My Traveling Sweater

 I finally finished my Traveling Sweater  designed by Karen Alfke.  I started knitting on this cardigan using Blue Moon Fiber Arts WooBu, a blend of merino and bamboo, the beginning of February.  The colorway is called Grawk, gray with just a hint of purple and green.  Barb and Tracie of the podcast 2knitlitchicks began a cardigan KAL that started February and the deadline to finish is May 1, 2013. 

 

 

I knit a lot, lot, lot of 2 x 2 ribbing. 

 

 

Yes a lot of ribbing with short rows. 

 

 

 I bought the yarn and pattern at Churchmouse Yarns and Teas on Bainbridge Island a few years back.  This KAL was the push I needed to finally dig this beautiful yarn out of my stash and start knitting.

 

 

The sad part of this story is now that it is warming up here in California I'm going to have to wait until summer is over and it cools down before I can actually wear my new sweater.

 

 



Yes, I Am Knitting

Lately I've been doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that but I am always knitting.

 

I have been working on The Traveling Sweater by A. Karen Alfke and it is currently blocking and a post soon will be forth coming about that adventure but today I'm going to share what I cast on my needles this afternoon.

 

I am not one to knit with the crowd what is currently the favorite.  Segue way to Stitches West 2013 and the Miss Babs booth .  Her yarn is phenomenal and a line was always at her check out.  I will say hanging out with Kathleen did not help (it's always nice to blame someone else for your shortcomings) and I ended up buying three skeins to make the Color Affection Shawl by Veera Valimaki. 

 

 

Meet from the bottom up Ghoulish, Clematis and Impatiens Yummy Hand-Painted Sock and Baby Yarn.

 

 This pattern was published in 2012 and currently on Ravelry 8551 projects have been finished or are in progress.
 

 

  I am 8552. 

 

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