Green Sweater Progress



Finally, another picture. This design has been fun to knit. No, the cable pattern isn't all that complicated, but following three charts simultaneously was enough to keep my interest for a while. Then I could see what the pattern was doing and thought I had it memorized, but kept forgetting that the inside of some of the diamonds is garter stitch, not reverse stockinette, and I forgot a bobble once and cabled the wrong way once, but I didn't have to frog anything - I noticed soon enough that all I had to do was take the stitches involved down a few rows to correct the problems. I'll have the front yoke finished tonight - there are just a few rows left but I took the picture with this much done so you can see how the back yoke is already there. The pattern has you knit the sleeves from the bottom up and then attach the sleeves, but I'm wondering if I could pick up stitches for the sleeves and work the charts backwards and avoid having to sew them on. Ideas???

Another To-Do List Item



One rabbit plucked, four to go. Pepper had us worried for a few days. Although her cage is a ways up from the ground, she must have jumped out. She was gone for three days. Then we found her again and have been spoiling her rotten. She is a very small angora rabbit, a Jersey Wooly, and her wool is shorter than the other angora breeds, but still pretty and I like it in blends with other fibers. Since she is so small and cute she is the rabbit the kids like to carry around with them and play with the most.

A Home for the Baby Socks

Sorry Angela, but I'm sure they wouldn't fit Andrei now. If you really would like some for him, let me know and we'll do something about it.