Nature and Creation

I think it's been about forever since I last posted. So where have I been?

RED ROCK! It was a free day over MLK weekend,

and we took advantage of the nice weather.

Of course, Ariel had to come too...

Lost Creek had a decent falls because it was so early in the season

I LOVE the color of this wood!

Giggles had to check it out too.

Back at home...

I completed my first original crochet pattern! It's still being tested, so I don't have the pattern available yet, but very soon! For the longest time this didn't have a name, it was just Original Shawl. The edging kind of took care of that. Someone said it looked like Butterfly wings, so I went with it.

I'm calling it Flutterby Shawl

(pronounced as flutterbee)

Which brought me to my second original...

After I made a shawl for me, my daughter told me she wanted one as well. Lucky for me, her birthday was coming up. I dived into my stash and found this Patons Grace cotton yarn, and set to work google-ing (googling?) for pictures of a pattern that would work. I haven't written out the pattern yet, but I will, and post it eventually.

This one is being named after the recipient:

Lyssa's Shawl

I love how the back ruffles slightly. It so perfectly girly!

Most recently I've gotten my beads out again, and dusted them off. I think they missed me because I proceeded to make two sets of long 3-strand lariat necklaces. I don't have pictures of those yet. Hopefully in the next few days. And now I'm back to ornaments. The question is, what colors should I do this year's holiday ornament?

I did red and green last year, so I'll have to come up with something else. Red and gold maybe? I haven't done too much in red. Or maybe I'll just close my eyes and point to a color...

Decisions, decisions