Week of colors: GREEN

Today's green, the easy one since green is my favorite color. Here are some random green images I found in my photos:

morning dew; sweet juicy grapes; asparagus- one of my favorite vegetables; bookshop on Charing Cross Road, London; facade of a house in Lavagna, Italy; after the rain; in the park.

For some more greenery, please visit lovely Francesca.

Tomorrow's black. A challenge!

New gem in my stash.

Tidal Sock Yarn from Solstice Yarns.

"Green Lover"

100g/400m/437yrd

This yarn is so beautiful! I can't wait to knit something precious with it. Its colour cheers me up and reminds me of spring.

Corner View: Green/Nature

Caring about nature and the world around us is so important. I already wrote about our ways of green living here but I don't think I mentioned that growing your own veggies and fruits is yet another way of being green. I know it's easy when you have a house with some space outside that you can turn into garden but living in a city doesn't mean you can't grown your own. Last year we managed to have our very own lettuce, radishes, herbs and carrots; we tried to grow tomatoes too but we failed (the photo below of beautifully grown tomatoes was taken in autie Rosanna's city garden where she also successfully grows other vegetables and fruits).

Wouldn't it be wonderful to live in a house surrouned by this amount of greenery? I often wonder if people living in this house are happier just because every day they wake up to this scenery. I bet they are.

I dream that one day we will have our own house with a garden to grow all kinds of veggies and to live our green happy life to the fullest.

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For more green Corner Views, please visit Theresa's blog.

Elfie.

I've been a busy bee recently, working on few project at the same time and taking any opportunity to knit one more row whenever possible (and believe me, it's hard to find a spare moment with a vary active almost two year old toddler around ;) ). Today when G. was having her afternoon nap I managed to finish this little green top. And I feel quite content with the way it turned out. It's yet another of my experimental knits: I had the idea in my head and I braught it out to real life. I enjoyed knitting this top: so very simple and quick. I aimed to make 6-9 months size but I think it actually is 12-18 months (I tried it on G. and it was a bit too short and a bit too tight but not very uncomfortable and she is 21 months now). After the top was done, I decided to call it "Elfie"- this forest green color and cable motif make me think of little elves.

I've got so many ideas for other knitting projects these days, I should start writting them down . If only I could strech days and nights a little bit... For a while now I've been thinking of opening my Etsy shop with little knits like this one. But I don't think I've got enough courage yet...

Green

Have I ever mentioned that green is my favourite colour?
What's yours?