Spring in the Hephestial Mts.

Sadly:
Sid Fleischman passed away the other day, an amazing 90 years old. I would never have known he was so venerably age'd from the playful, energetic books coming out recently. I hope he fit in all the books he wanted into that full life!
The Whipping Boy is one of his more beloved books.

randomly: I seem to have returned to the dark ages of double-parking my books. *sigh* I am spring-cleaning, though, we'll see what I manage...

I'm, um, a little proud of this photograph...

This yarn is Spring in the Hephestial Mts., which you haven't seen because I haven't put it up for sale.
 >,<
Anyway, springing out of my Queen's Thief FanArt Yarns, a fellow Reprobate of Sounis (trans: fan of the books, on the LJ fan community) said, "Hey, wanna collaborate to make something for the author?"

I wanted to do a Release Day present for Megan Whalen Turner, so I said, "Sure, if it can be sent to her for March 23rd!"



She somehow accomplished this. Not only that, she was creating a pattern to reflect the geography of the books, particularly the Hephestial Mountains, like I had themed the yarn on.

Go to her post on Sounis to see a close-up of the pattern (which is awesome) and more of the great shots she got of the shawl in action. [In the dead of winter Michigan has an uncanny resemblance to Oklahoma...]

This was my first time sending anything to an author I admire. I'm so glad mortalasabee  did such a great job, I'm really quite unjustly rewarded...