New Girl and Some Knitting

There's a new girl at the farm!

Introducing MFI Out of This World. We're calling her Spacey for a nickname.

She is coowned by my parents and Emelise Alpacas.

She competed in the North American Show this past weekend in Syracuse and earned herself a blue ribbon.

(photo taken by my sister, Andee)

She's a pretty one with beautiful fiber.

And on to some knitting for this week....

A good friend of mine asked me to knit a sweater for her nephew's first birthday.

Her family had an old sweater that was passed down but was on the "girly" side. It had a hood with a zipper all the way up the back. She asked me to recreate it in gray alpaca.

I used this pattern as a guide. I knitted it with 1.5 skeins of Cascade Pure Alpaca yarn that we sell at the farm.

I worked on my Sheep Sweater (sorry alpacas!) I am loving it. It's super sheepy. But it's also very tough on my hands and wrists. It's nothing like knitting with alpaca. Alpacas, you totally win in that department. I am knitting this with Bartlett Yarn worsted weight that I got at Rhinebeck. Andee would be dead if she was knitting with this yarn (she's allergic to wool)

It's hard to photograph when it's all stuck on a circular. But you get the idea...It will eventually have a contrast color of a pretty plum purple at the seams.

Sweater Pattern: Monte Rosa by Isabell Kraemer

And one more little project that I am working on...

Fingerless mitts to go with my apple green alpaca coat.

Knitting with Dragonfly Fibers yarn that I got at Rhinebeck. It's the Falling Leaves colorway.

Pattern is an improvised version of the tincan knits mitts.

That's it for knitting this week. What are you working on? Please share with us!

-Leanne

Joining  Ginny and the weekly yarn along.