Berroco Knits has a pattern and a new yarn coming out soon; it's a tweed blend of wool, superkid Mohair and Angora. I have another sweater that I've worn for years that is this blend and it's the warmest sweater I've ever had.
HERE is the page to the pattern, and I'm putting this here so it doesn't get lost!
When I finish Manly/Beastly, I'll start a colorwork sweater for my DD and this one for me. And a Vest for my other DD who doesn't knit that is in an Interweave Knits Magazine. That should keep me busy!
10 minutes at day knitting, as per fran's challenge, on M/B should find it finished before too long. My chair was moved back into the northern light. So fine! Light all day without direct sun until late afternoon.
Last night I had a dream that DH and I were young, just married, and we decided to move to Alaska. We stopped in a small farming town up there, and I walked out across a field towards a dirt road that ran along a high chain link fence. At the edge was some soft dirt. I stepped into the dirt and started sinking until I was up to my chest. I wasn't afraid, just astounded that dry dirt could act that way. I sort of swam up and out if it, like you do with quick sand.
After we got back to where we were staying, I called a local radio/tv station that had a program where you would call them with a question, and others would call in with answers for a prize. The hosts were laughing at this question, but I turned to DH who was in the room with me, and said, "Well, you know, only a farmer would know the answer."
Soon the woman announcer came back all excited, saying that they had a winner for the answer, whom they were awarding $4,000, and she apologized by saying, "I'm sorry, I'm so excited that I'm using my high school voice."
I kept trying to stay asleep to get the answer to this question, but alas, I awoke.
When I told the dream to DH, I said that I still thought only a farmer would know, and that probably it was caused by a snowplow, clearing that road during winter, and then during spring, as the snow melted, everything settled down so lightly along the edge, that it stayed soft and friable, there.
But high school voice? Alaska? Can I hear Sarah Palin all the way from California?
are you going to do the warp too -- great sweater
ReplyDeleteLOL at the dream too funny -
Hi Rho, and yes, I an going to do the two piece. The sweater that I have now has a big collar, so it is sort of like a collar to wear with this new sweater. Now to pick a color. I think it's going to be one of the new tweeds but we'll see. Definitely not the gold though. I'm don't look good wearing true golds or yellow. Oranges or rusts, I can wear. Orange is so pretty. And then there is hunter green and all the blues.. hmmm?? ;--)
ReplyDeleteThe dream was a real surprise because I so often have nightmares! Such a happy dream.
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