Still Alive

Wow it's been awhile since I've posted. Been busy with wedding planning and work. Sheesh I know why people hire event coordinators now :) Anyway...

A couple finished scarves:

Used a cable lace pattern in The New Knitting Stitch Library.
And used Elsebeth Lavold Angora in lime green and 2 strands Rowan Kidsilk Haze in jelly (all held together). It's super soft with a little fuzy halo. I's also not winter anymore so I'll have to wait qute awhile to wear it :)

And a scarf using a lace inlay from Knitting on the Edge.
I used some handsupun for it.

and a closeup becaue it's my homespun :)


And also finished up some homespun bfl yarn:


My vortex pullover from my last post is moving along. I'm done with the first portion of the back. You make it 16 inches long and then put it on a stitch holder as the yoke is knit in one piece.


And because she's cute... here's my dog in the laundry basket... in her defense the blankets from her bed were in the basket :)

Vortex Street Pullover (knit along)

It was hard to pick a sweater in Knitting Nature to start with... I really love a bunch of them.

I'm 4 rows into the back of this sweater using Jo Sharp Silkroad tweed DK in emporio:

here is a better color swatch:

I plan to switch off between this sweater and my other WIPS. So much to knit so little time :)

Here is a scarf I knit up from some of my handspun:

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I cast on 15 stitches onto size 11 Addi Turbos and did k5, p5, k5 for 5 rows then swiched colors. So it's just wide ribs. It's yummy merino but way too hot out to wear scarves for many months :)

another knit along?!?!?!?

yeah... I love them. And I love starting new projects :)

I'm not sure which sweater I want to start with. But I'll figure that out tomorrow. This knitalong totally works with my stash busting knitalong (see sidebar button). 7 weeks of no new yarn bought!!!! So I'll have to find a sweater in this book that works with yarn I already have. So I figure it's a good thing. And have you seen Knitting Nature? Beautiful!

and thanks for the nice comment about my photos in my last post. I picked up a Nikon D200 camera. It's awesome and works with all of my lenses from my film camera. So far I've taken knitting and pet photos but I plan to shoot more with it :)