There’s a reason redwoods are so tall: they live along the ridgeline of the California coast, between a near-desert climate and the ocean and where heavy fogs roll in at night. They are designed to pierce the fog with their height, causing water droplets to condense and run down their trunks and water them–which is also why they have very shallow roots. They typically reproduce by having new ones shoot up from the roots, with the new ones joining in to help form a wide underground lattice of roots that supports the whole community of redwoods together.
Which is also why my treedling might actually make it. There was no depth to the bit of earth it was clinging to when I pulled it out, probably no broken roots.
All that said, I gotta say, “bonsai redwood” to describe it is one of the funniest ideas I have heard in awhile. Totally nonpsychodegradeable. Thank you, Carol!
(Oh. Right. The shawl. Tailor of Gloucestor alert! Heh.
Specs: One skein Casbah from Mary’s stash, size 11 (7mm) needles, Faster-version Julia shawl through the yoke, then I switched to the Michelle pattern for the body, it being a 6+1 lace pattern as well, both of them in “Wrapped in Comfort.” This did not make a very big shawl, the Casbah being a thinner yarn than the original mohair, but it’s good for a small person. Lying flat, it’s 19″ long. It’ll stretch out a bit held up when it’s dry.