Tag: sweater

Out and About

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Pups in motion-

Go Walla, go!

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Fetch, Sadie, fetch!

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Good girl, Sadie.

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And sheep at rest:

Handsome Frank (sporting an almost all white face these days. Weird, eh?)

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Edgar on the rocks (with a twist?)

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Snuggle sheeps getting their chin schritches

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Chone trying to nibble my earlobe

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Egger portrait

Stashbuster top-down raglan sweater marches on-

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I really like how it’s coming together, but it’s becoming apparent to me that there is not going to be enough of the darkest color to finish up the sleeves, so I went back to the stash to formulate a Plan B-

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I think I’ve got enough of Mariah, (of Little Country Acres) to pull me through
And it’s an amazingly close match for the Border Leicester I used at the neckline.

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Long live the stash!

Bits & Pieces

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Oregon Vest:

Zipper has arrived!

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Installation to commence as soon as I can squeeze it in.

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Stashbuster Top-Down Raglan:

Passed a major milestone this week- finished the raglan shaping and put the sleeve stitches on hold.

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The rounds go so much faster now that there are about 1/3 fewer stitches on the needles!

Spinning:

First skein of Chone! (Sadie inspecting)

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You can tell it’s him by the persistent little veg bits sprinkled throughout. That’s my little Pigpen. 🙂

Off the Needles, On the Needles

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Huey and Franklin vest, ABZ (all but zippered):

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And a new top-down raglan cast-on poolside in Miami:

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Also got a start on some splashy socks:

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that also got their start on vacation.

But I tell you what- I just found this book, and it might have changed my whole outlook on footcoverings-

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Cat Bordhi is a sock genius. Truly.

I can’t wait to give this new technique a try…. but I guess I’ve got to do the matcher for this little guy first.