NOT Mr. Ed

no, this is "Buckie"

the lovely orange and blue horse

once I got him all put together and added a mane and tail, he looks pretty cute!

amazing considering the oddity of parts that went into making him

so, last night I cast on the beginning of a zebra -- on needles two sizes smaller because I want the zebra to be a little smaller animal

meantime, after looking about for a giraffe pattern, I've decided I'll probably be using the "order from a Chinese menu" approach --- one from column A, two from column B (and with six we get egg roll)

The legs of the horse are the right shape, just too short, which can be easily fixed by working some extra rows between hoof and knee and again between knee and hip -- The one pattern I found that the body looked pretty good was worked up in stripes -- HUH??!! Last I looked giraffes were definately not striped -- perhaps there was a mix up between the zebras and the giraffes -- who knows -- anyway the giraffe will definately be "an adventure"

The repair of the block for the Unidentified Christmas Project has been completed, and now I'm back to working on the next block, so we're back on schedule there

The jewelry repair is complete and waiting for the mail man to come and pick it up, so today I'll be able to spend some time working on the Diva necklace again. Tomorrow will be the much anticipated unveiling of the latest batch of Rocky Mountain Beach Glass. It's been in the tumbler for a month, so we'll be washing it out -- woohoo!! Pictures to be revealed soon.

and so we're off!