A week ago, Sarah pops up after a couple of weeks’ absence at Friday Morning Knitting and doesn’t she just have way too many things for show and tell! Little show off!
That Sarah!
First, she pulls out this adorable yellow baby sweater. It is made with Green Mountain Spinnery’s Cotton Comfort and the pattern is the yarn company’s Grandma’s Delight, which requires only two skeins, making it cheapo cheapo. Check out the buttons – if you can – they are Beatrix Potter bunnies – Peter Rabbit himself, I am sure. The whole thing is just so damn cute ya wanna puke – or knit one yourself. I can tell you, Sheri went online via her iPhone within an hour to downloaded the pattern, came to K2Tog while I was working and picked up some sale yarn to make her own. Sweel. Now I gotta make one.
Okay, as if that was not enough to impress us all, next out of her bag comes
Cusco Vest
this gorgeous dusty purple vest. It’s called The Cusco Vest and is from the book Knitted Jackets with Style by Cheryl Oberle. She made with it Cascade Pastaza. We all just loved the color on her, and the drape of the front collar was particular flattering. Sarah was worried she should perhaps close the front collar with a shawl pin, but we all thought that made it look dowdy – a “look what I knit” kind of thing. But without, we though the line and drape of the front was quite elegant. Beyotch.
But what really chapped my butt was the last piece she pulled out – a baby blanket or throw done in a simple but elegant basketweave pattern. But here’s the thing – the beyotch AGAIN spun the yarn herself and then knit the damn thing. Yeah. That’s right. She bought the fleece n one of her annual forays to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. It was a 2 lb. “Jacob” fleece. Sarah could not say how many yards that translated into, but it was enough for this gorgeous rug/lapthrow/baby blanket.
We hate her, right? Well, we would if she wasn’t also just one of the nicest, most generous and funny people we know. I love you, Sarah.
