For years, many of our friends have been asking us to teach them to knit. We finally had a get-together for the knitters-to-be on a Saturday afternoon when we hosted a winter-to-spring knitting party. Saying a slow farewell to winter, we celebrated our favorite parts of winter with knitting, warm bowls of chili, hot chai tea and winter whites. We were inspired by the bare branches outside that will soon blossom with buds, leaves and blooms and the hints of green that start sprouting in winter’s neutral landscape. We put bunches of bright white spring tulips in jars (saved and reused from our kitchen) that we accented with handknit collars. Some jars held branches and tulips; others held tools like needles and scissors. Knitters gathered around the low coffee table and leaned against big pillows set against the couch. We used big fallen birch branches gathered from the woods of northern Michigan to create a centerpiece for our table and put bunches of green dianthus in pots. Dianthus is a member of the carnation family, and as you know, we love carnations because of their durability and ability to survive dry, hot homes. We especially love this green dianthus because it reminds us of the mossy spring in Oregon, where we grew up. See the entire post on design*sponge!
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