Extravayarnza

Last year when I went Trillium "hunting" I ended up with a handful of blurry photos and poison ivy. This year every single photo was in focus & I came through with nary a scratch. I thought I'd share a few here. I still need to crop a bit and decide which ones to print, but I'm so happy with the results I just need to share them.

This is a shot from Scott Woods & really needs to be seen at full size. I love how abundant the Trillium are here. They are so fragile and easily killed (picking the flower kills the whole plant!), but in central Michigan they just seem to carpet the forest floors in the spring.

This little group was in the dog park.

There's quite a few more of these on my Flickr page, just click either of the photos above to see them~

My hand has also healed enough for me to knit! Since Sunday night I've been working on finishing up a pattern that I've been meaning to write for years. I use this sock (or rather a version of it) to teach magic loop socks & I finally feel comfortable enough with the wording to write it as a pattern. As a shop owner I've always had trouble finding a leaflet pattern to carry in my shop with short row heels and/or toes. I hope this will fill what I see as a bit of a hole in basic sock patterns.

The pattern is being sent to test knitters tonight & I still have 3 more socks to knit before I can do the photo shoot. Hopefully if I can keep up my current pace the pattern will be available in a couple of weeks.