Adventures in the Woods……

In my last post I alluded a little bit to what Sunday Morning held in store for Ashley and I, so here is the story.
  As I mentioned, Ashley came home for a photo shoot for some items that were knitted with my yarns by a designer that I have grown to know and love.

Now mind you, it has not just been a little cold up here this winter, it has been downright frigid…and there has been snow….lots of it.  Yes, it's been a very long winter up here.

So when Ashley said she would travel up to do some pictures I had a certain place in mind, but it would mean walking across a long open field behind the Jr. High School that would lead to the Swift River.  A beautiful place for pictures….but it was a crazy windy day here on this Sunday.

You can get a sense of the wind here in this picture, even though we were not at the spot that I had planned.  Ashley being the mountain woman that she is, knowing that we did not have snow shoes, pointed out to me that we were going to have to poke through all of that untouched snow as we couldn't walk on top of the snow and it was a BIG field. 
Thank goodness for her common sense knowledge.

So we traveled a bit down the road that I take my daily walk down and we decided to head into a portion of the National Forest.  Oh, and did I mention that it was cold….it was SO cold with the wind chill.  Cold enough that I made her put her coat on in between pictures and I was bundled up in a down coat, a wool hat and angora mittens…brrr!

Ashley God bless her heart was not so concerned about the cold as to what she should do with her hands as she was feeling awkward.  I love this picture…it perfectly captures her free spirited personality.  When we do a photo shoot, she pours all of herself into it and I am always gifted with amazing pictures.

In spite of the crazy wind and the frigid cold weather I think we got a few good pictures.

The shawl pattern designed by Anne Podlesak is Kellygnow.
The Cowl Mitt pattern designed by Elizabeth Green Musselman is Bettina Cowl and Mitts

I will be sharing a post tomorrow about our collaboration and the new venture that Anne and Elizabeth have created.  It's a very exciting link in a hole that helps Indie dyers.
Come back tomorrow for more information. 🙂
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Thank you so much Ashley for your patient spirit!