Oh, there's been plenty of knitting. And party giving and vacationing. Busy, busy, busy Chez Annie.
Bridgett, (sadly) blogless Janet, and I gave a dessert tasting/baby shower for friend Julie's (Jules of the comments) new baby boy Andrew. Thirty some odd women, desserts, babies, and wine. What's not to like?
We ate desserts and opened presents. Penny is holding the guest of honor. Janet made a layered lemon cake and Bridgett brought a chocolate cake and I did berry shortcake. We had candies from local chocolatiers and good wine and good friends.
See baby Leo in the picture? He mostly slept.
Bridgett made Andrew a beautiful center medallion quilt onto which she embroidered his name. I told Julie that if she ever got tired of that quilt, that I'd take it off her hands as it would go perfectly in my house ; ) .
I knit him this blanket. It's the Fir Cone Shawl from Folk Shawls done in Mission Falls 1824 merino. I sized it down from the lace weight shawl and it still turned out ginormous...
Here he is again, with friend Rosemary (click to embiggen the cuteness). I think he had a good time.
After the shower, the Annie Knits family jetted off to Orlando and Nassau for a little R and R. Snork. We came back exhausted. Two theme parks, a giant water park, dolphin encounter, cousin visiting, snorkeling, eating out every night. Heck, we were only gone 6 days... We had a blast.
The family in front of Poseidon at Universal Studios; Dear Son getting a caricature done (make sure to click that one -- it's hilarious; our view at Atlantis in the Bahamas; the slides in the water park at Atlantis... on the left is a tower with 4 slides, all of which are done on tubes, on the right is the slide we affectionately named the ButtCrack Slide of Doom. Really. See that white slide on the front of the orange building? Ahem. And finally, family with Hercules the dolphin. Yes, I put on a wet-suit. It was flippin' cold.
Other than the blanket, I've finished two sweaters (ok, one of which was started ages ago, but finished this weekend) and a pair of socks.
Here is a sweater I knit for another new baby in our group of friends. He's a mid-March baby, so green and aran are required, don't you think? The color is right in the picture on the left, but the pattern shows better (obviously) on the right. The sweater is called Pie Man from the Tadpoles and Tiddlers Rowan book. Super pattern, well written and easy to read. And the cables mostly grow from the ribbing which is a sign, I think, of a well written pattern. The yarn is Cascade Greenland. Love it. It's what I think of as a heavy gansey yarn. Firmly spun wool. Lovely sproingy stuff. I knit the 3 year old size as this little guy has received tons of baby stuff.
Here is Planalto. It's a Louisa Harding sweater I began ages ago. I finished sewing it together and found just the right buttons for it this weekend. Deborah helped with the buttons.
I love this sweater. People have complained about the yarn, Mariposa, being splitty and hard to work with, and it is, but so worth it, don't you think? Great color.
Finally, socks out of Rachel's Dyeabolical yarn. Weirdly pooling, but awesome. The pooling happened because I finished each about six months apart... I was a little more tense this spring.
It's good to be back on track.
Now, I've acquired 4 skeins of Cascade Eco Wool in that beautiful cornflower color and I'm itching to do cables with it. I'm off to hunt a pattern. Or I may fall hard for this. The world is my oyster now that all the babies have popped out and been knitted for. Whew.
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