Phase IV!!

Although I didn't accomplish much else from my yarn project list yesterday, I did get Phase IV underway:


It doesn't show well in this pic, but the border color is a very deep blue.  It's all garter stitch, all the time for these borders!!

(I may have done some more knitting on Spring Scrappy as well.)

Earlier this morning, I saw three deer wander by in the woods, followed by two more, then another group of three.  I'm also starting to hear some different bird noises now as well.  The Vernal Equinox is just around the corner, but around these parts that doesn't mean that we can't still get some big snows; I think some of our largest ones have happened in Marches of yore!

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