and i am up so early!

i got up with bernie this morning
at 4:30 to stoke the fire
living with a woodstove is like having another pet.....you have to feed it regularly

meanwhile
i have been winding silk
more specifically....
silk from Spirit Trail, from RHINEBECK this past fall ( 2007)

and the pictures do not do it justice

it is a warm and glowing late-ish fall russet coloring
that blends softly through the golds, and russets and bittersweets and melons of late fall prior to all the leaves coming down

i am still trying to find a pattern that will make the most of it

i thought.....fichu.....
i have two patterns for them

or i could make up my own

i would like something suggestive of leaves
i probably would really like it beaded.....
in a sort of gypsy sort of way

i was originally thinking a sort of narrow shawl..../scarf

but maybe a fichu would be better.....
with a leaf boarder
and acorn shaped beads dropping of alternating points?

hmmmmm

vi