An FO Yay! It's too late for the baby shower, though. But I can still give it to her when the baby comes.


Now I'm making Annie Modesitt's Ballet Neck Cardigan from IK Spring 2004. I'm hoping to have it done to wear to a wedding on the 7th. I should know better than to set a deadline because I almost never get them done in time. This project is going quickly though, so there is hope.

This purse was made with Clip from Klaus Koch Kollektion. I first made it in sections, front, back and gusset, but when I sewed it together, it looked terrible. If not for the cute dragonfly button, I probably would have abandoned it all together.


I ripped it apart, then knit the bottom, picked up stitches all the way around, then knit it in the round. I made a closure at the top for the button to go through, but it didn't work right so I just sewed the button on the front.

This purse is smaller than my other purse, so it's going to take awhile to get used to it.

Ene's scarf is finished!


I don't know why I can't get a good photo of her, not even in the natural light. Knit with knitpicks alpaca cloud, I think the color is mist. As lace knitting goes, I would say that it was an easy pattern to follow. The only thing I don't like about it is the 8-stitch garter stitch edging. If I had gone down a needle size or two I think that edging would have looked neater. The photo in the book doesn't show that edge very well, but what I can see looks like the stitches are tighter. The yarn in the photo looks heavier than the lace weight that I used.

I'm thinking about trying the new cotton yarn knitpicks is now offering. I bought the new VK and there is a bolero jacket with lace edging I would like to knit--just have to decide on a color.

In the meantime, I started knitting a purse from some scrap yarn. Every time I go shopping I look for a new purse, and haven't found one I like so I'll knit one instead.

Sorry about the poor quality photo of Ene's Scarf.


I haven't had to time to work on it much because I have to have a baby blanket done by Sunday.

I've really enjoyed working on this pattern. I used size 6 needles with the Alpaca Cloud and I think I could have gone down a needle size because when I look at the photo in Scarf Style, my scarf looks more loosely knit than their photo. It also seems that their scarf is larger than mine, but that might be because theirs has been blocked.

One thing that put me behind is that I hadn't worked on it for awhile and lost my place and I couldn't figure out which row I was on until I ripped back a couple of rows. I can't wait to get it finished, now that Spring has finally arrived I will be able to wear it!