New Sweaters!

Thanks for thinking I don't look a dork in my hats. I think you're just saying that to be nice, but I'll take it. :) My search for a hat continues.

New Things!

I made mine in Blue Sky Cotton (super soft and yummy!) that I got from Cirles in Boston. It's a soft and comfy sweater. Since it's cotton, though, it doesn't have the same "cling" that the original mohair/merino would, but I can wear it in the summer. This one might have to see a touch of the dryer, but I think it will be fine. It's knit side-to-side, with the side and center panels in stockinette and the long panels in garter stitch. My mom might make one and add another stockinette triangle to make a higher back.

Speaking of my mom, she knits beautiful fair isles, doesn't she? (click for big)

On the right -- Marina. A beautiful Starmore just finished last week. Although it knit to the right width, it doesn't fit her very well, so I got it. I owe her. Big. You don't know how big. I think step 1 is to give her the St. Brigid she knit for me years ago, and then I can make one for one of us later. I'm not sure that will be sufficient compensation. Maybe another baked raspberry custard tart would fill out the debt...

On the left -- a Dale pattern, I believe. Soft wool, pretty fasteners, also didn't fit her quite right. So again, I owe her. I have wool to make her a pretty, barely-white, Dale jacket that she really likes, so that should be a fall project, as soon as it starts to get cold. This might require an additional tart.

Tomorrow: Me, a Lendrum, some wool, and first-two-skeins wpi.