Gifts for Altu
I tell you, I’ve had so much going I’m behind here telling you all the things I want to say! I guess that is a high-class problem, being so passionate about life that I’m busy doing things I love. It could be much worse, certainly.
I made a scarf for my friend Altu, and gave it to her in honor of her Birthday (she did get it late). I used Crystal Palace Fizz in purple and Crystal Palace Squiggle, in my favorite colorway which includes purple, hot green, aqua and a blue that is a little dark and a little on the turquoise side. I have used this wonderful colorway in the yarn called Splash, in the stole I wear every day (I call it my Yarn for Ewe stole since I got all but one of the yarns at that shop).
I love Squiggle. I’ve bought it 4 different times (at three different shops). Yet I don’t have any in my stash right now. For some reason I never seem to get to keep it and knit with it for myself. I’m putting that on the list of things to do for myself once my to-do list gets shorter. (As if that will ever happen… I’m an optimist, I guess.)
Meanwhile, Altu loved her scarf. I was sure she would.
I also gave her another one of my tomatoes that I grew on the one small bush in a container on my step. I loved having that plant this year. It yielded 10 tomatoes if I counted right. I gave two of them to Altu and she really savored every bite.
I don’t really like raw tomatoes much so I’d rather give them to someone who really appreciates a home-grown fresh tomato. I just liked having the plant on the top landing where I enter the house every day. I watched it bloom, and grow tomatoes from small green globes to medium-sized red fruit. I watered it and enjoyed the shape of the plant in the pot on my steps. I didn’t need to eat the fruit to enjoy the plant (though I did use the first one in a fava bean salad, and that was good).
Photos: Scarf I made for Altu, ball of Squiggle in blue/green colorway (different than in the scarf), tomato just before I gave it to Altu.