Finally, a few photos to show what I've been knitting these past few weeks. First is a necktie that was made with a ladder type yarn, I think it was made by Berroco and even though I just made it two weeks ago, I can't remember what pattern I used. I know it took less than 100 yards of yarn--one skein.



Now that I think about it I may have found the necktie pattern at Crystal Palace. I wore it loosely tied around my neck with a white shirt and blue cardigan.

Here is Ene's scarf using Alpaca Cloud. I've knit through Chart 1, which is the edging and am ready to start Chart 2, the body.

I started Ene's scarf from Scarf Style and I love the Alpaca Cloud yarn. I wound two skeins into balls and neither had any knots or flaws of which I was aware. The yarn is so soft, it's a dream to knit. The scarf has 375 stitches so it's taking a long time to knit one row, but since it's triangular, I'm decreasing stitches on every row. By the time I get home from work I have only about an hour to knit before I'm too tired to concentrate, I hope to make some progress this weekend.

I bought five skeins of Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud, 2 of Mist, 2 of Stream and 1 of Midnight, all destined to be shawls or scarves.

I also bought 12 skeins of the Wool of the Andes, I don't have a pattern picked out for it yet, and haven't even opened the plastic bag it came in.

The felting fiasco I was mentioned in the last post was in reference to the Gansey from a couple of weeks ago. Apparently, I haven't really recovered from that mistake.

After the felting fiasco, I needed some immediate gratification and bought a skein of ladder type yarn to knit a tie--bought it Saturday, finished it Sunday. I like it and wore it with a white blouse to work. Since then I've been working on the cabled turtleneck, so close yet so far away because I ordered some of the knitpicks yarn everyone's talking about, and it came in the mail today. After winding two of the skeins of Alpaca Cloud into balls, I cast on for Ene's scarf from Scarf Style by Pam Allen. Some day when I get home before dark I will have photos.

I really should show some discipline though and finish that turtleneck...

Okay, I've recovered from yesterday's mishap. I did actually wear the sweater for about 5 minutes before it went in the washer. I haven't ordered any yarn yet because I can't make up my mind about what I want to knit. For now, I'm working on the maroon cabled turtleneck that I started last winter. I think I can be trusted with washing that one--it's 75% acrylic.

Remember that Gansey that I posted about a few weeks ago? Well, it's had a very tragic accident. I had it completely finished, put it through the washer for the slight felting that's called for in the directions, but it was still too large. So, I put it through again, this time with hot water and let it agitate longer--BIG MISTAKE!!!! It's now small enough to fit a small child.

I think I'll go order some more yarn to console myself.