As part of the podcast we're doing a knit-a-long of patterns and yarns that remind us of clouds. Not surprisingly, I have a number of gray yarns that I am excited to use. I was especially looking forward to using the Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock I got for my birthday - the color is called "Cloudy with a Chance"! I had to have it! I knew right away that I wanted to use it for the Daybreak shawl.

I love the color combination of gray and yellow, so I also got a skein of Socks that Rock in "Saffron Surprise". It goes very nicely with the gray.

• Daybreak Shawl by Stephen West
• Size 5 needles
• Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Mediumweight in "Cloudy with a Chance" and "Saffron Surprise"

This is the only project I've been working on this week. It's very easy: the only challenge is that the rows get quite long. I could see knitting this again. There are so many beautiful projects on Ravelry (Ravelry link). Very inspiring.

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Some other inspirational points:

• seeing pussywillows and the first shoots of daffodils.
• Howie Woo, the crochet superhero
• Fruit of the month embroidery sampler is sure to be adorable
• Jane Brocket is living my imaginary life.