you've got to know

when to hold 'em
know when to fold 'em
know when to walk away
know when to frog


while visiting rebecca in gainesvelle, we checked out hanks. hanks has an excellent selection of sock yarns. my one purchase, a merino/silk blend from rocket yarn. googling i see rocket yarn also has an etsy shop.

the yarn has such a lovely hand, it cried out for lace.

last february at madrona, i picked up evelyn clark's new book, knitting lace triangles , what a marvelous resource!

i knew i wanted to use the leaf pattern, but i didn't want to just knit straight rows of leaf, then medallion, etc.

so i got the brilliant idea of interspersing individual leaf motifs into a ground of medallion motifs.

coil-less pins mark which are the leaf motifs.


unfortunately the yarn is too busy for this design, hence the frogging.

i'll try it again with a solid green yarn.

start over with all leaf lace, adding size 6 beads as accents.

much better

don't you think?

shimmo is growing up so fast! he was 4 months on september 2nd.

rajah's favorite place to snooze is on top if the cable box.

ah, nice and warm.

a rude awakening!

take that you stupid black dog!

gentle leader? you call this instument of torture gentle?

maybe if i rub my head on the grass long enough, i can get it off.

shimmo is nearly as long as shotsie now-

i can't believe how fast shimmo is growing up :-)