Ouzel becomes a famous model

Hello Everyone:

Here is the rolled brim hat I made in our
most recent knitting class.

I decided to make mine out of cotton, the hat above is 100%
wool, but it's also somewhat scratchy.

As soon as I finished my hat, Ouzel wanted to wear it.

Within hours she was a famous canine model!

Although offered a contract in New York, Ouzel
declined because she just couldn't leave her
family. 

And here she is in another pose showing the elegant
stitches and the fabulous fit.

When I was reorganizing my knitting bag, I laid out
the poncho I'm working on, and Milo promptly lay
down on top of it.

I leave you with an art shot of Milo. I know
his eyes are black pits, and he looks slightly
demonic.  It's his Halloween costume. 

Atop the World on New Year's Day...

Happy New Year Everyone! Bruce, Heidi, and I and all the dogs took a great hike up to the top of the world on New Year's Day. It was incredibly cold, but sunny!

Here I am with Tongass Narrows (the ocean) in the background.

After the hike Skookum was so tired he  fell asleep
on the snow --in the ice-- and in the middle of a field.

I call this yarn scramble! I bought a new skein of yarn for a felted needle case that I want to make, the day after New Year's, and one of the dog's took the skein out of my knitting bag as it sat in the back of my car, and the culprit spread the yarn all over the ground.  Both dogs looked guilty; their Happy New Year to me...