On the knitting front, I've still been very busy. My wedding sweater is blocking now and almost dry! It still needs to be finished (sewing up the sleeves and weaving in all the ends). Even with all those things needed it's gorgeous. We went shopping on Sunday to figure out what we were going to wear to the wedding, I needed something to wear under the sweater and Laurie needed an ensemble to wear with her velvet coat. Both were procured and modeled for my mom that night and given approval. Miracle of miracles, those 15 lbs I've lost allowed me to fit into a J.Crew size XL! The silk linen top looks wonderful with the beautiful sweater - and Laurie will be looking pretty spiffy too!
As soon as the sweater was off my needles, I started in on the Twisted Flower socks. They are for a friend to give as a birthday present. They are anything but boring to work on and I'm enjoying a bit of a challenge after the simple sweater pattern. Here is the work I've done on them so far:
I have just begun the "stem" parts of the pattern, but you can clearly see the "flower" parts. The stems are a bit tricky because there are up to 3 or 4 different cabled parts. At least that chart is only repeated 3 times per sock! I am becoming quite the chart reader, especially after Laurie's shawl! I think I'd better go back to them...
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