Tuesday tidbits
A little bit of this and a little bit of that in this post. First of all,Knitty Kat made my Cloverleaf Zigzag Socks! (Free .pdf pattern here.)
Don’t they look lovely? I like them even better in that blue-purple Koigu colourway than in the pink one I used to make the originals, and now I think I will make another pair in the fall. If anyone else makes these (or any of the other patterns) please let me know!
Last week there was a minor commotion in the small garden patch outside my parents’ living room window around 11 pm. So we looked out and these were in bloom:
They’re "Brahma Kamal" (Brahma’s Lotus), which bloom rarely, and only at night for one night. I think they’re actually part of the sunflower family, even though they bloom for the moon, as it were. We all stood around them and oohed and aahed and clicked away. Then all my neighbours came in to see them again on my computer and we oohed some more.
They all preened for us, except for one which was camera-shy, and bloomed quietly the next night. The last time I’d seen a Brahmakamal bloom was nearly two decades ago, so I was quite kicked to see them this time.