A tale (tail?) of two dragon skins

Week six shed
Originally uploaded by thomasina.

Mr. Underhill over the weekend. His current cricket size is looking a bit small, so I bought 10 of the next cricket size up to try (about 3/8 to 1/2 inch). About a half hour later, he started running back and forth on his perch, opened his mouth really wide like he was yawning (or trying to throw up), rubbing his face on the branch... fortunately the cause was not imminent death through impaction -- facial shed! Here he is sulking and not showing off for the camera like usual. He now has a faint orange underneath his ears, which is presumably adult coloration and not mold.

Also, I present the second, very different dragon skin:

Two and a bit reps knitted, and it will probably need 10 in all. The stitch pattern is found in the Barbara Walker Second Treasury (p. 136), though I am using the pattern as reproduced in Knitter's Stash. I first saw the pattern on NoNoKitty. This trial run for the wall hanging has brought some issues to light: incorporate the wave at the edge, or try to block it out? Half a pattern on the sides (a bit small) or a full pattern (very large, 26 stitches)? Or an entirely new idea: just do the dragon stitch on the sides, (for a horizontal scroll look) instead of a full frame. Going with the scroll look:
dragon stitch / Fafnir knotwork dragon / baby's name / Fafnir knotwork dragon / dragon stitch.
But then what finishing for the "bare" edges?

Closeup of the dragon stitch follows...

Comments

[badagirl]

Aww what a sweet dragon! someday...