a winsome toddler...

spirited little maverick in a hat made with one of my favorite yarns, the fair-trade

 frog tree alpaca...

photo by Anna Myers Photography

aren't those eyes intriguing?

photo shoot...

a full week, this last one...

it began with a photo shoot...

emily in the "tomato hat" by pamela w allen

photo by anna myers photography

bay area portrait photographer

anna myers

photographed the delightful young models

nova, maverick, stella,

emily and lily

in several of my hats and sweaters...

emily in the purple and black "swatch hat"

i have seen only these three of the many shots she took that day...

emily and lily

...cannot wait to see the rest!

by the way, lily looked stunning in the grey alpaca sweater--a new design--that she wore for the shoot, but i am afraid i cannot let you see it

until the pattern is published...

like anna's work?

do check out her blog to see more!

annamyersphotography.com

a must-have...

a stunning new book by one of our talented local designers...

knit, swirl!

by sandra mciver

is a study of variations on a simply wonderful circular sweater pattern--a garment that is knit in one piece (my kind of sweater!) and can be made to fit

anyone like a dream...

leaf through this book and drool over the many luxurious versions that sandra offers...

the gorgeous mustardy number she wore at last week's book-signing draped so beautifully that i decided then and there that i simply must make one...

...amazon is sold out of this book, but you can get

knit, swirl!

at the mendocino yarn shop  

(where sandra will have a knit-along next month, by the way)...