Between WordPress projects for clients and getting my new e-book on web development finished, I’ve enjoyed meeting with some new-to-me people who are launching some interesting projects this Spring.

Among them are Craig Dombey, publisher of Prescott-Good-Eats.com;  Shanti Rade, who’s developing a blog of recipes featuring produce she and her husband grow at Whipstone Farm, and Vicki Brannock, owner of Organization Architects, who is interested in teaming up to form a new approach to community engagement here in Prescott (more on this in coming weeks).

Springtime also heralds the start of allergy season, and this means more time spent indoors than I would like. It’s also an opportunity to dig through my assorted knitting bags to see what might be languishing there, forgotten.

Among those projects which haven’t grown at all through winter are: a Haruha scarf (in soft grey Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool), a lovely Juno Regina shawl (in Malabrigo lace in purple, blue, apple green), a simple pair of socks to finish up for my mom, AND I have started the ambitious Borghild jacket (in Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool, again, but Bristol Red). Any of these is perfect to pick up while I watch the pollen blow around outside my window.

But right now is a moment to stop and savor. It’s been a couple of months since I got to try on something just off the needles, and today I’m doing just that.

As a tribute to Spring (even though I am spending early springtime indoors), I’m wearing a Spring green top finished on the first day of Spring 2009. The Coachella is knit in Katia Idea Jeans, a ribbon yarn in an interesting blend of cotton, rayon and linen.

And, here it is on my dress form, wishing to be worn outside. Hope springs eternal.