Lacy Bears?

I've been trying to make lace, lately.

I must be nuts, 'cause lace takes concentration & between teaching my hellions & wrangling my Sam... I've only been able to make the simplest of things work for me.
I have Firmament Pi Shawl & Luna Moth dreams... The gorgeous fiber is even in my stash... However, my reality is much more mundane right now.
With the time & concentration I currently have at my disposal, I've really enjoyed making several hempathy versions of the fabulous & free 'Branching Out' scarf pattern from knitty.com

So, I got involved in the Amazing Lace Swap on ravelry (see previous post) & I hope I did as well spoiling my swap partner as my spoiler did for me:

I included a sure-fire lace maker's pleaser of a skein (800 yds or so) of Zephyr Merino-Silk in a heathered forest green. I also included enough of my beloved Hempathy (in chocolate brown) & the pattern to make a Clementine Shawlette. She mentioned an interest in Bargello & the Clementine has that sort of motif in lace throughout.

I made some beaded items for her: a lace suncatcher & a dichroic glass row counter bracelet (which can be seen in the "group" picture).
I also made up a recipe of dark chocolate mint brownies in honor of her love of York Peppermint Brownies (Not in the picture, but I may post on that later, if anyone's interested...).

In honor of her love of Zuni Bears, I included a hematite Athabascan bear for dream guidance, drew a Zuni bear on a canvas project tote & wrapped her brownies' tupperware in a cotton dishcloth knitted in a Zuni Bear design I charted for her.


Now, I've heard that a smart girl can adapt any chart to lace with yarn overs outlining the image & appropriately placed directional decreases.
So... here's a request for any lace expert out there to help me in my quest for lacy bears!

Anyway. It's a quick, easy & free pattern for those who like to make dishcloths...


In other news... Sam turned one year old on the 8th! Pictures are up on my Flickr if you wanna see. What a year! Everything changed & it was about damn time.
Ah. Love, at last. I'm one lucky Mamma!


I made him a peach-banana muffin with cream cheese icing! (I can post that recipe, too...)
& gave him his Mr. Dangly (I adapted the pattern to be seamless... So, there's another free pattern to come when I get the time to transcribe it from my notes...)

Thanks to All for the Love & Support! You know Sam & I love y'all!