Wha? who? where am i......... ug. horrible night!! no deep sleep. terrible dreams about giant black horses harnessed and dragging huge flaming oak trees through the center of an old west town. ? i don't even know- so don't even ask what that could be all about. when i wasn't having wild west nightmares i was busy having really important thoughts about the recycle bin and the mating habits of the red tailed hawk. thankfully i was awake all night to receive the very important insight that this deep sea scarf for Mindy probably should be crocheted....not knit. i mean....certainly crochet lends itself to the oceanic aesthetic.....anemone shapes, waves, etc.  on the other hand....now that my first cup of coffee is sinking in...knitting wave shapes by using yarn-overs in ascending and descending amounts would be sweet. i'm a little worried that the weight of the big foamy crashing wave fringe will be too heavy for the scarf if i knit it. and crochet will make it denser and might feel more balanced. aw hell. now i don't know. maybe the apocalypse horse dream was some kind of sign? i didn't notice if the horses were sporting any needlework. hard to interpret these things. maybe it was just a sign not to be near any frontier towns right now. damn! i LIVE in an old west town. they still have the hangman's noose on main street! good thing i'm getting the hell out of dodge for the weekend....

will take this yarn to the beach in santa cruz and see if the ocean speaks to me. and if not...it usually doesn't...in fact, iv'e never been spoken to by anything aside from humans and the occasional dog or squirrel, i will maybe just ask the All-Pink-Man downtown. he is totally nuts but has fantastic style. all pink, all the time. usually a vintage dress with matching hosiery, a victorian shawl, assorted hair pins and all topped off with a fringed pink parasol. i'm sure he is qualified to make the call: crochet vs- knit.



threaded the tangles of lace-weight silk yarn with the pearls, skulls, glass and locket. going to spin this close to one end of the fringe yarn so that when knit, it make the transition between the edge of the blue scarf and the long trailing fringe yarn.




beginning to spin the tangles in. trapping the strands into some mohair so it's in there good and tight:





now that's what i'm talkin' about!! rock and roll right here....