Aah, Icarus, we hardly knew ye...

I couldn't take it anymore. It's been done frogged, but like a phoenix, that beautiful Knitpicks Shadow yarn in Redwood forest is going to become this:


Pretty, no?

I'm all about the brown this year. Color theory says that brown is a "grounded" color. What with all the changes on the domestic front: new baby, quit the day job, stay-at-home Mom-ing-- it makes sense.

That and, I look fabulous in brown. It's a French trick. Dress to your (true) hair color.


For lace on size US3 needles, it's really coming along. I'm almost halfway up the back and I started three days ago and only knit at night before I pass out and narrowly avoid skewering my eye.