Creatures

Meet Sheldon. Or at least that is what he is know as by the greater knitting population. He is his own character though, and differs by the others through my addition of a tail. Turtles have to have tails, don't they?

I made Sheldon out of some left over worsted weight yarn that I had. I like how the colors came out. I can remember catching turtles when I was younger and admiring how all their shells had slightly different patterns on them.

Sheldon is a great adventurer, and he is very versatile. Here are a few of the things that Sheldon has enjoyed doing since his creation

• Visiting the Local Granite monuments.

• Smelling the flowers.

• Cooling off in the shade.

• And he also found some time to catch a few rays.

Ahhhh... the life of a turtle

Hopefully he can protect me from this other creature that ventured into the house a few evenings ago.

The Summer Shrug

Summer Shrug

I have been working on this shrug off and on for some time now, in between my other "projects." I decided to make this after completing a halter top that I knitted (and changed slightly of course) form a vintage pattern I found online.

I felt a little "bare" so I picked out this shrug from Drops Designs to try my first lace pattern. It was interesting to knit (not at all boring) and once I got the pattern down it was pretty easy. Although, if someone looked closely I am sure they could locate a few mistakes.

They look nice together, but the shrug also works quite well on it's own.
Wearing it with a contrasting color (ie white) makes the pattern a bit more obvious. I have yet to wear the halter in public, but Have received compliments on the shrug already!