Yes - I'm still knitting

I haven't kept up with my blog mostly because I find it hard to fnd the time to take the pictures. No matter what I do, the color doesn't come out correctly. The first two pitures of the baby sweaters, are good. The color is correct. In the other, (taken on a different day) the colores are not right. Because of the problem, I put off taking pictures, because I'm not happy with the result. All these pictures were taken in the moring, in a area that was not in direct sunlight. But colorwise, they came out very differently. I find this very discouraging.

--- Well enough of that. I guess I just need to not worry about the color and keep up with my blog. ---

So, yes I'm still knitting (and teaching)

I finished two baby sweaters for charity; a faux fairisle (the yarn did all the work) and a top down. There were actually 3 sweaters, but I gave one away before getting a picture.

My anti-lace project, which is a Mountain Colors jacket. I bought this kit at Stitches in Feb. and started it in late March. I needed an anti-lace project because I had just finished the lace shawl for Stitches and a lace shawl for a class I was teaching. This is anti-lace not only because there isn't a lace pattern, but it was knit on size 10.5 needles, in worsted weight, and there wasn't much shaping. A simple and quick knit. It would have been quicker if I hadn't run out of yarn. I had to find the shop info, call them and get more yarn. I put that off for weeks. But when I finally called, they did have the yarn and I finished the project. I'm not sure why, but this picture is much too pink. The actual color is more of an orange-red.

I finished a Lace Vest (Cherish) from the Rowan Classic Style Book #16. I made it with the Rowan Classic Silk Wool DK (50% merino and 50% silk). The yarn is a dream to work with. Again the color is off (at least on my monitor). This is a ocean green; not blue. This is the front and back (it still needs buttons). Aren't buttons the hardest thing to find!

Here is a close-up of the lace pattern.

The last thing I have finished is a tank top from the Knitting Nature book. It is made of Valley Yarn Southwick (from Webs), which is 52% pima cotton and 48% bamboo. This is actually a pale aqua.