Birthday Scarf

In August I gave myself a birthday party. I finally took the time to get pictures.

I told everyone instead of gifts to bring a ball or skein of acrylic yarn, which will be used by my Charity Crafters group.

Here is the yarn I received. Everyone was so generous.

Also if they wanted, they could bring a bit of any kind of yarn to be used to knit a section of a scarf for me. Non-knitters brought yarn and had others knit their section. There was also a knitting journal, which after they knitted their section, they signed and put a piece of yarn in the journal. So I know who knitted each section.







Here is the scarf. I need to cast off and weave in the ends. It's a little over 6 feet long and just wonderful.

In addition to all the wonderful yarn, people gave me a Starbucks card, a gift card to Michaels and cash, which I used to buy more yarn for charity, a knitting bag, knitting books, needles, a Red Hat pin, measuring spoon, potpourri,

and...

This fabulous yarn from Great Adirondack (from Fae, who know this is just so me), which I'm going to make into a necklace.

and...

This hand knit baby alpaca shawl designed by my friend Alison
(www.spindyeknit.com/).

Isn't it just exquisite!!!

What's Next?

I've finished the knitting of the Tile Stitch Silk Jacket by Rams Wool. I washed and blocked it this weekend. It generally takes a couple weeks for me to make myself stop knitting and sew up a project. But it's all dry and ready to be put together.

So, what to do next? Finish up other projects? Na..............

I've signed up for Stitches West and Sally Melville is speaking at opening day. So I want to make something from her Color book to wear to opening day. Here's what I've decided.

This pattern; the Panel Pullover. This pattern is done with intarsia panels. So the front (and back) is done with 7 separate balls of yarn.










This yarn; from Ellen's Half Pint Farm. I just love her yarns! It's hand dyed 50% silk and 50% merino. I'm using Sally's suggestion of keeping the balls in a box. After you finish the first row, your yarn is twisted, because of the twist you do with the yarn when going from one ball to the next. But as you do the second row, the yarn untwists. There's never a big tangle. Oh and I should note this yarn is from my stash. It's funny but I really wanted to use this yarn, but really didn't want it to be deleted from my stash.

And here is the front so far. I really like making sweaters that include lace patterns.