No, But I Wish I Had

It's looking more like Seattle than Lake Tahoe around here.  Misty, rainy days offer a good excuse to stay in and knit and catch up on my Netflix movies. Watched Remember Me with Robert Pattinson, of Twilight fame.  Now I know why the girls are crazy about him; not only very handsome but a very good actor.  I would recommend this to my  friends;  it is very touching.

I ventured out to buy a new winter hat and stopped at this great outdoor clothing shop next to Safeway in Truckee. Saw this neat earflap hat and bought it as part of my current effort to update my look during  ski season.    Next is getting rid of my eight year old ski jacket.                                                                                              

         
It's handknit in Nepal of Recycled Silk and I just love the colors, especially chartreuse!  Why didn't I find time to knit something like this? 

     
                                                                                                                                            

Out of This World Solar System Sweater

Here's a picture of the finished Solar System sweater for my grandson Rowan:

      
I sent it off to him and he has already worn it twice - so pleased that he really likes it!  Along the way, I learned alot about our solar system as I researched this project; it was really fun to do.  I used Berrocco's Vintage yarn which I got at Lake Tahoe Yarn Company and this is Jen Small's pattern which I found on Ravelry. To learn all the details, check out my Ravelry site here.

Working on some socks for my daughter:

                                                                          
This is an old sock pattern by Pamela Rush called Embossed Bootee from 3 Trails Handknit Designs. The yarn is from Gail Callahan, the Handknit Dyer at WEBS.  Her yarns are beautiful and she has put out a book on yarn dying called Hand Dyeing Yarns and Fleece that is most informative.

                                                                                

   Unfortunately, these pictures never seem to quite capture the beautiful coloring of  most yarns, but, trust me, this one is a beauty.                                                                           



                                                                            

My Talented Friends

I happened to be down in the Bay Area the other week and went to a meeting of the South Bay Knitters in Campbell.  A very talented group of knitters with lots of interesting knitting going on and wonderful finished projects to show off.  Here is Vera with her Knit One Below Vest by Elise Duvekot.

  
and here's  Fae with her Elektra Shawl by Rosemary Hill.  She used Lisa Souza sock yarn for this which inspires me to pull out my sock yarn bin and start using up some of that yarn for projects other than socks..

                                              

                                                                                    
     
Chris Johnson is a master at challenging projects,  like lace and Alice Starmore sweaters.  Here she is wearing an Alice Starmore along with her lucky mother who got one as a gift.

   

                                                                                                                                                                               Great work South Bay Knitters!