saturday sky, knitting, and a spider

See, there between the branches! We're having a sunny Saturday. Leaves are just beginning to turn on the walnut tree in the backyard, and the apple tree continues to pose with serene assymetry.
As for the next knitting project, I have thorown myself at some tape yarn (Cameo 80%wool, 20% nylon) because I want a cozy vest for the winter. (I also want a pink and purple wool tweed blazer for less than $40. How's it feel to want and not have, Roxie?) I have four balls of dark pink and green, and two balls of light pink. Rahter than futz with stripes, I am blending them by knitting seed stitch. Just work a row from each of three balls. When you get to the end of a row, pick up the yarn that is waiting there for you, and seedstitch back. It's magic with two or three harmonious colors.

As for pattern, I don't know how far this yarn will take me, so I'm doing two diagonal squares and joining them at sides and shoulders. Lots of guesstimating and winging it, but that's what I love.

Now, if you are arachnaphobic, run away! We have this big old garden spider in the back yard, and I think she is really cool. I wanted pictures of the pretty designs on her back and belly. The pictures are a bit blurry because there was just enough air movement to make the web tremble.

Isn't she lovely? (Any spiders still around this late in the year are usually females.) Wonder if I could make a spider-back sweater?