Warm summer day.....

Today was a visit to the Alpaca Farm for Miss "P" and I. These guys are so cute.
From this..... to this......
The reason for the visit was to drop of Leslie's new sweater. My own design, top down raglan with a stag horn cable and side vents. 100% Alpaca and it took approximately 1250 yds of light worsted weight. I'm in the process of writing the pattern out, but this one was a learning process for me and there are a few things I need to tweak. But all in all I'm pretty happy with it. And there are still a couple of skeins left to make some socks.

And yes, that is a pair of Fetching to go with it.P.S.: Thank-you to my model. (it was pretty warm out to be wearing a sweater)

Now I'm working on a cardigan for Julie for the Knitter's Fair. Pictures soon.

Mojo's back....

Looks like I'm on a roll again.... Tuscany (Rav link) is done and blocking, I'll post some pics when it's dry. I started the Beribboned Eyelets Cardigan (Rav link) for the new baby coming (soon). I'm using Sirdar Tiny Tots from my stash that I purchased at Julie's tent sale last year. Don't forget this year's tent sale is at a new location on July 8, 9, & 10th. Check out her blog for more information.
And I also dropped off Leslie's sweater this morning and it looks great on her. I have more of Condor's yarn to design a new sweater for her. My thoughts are all over the place right now. Design? Oh no, Me? Really? I know what she likes and wants and now I have to put it in yarn.
Back to the needles!

I'm bad too....

Well, I guess I've been a slacker where blogging is concerned, but I just haven't had much to report on.
I have all the pieces for the Shannon Cardigan blocked and ready to sew together and knit the collar,(which won't take long), but I just haven't been in the mood. I just found out that the farm for which I'm knitting it for, is up for sale and she's selling everything. So I'm not sure if I'll be getting paid or if I've just gained a sweater and a big bag of alpaca yarn.
So I started my first baby knit for a friend, his first grandson. One of my favorites, the Button cardigan from Cabin Fever. It's moving along nicely, and I'm almost at the point where I start the sleeves. Still knitting from my stash.My other project is getting close to finished too. My Tuscany shawl from No Sheep for You. I've just been working on this in the car, and I can't believe how much I've got done on it. Only 2 more pattern repeats left to go. Stash yarn, Whoo-hoo!

And what the hell is with the Knitter's Summer issue. I have been so disappointed with the last couple of years that I won't be renewing my subscription. I've been a loyal patron pretty much from the beginning, but the designs are really lacking. The only patterns I actually got excited about were in the advertising.

Sooooo long Knitter's.