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A couple of weeks ago a friend came to see me at Faire... bearing gifties... one of the gifties was this yarn... which goes from medium dark grass green... kind of like grass that has had a couple of weeks to get all the chlorophyll... to a light grass green, similar to grass that has just been mowed...

The pattern is Feet First by Debbie Tomkies, from Simply Knitting Magazine, which is from Great Britain... The way that it is written, is similar how I try to explain to people... and as I am reading it, I can 'hear' her explaining, and I can 'see' it in my mind eye...

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So... I had hoped to have the Central Park Hoodie done by the 25th... ha ha ha... it was close... had the back done, the right and left front done, and one of sleeves done... and said... hmm I think I need to try this on... toooooooooooooooooooo small... actually not tooooooooo toooooooo small, and I probably could have worn it the way it was, but yea... too small... so I've ripped it out ... again... and have cast on the back... again...

On another front... I will be at the Dickens Festival in Riverside Calif (depending on the weather) on Saturday and Sunday... working with 'no idle hands' with my spinning wheel, cards, and wool!

Central park hoodie... (or what have I gotten myself into)

Well... after fits and starts, and more fits and starts I have a decent beginning (for me anyway) on the sweater... The pattern called for 4 inches of ribbing... being one to 'tweek' patterns, I've done 3 1/2 inches... and I have about 3 1/2 inches of the cable patterning... I'm usually not one for doing sweaters... I've knitted 2 others... but I get bored with the knitting after a time and it becomes drudgery... when will it ever end?????? Something that I am liking about this pattern is that there is cable work... and I have to keep track of where I am in the cable pattern...

on the needle part the 2nd...

I had to take a break in knitting the sweater... so that I could finish the slipper sox... they came out great... and my building mate made all the appropriate ooooooohs and ahhhhhhhhs... :-)

They are made from Lionbrand woolease, worsted weight... I cast on 40 stitches on size 8 dpn's.

The thing that I like about woolease... its washable... throw it in the washer... in the dryer... put them back on!!!