April 2012

Whew, April.  A busy month, but not for knitting.  Just so you know why I din't get as much knitting done as usual, my life for April:  Brought my Mom home from rehab after a hip replacement, Easter and company, daughter in Rochester smashed her thumb and needed surgery.  So, I'm glad April is over :).  Now the knitting...

I did finish the beaded top I had been working on for the last couple of months.  The picture on the left is the front and and on the right is the back.  (though I guess you could switch that too)  It is knit with Findley, a lace weight silk wool blend, doubled to knit as a DK.  It is so beautiful and drapey.  I am very happy with it.

I group of us started an Entrelac Envelope Purse from the book Entree to Entrelac.  I made an evening bag in black and decided that any good evening bag needs beads.  So mine has beads!

Then a new pattern book came in from Noro, really cute sweater on the cover... you can see where this is going already.  We have the yarn it calls for, but I chose a differnt yarn.  Actually I ripped out a sweater that was too big for me and knit it out of that.  I used Katia's Bombay.  I also added sleeves, but it is cute either way.

Other than that, there was a little customer finishing, a swatch for another idea brewing and still the unfinished projects from last month.  I won't bore you with the pictures, sadly, not much has changed with them.

And next month.  I vow to finish at least one of the 2 unfinished things in my bag, then.... who knows.... So until next month, Happy Knitting, Nancy