Winter Fruit by Ailbíona McLochlainn

Winter Fruit

Knitting
February 2018
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
US 11 - 8.0 mm
English

As a child I took piano lessons from a teacher who kept a potted lemon tree in her house. The tree bore fruit in winter, and all through the cold months the surfaces of her living room were covered in crystal bowls full of lemons. As snow swirled outside and light streamed through the frosted windows, the citrus fruits glistened like baubles in the darkened living room - an improbable and delightful spectacle to accompany the sounds of the piano…

Intriguingly textured and cuddliciously warm, Winter Fruit is an anatomically shaped, reversible cowl (the pattern looks equally nice with the cowl turned inside out). It is worked much like a top-down sweater yoke - but without the sweater! - making for a satisfyingly quick, single-skein project.