First Dye Garden Harvest

Early this morning, while still wearing my robe and sipping my coffee, I went straight out to the garden.  I saw that the first marigold blooms had started to fade and new buds had appeared.  I decided it was time for my first dye garden harvest.

There are just a few flowers so far, but I'm still excited as they are the first flowers I've been able to collect from the plants I started from seeds months ago.  They will go into the freezer and I will add to their number until I have enough to dye a skein of sock yarn.  

Later, as I was indulging myself with a second dose of caffeine and browsing knitting blogs, I saw that the month of May is devoted to Red/Orange in Project Spectrum.  This year Lolly has started a Project Spectrum blog on Tumblr.  Check it out for a quick dose of color inspiration!  

With the marigolds presenting themselves as perfect examples of this month's color theme, I decided to take a few more photos of them and then kept my camera in my pocket as I continued my morning chores.

There is also a Project Spectrum group on Ravelry for those who are celebrating each color with a knitting project.   I would join in the fun with my Whippoorwill . . . 

 . . . except that might be cheating, as pink has it's own month in Project Spectrum.

Hmm, maybe I finally need to choose a pattern for this Madelinetosh that has been in my stash for awhile?

There might even be enough for a Harvest Moon cardigan, and I've been wanting to knit something with pockets.  Time to stop taking pictures and start swatching!