ITE IV

The yarn so far: Berroco Ultra Alpaca. I need two more colors. I got all I could at my LYS's. I hope WEBS has fast delivery! I'm swatching.
After looking and looking, I found the perfect pattern!

I changed the colors a bit to better coincide with my partners' likes.





I like this yarn. When the tote's done, it'll be hard to give up!

Preview

Just a preview of my next 2 projects for SAM3 KAL. From Joni Miles at Union Center Knits, her hand dye Whatnot Sock yarn in cc wet. It reminds me of the ocean, sky and sand dunes where I live. As the accent, KP Gloss in Serengheti.

These will be ankle sox.

.....and from STR, marbles and midsummer night colorways in heavyweight (I've got some re-figuring to doon the pattern).

These will be one of the Blue Moon Fairisle patterns.

Got my work cut out for me for the next couple of months!

My plan was to learn something new every month and I've done that. Of course, I saved "the best" for last!

Glove Progress

The first glove is finished! I love it! So does everybody who sees it! I'll take it to Guild meeting tomorrow for "show and tell." This was so much easier to knit that I thought it would be.

Palm view.

May Socks Done

May socks for SAM3 KAL. I used 1 skein Colinette Jitterbug in Velvet Damson. This is truly beautiful yarn to work with! I used KP Options (2 circs) size 1. The pattern is Eleanor; changes are the eye of partridge heel and picot edge.

It's a well written pattern and an easy knit. The result is a very nice pair of socks in just a FEW days!

Cloudy Day

It's overcast today, oops--I don't usually mention that! Anyway, I'm inside doing housework -- I think I'll faint any minute.
My May socks are almost done--I just need to find the notes I made for the first toe (or they will be two different lengths). Clapotis is coming along nicely.
Graduation is looming--but first we need to get through PROM! A granddaughter lives with us and so I'm being "mom" all over again.
Also, I got a very part-time job--must go for training this week--it'll be good to get away for a couple days. I'll get in some extra knitting time; and then on Saturday there is a baby shower for our oldest granddaughter (our SECOND great g-child!) I've got a little quilt done and am working on a tiny pair of socks.
As soon as I find those notes, I'll stop what I'm doing and finish the sox and post a picture. Must keep my priorities in place!

FOR ME?!

This is the only decent photo I managed to get of Clapotis. I'll try again tomorrow. As you can see, I've dropped a few stitches. This

is a fun and fairly "mindless" knit. I have to pay more attention to the yarn than the design!

I have several inches of the straight section done. I should get it finished in plenty of time for the reunion. Then I'll move on to the white shawl.

Pictures never do the yarn justice. This is really beautiful in person.

Update

No pics today--just a brief update. I'm enjoying knitting glove fingers. It's going very well. I might do this again. The knitting circle agreed that I should wear the Clapotis to my high school reunion--they said its a good color. Progress is moving along on that one, too. I'm on the "straight" section and dropping stitches. Never thought THAT would be fun.

I haven't forgotten the "white" shawl, will work more deligently on it in June, I think. I joined a tote exchange. This sounds like fun--think I'll go international on this one. Totes must be mailed by mid-July so there's plenty of time. I hope I get a recipient whose wants/needs fit into my stash. I have some great yarns just made for totes! Ha-ha! We'll see.

FOR ME?!

Could not wait for the 1st so I did some knitting on the weekend. Two projects and now I'm torn!
I started with the white shawl and the plan was to finish it by mid-June so I could wear it to the H.S. reunion. Then there was the "holiday party yarn" just screaming at me from the shelf--"KNIT ME! KNIT ME!"
Decisions, decisions! So, over the weekend, I started on "Clapotis" (here: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATTclapotis.html )

Well, I'm hooked! So for now I guess I'll work on both and see which one wants to be worn first!

The "white" shawl. Light and airy for spring and summer. One of these days I'll make a list of all the yarns (if I still have the labels).

Clapotis. The yarn is many shades of blue and green from The Drop Spindle. I don't know the fiber content--there is a thin chenille twisted with several strands of cotton??? Not the easiest to knit, but wonderful to look at when done!