By skyforbes 
My knitting list continues to taunt me. It also continues to grow! This morning my youngest son, L-man I shall call him here, asked me if I could knit him a wool sweater along with the hat and mittens I plan on making for him. He said he wants to be nice and toasty this winter and he loves what I knit for him. How can I resist that?! A soon to be nine year old that actually wants to wear things his mama makes him. Melts my heart. So, now of course I want to start pouring through patterns looking for a perfect sweater to knit for him. I’d love it if I could whip one out in time for Christmas but with everything I got going on these days coupled with all the projects already on my plate that just seems like pulling off the impossible. But, knowing me I probably will give it a shot because I’m just so pleased that he asked for one. Just watch in a few days I will be posting on here about how I have bought the yarn to begin a sweater for him! 
On another note, I finished work on the herbal hat for my husband, SET as I will call him. It looks pretty good. I love the colors. I made if from the yarns I dyed out of herbs. The main color, the brown tone, is the yellow dock yarn. The yellow stripe is the tansy yarn and the greenish-gray color is the comfrey yarn. I love how the yellow dock yarn looks. The picture doesn’t really show it but it is marbleized in places and looks so cool like that. That hat is a serious labor of love! I hand dyed the yarn with plants I gathered (some from my own garden) and then hand knitted the whole thing. Some serious love there. I have got some ideas brewing in my head for some more yarns to dye using herbs so be on the look out for those in future posts…….