Muted shades of rose with accents of sage. I want a cardigan with big pockets, too. So I can stash my glasses and a pen and a credit card and my driver's license and car keys when I run away from home to the LYS.






Meanwhile, as if I needed to buy more yarn, I am on a search for sport-weight charcoal grey silk. Three skeins in matt, and one in shiny. I am going to knit DH a tuxedo vest for his birthday. It's a surprise. Don't tell him. I know the color won't photograph well, but I'll give it a try since I feel quite inspired by the design that has nested in my brain. Where do you like to buy your silk?