Knitting@roosterhillfarm.com

For the first time, I am trying my hand at stranded colorwork. I knit English, or the ‘throw’ method. It took my fingers a little bit to decide the best way to pass the yarn as the colors switch. At first I was carrying only one color at a time, but after a few rows, I decided the easiest way was to hold one strand looped over my thumb and the other over my index finger. I can knit quickly this way although the 2 strands get a little tangled.

Here’s colorwork of a different kind. As I work on the Lara sweater, I am mixing yarns. The body of the sweater is 100% alpacat from Tintagel Hill Farm. The front ribbing is a wool blend from Persimmon Tree Farm. when I bought the yarns at the Hemlock Fest, the woman in the booth (I bought them together) commented how well the two yarns looked together. Add to that the fact that I wasn’t sure I had enough yarn to complete Lara and voila! A 2 yarn sweater. The ribbing is dense and I am hoping that its weight won’t affect the drape of the alpaca too much.

My Piddleloop project bag came! I am very excited.

She matched it up with a bird stitch marker.

I decided to get a grommet.

It came with a little notions bag.

And a goodie bag! And what good goodies they were!

Gift tags, business cards for other cool shops, a scratch pad and more stitch markers!

When we first got married, my husband would always call me Moby. Now I have stitch markers for Mo B too! And Piddleloop and Friend of P buttons.

I think the bird on the project bag will go nicely with the Blue Moon STR Raven yarns that arrived today, don’t you? And someother STR - I had a 10% coupon burning a hole in my pocket.

Start of 2nd Ravelry sock

Like I said before it is a good thing I am posting a daily post on the farm blog and not blogging every day in this blog. Bo-ring!
I have just a little bit of the cuff completed on my Ravelry sock.

Tilted Duster

Tilted Duster is done - except for the finishing. I hate finishing.

Lara Sweater

I started the Lara Sweater from Debbie Bliss. One good thing about this sweater is that it doesn’t need a lot of finishing. Woot!