We have new FOs to show!
First of all, Amy finished the elephant sweater for her friend's son... Click HERE to see it on her blog.
And Vicky finished her Sunrise Circle Jacket!
And Susan came in to show me her Monkey socks, made out of Fleece Artist Sea Wool...
....as well as the sweater she made out of Ecologie Cotton (stranded with some stash yarn in the same color).
Time for a quick update on the Stitch `n Pitch outing at the Sea Dogs game the night of June 3rd. Here's my list of attendees:
Elise A.
Lynn H.
Lynn H's friend (tentative)
Cindy D.
Maria L.
Heather K.
Cynthia (a.k.a. Cynthiarm)
Megan (a.k.a. Metaljune)
Cheryl (a.k.a. Mathgeek)
Melissa (a.k.a. Madi)
Marlena C.
Ellen R.
This is compiled from various sources (Ravelry thread, this blog, the PKOTT YahooGroup group…). If I've forgotten anyone please let me know.
Please send a check for $10 per ticket (made payable to "Purl Diva") to 3 Summer St., Brunswick, Maine 04011 for arrival by May 20th. The tickets will probably be less than $10 but I would like to make sure there are ample funds for online purchase fees etc. Excess funds will be returned to you the night of the game.
Stay tuned for details on where and when we will be meeting that night!
This past weekend, the Ravelry peeps were at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival and drew names for the Ravelraising Prizes. I'm happy to report that the winner of the Purl Diva prize is Jacqui from Hampshire (that's the old Hampshire across the pond, not the new one across the Maine border). A Della Q Weekender Tote will be on its way to you shortly, Jacqui!
The shop was down to one lonely orphan skein of Misti Pima Silk* so I decided to use it for a baby sweater I've long admired - the Baby Bolero from Leigh Radford's One Skein.
I made a couple of small mods to this pattern:
I wanted the stitch detail of the eyelet motif to be symmetric, so I used mirror decreases (k2tog and SSK) on the eyelet motif instead of k2tog-ing on each side.
I picked up the sleeve sts and knit them on DPNs to save me from seaming them.
I will definitely do more of these as they are quick and cute! But next time I'll probably make the sweater longer so it is less bolero-like, and make the sleeves a little narrower.
*It's OK - more Pima Silk is on the way!
Look what the UPS man brought today!
That's a whole lotta Dream in Color Classy, including their new colors (e.g., Butter Peeps, Pansy Go Lightly, etc.)! And there's much more where that came from! I'm planning to take full advantage of my new warehouse space.
Not sure when the Smooshy is coming, but I'm hoping by the end of the month.
And now I'll leave you with a friend and a FO - Karen (or at least her footsies) in her Dream in Color socks.
