thanks for the advice...here it is...

thanks to everyone who posted some much needed sage advice. I ended up going to a LYS. If anyone's in Denver metro area here, I have to suggest going to Recycled Lamb. Very helpful ladies there, even if you don't buy anything. I value customer service, so this store will be getting a lot of word of mouth business from me, as well as my continued patronage.

oh. back to the point. here's the progress on my backyard leaves.

so far... 


I also got a yarn shipment in today, which included the Reynolds Blizzard in light blue (#612), for crocheting the blizzard shawl.

here's a pic of the yarn.

blizzard