A shrug vest with sleeves (free pattern for sleeves) and another student project.

I have a finished project to "show off"! My Baby Alpaca Grande Vest is done (you can see what others have done with this pattern on Ravelry at http://tinyurl.com/ptqkvt ). I bought the pattern from L & B Yarn Co. (http://tinyurl.com/pn39kg ).
I decided to add sleeves to it and have written up a pattern for what I have done. So, if you decide to buy the pattern and make this vest, you can download my sleeve pattern for free here:

http://bit.ly/19xWtdc

). And, here are some pictures:














About 10 of my students are making this shrug/vest. Marion, one of my Tuesday morning students brought in her finished one so I had to take a picture. Didn't she do a great job!?
Bonnie, one of my Monday morning students, just finished a vest.
Isn't it cute? She did a beautiful job!

















Oh, here's a picture for another clue for the mystery project that I made:
So, I use it to hold something and it's VERY little...any guesses yet??

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Well, off to knit and hopefully finish some more projects....
Mary

Sheep and Wool, Students' projects, and a tiny mystery!

Yesterday was one of my favorite days of the year: the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival! My dear husband loves to go and wander around the whole Festival grounds, I love to go and spend my time looking over the various yarn vendors' offerings! So, we both have fun. If you are a knitter and live anywhere near Howard County Fairgrounds in Maryland, you should go at least once in your life. It is always the first weekend in May. Here's their website:
http://www.sheepandwool.org/
Even on a slightly rainy, over-cast day like yesterday it was a super experience of people," knitterly" things, and lots of sheep baa-baaing!

I was very restrained in my buying: only one skein of yarn and one pattern.
The yarn is "sitting" in my brain deciding what it wants to become.

And, the pattern is the Musette scarf by Candance Eisner Strick.It calls for a boucle yarn and has a flower on one end and the other end pulls through the center of the flower.

The pattern is also "mulling over" in my mind mentally going through my stash.

You can see more details about the Musette scarf at:
http://www.strickwear.com/cgi-bin/viewitem.pl?cat=1055

The "sitting" and "mulling" in my brain are always exciting and one of my favorite parts of knitting where there are endless possibilities and no mistakes made yet!




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Oh, and also my Max bought me a 2009 Maryland Sheep and Wool T-shirt. I just love this year's logo drawing!

Last week a couple of my Mitered Square Workshop students came to their regular classes with Mitered Square projects in progress! :

Peg's Mitered Square Mini-purse almost finished. She did finish it in class and it looks great!

Ann started a the Mitered Square Scarf Pattern that I designed for my students. This scarf looks great with varigated yarn and she's doing a lovely job!

There will be more student projects to share in my next post! So, students keep those knitting needles clicking and be ready to be photographed!

Now for the "little mystery" project. Can you guess what this is (and yes, it's crocheted not knitted, but you non-crocheters can still "guess"!) ??

Hope all knitters are enjoying whatever weather you're having. Here in Maryland it's spring and raining...but a super day for sitting inside by a window soaking in the greenery of spring and knitting!

Mary