Maybe when school's out I'll have the brain space for something more creative, but in the meantime I'm happily knitting along. I finished one sweater in worsted weight for the Afghans for Afghans 500 Sweater campaign, and then figured I could knock off a second one before the June deadline.
This one is knit on size 13 needles with bulky weight yarn, so it's going faster than the first. Both patterns are from Ann Budd's book The Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters. I'm stash-busting with these sweaters, clearing out some odd balls of yarn. The blue, yellow and green yarn in the second sweater are actually worsted weight that I'm double-stranding to approximate bulky weight yarn, and it's working out fine. Make due is my current motto where yarn acquisition is involved. I'm making exceptions, however, for needles, patterns, and anything irresistible.
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I'm using the little needlepoint kits for my brainless activity these days. It's good to have this variety of products to choose from according to our moods/needs!
Nice work, Barbara! Do you remember the shawl pattern you modified to include some beaded yarn?
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