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This is the alpaca sweater i am knitting for my self in a simple knit/purl check. I am using two ends of Drops alpaca on 4mm needles. I am using Lantern Moon Ebony Circulars.
This is John's aran sweater. I am using 5mm Lantern Moon Ebony circulars. The yarn is Cascade 200 and the design is my own.
This is another pair of socks for me. I am using Karbonz in 2.25mm size. the yarn is by Wendy and it just caught my eye. I am going to knit this a s a tube sock.
I am pretty sick at the moment and have been since Cruft's back on the 8th. I expected to feel really bad the two days after the show but that feeling didn't lift and I gradually got worse and worse until finally I developed a fever (tho now I think I had one a lot sooner than i realised) and difficulty breathing. I had been taking more and more pain killers because my joints were on fire and I was hurting much more. Anyway, I finally went to the Dr today and I had a temp of 38c and a chest infection for which I now have anti-biotics. I should have gone last week of course but didn't want to make a fuss!
This is knitted using two ends of Drops alpaca. I am using 4 mm needles. In this case the needles are the Lantern Moon ebony interchangeables. They are truly excellent. I knitted another sweater using this exact same yarn back in 2007.
( Alpaca Sweater )
The yarn I am using is Cascade 220. This will be a sweater for John. The design is my own. Once again I am using Lantern Moon Ebony interchangeables in 5 mm this time. What you see is just the swatch. I designed the chart using Design A Knit 8. I upgraded from DAK7. I am so far very pleased. This really took the headache out. I was able to chart the above and consequently setting the first two rows of knitting was very easy. At the moment it seems as if this will be wide enough for the measurement that I require for the sweater! I just have a few more rows to do and then I shall wash it and try it and measure it.
Very clever of you to have noticed that these are not knitted. I've bought two new pairs of Dr Martens. Aren't they gorgeous?
This is one of the puppies that were six weeks old yesterday. I will be keeping this one and also her black and white brother and her gold and white sister. I will not be keeping the two girls permanently but will be running both on until I decide which one I shall keep. They will all be getting their microchips done today.
