The Kirman fair isle sweater. The bottom hem was done in a scheme I have never encountered before. Cast on, knit 4 rows, reduce the number of stitches by 10%, knit 4 rows, purl a row, knit 4 more rows, add the 10% back in, knit 4 more rows and then start the pattern. It will be interesting to see if, when blocked, this method cures the flip-up tendency of your average foldover sweater hem. Bottom border is done and I'm most of the way through the first pattern repeat. Really pleased so far. The yarn is softer than your usual Shetland, the pattern has enough challenge to keep it interesting without making a knitter want to chuck the whole works into the nearest cactus patch (except for beautiful photographs, of course).
I also brought along the silver scarf for those times when I want to do something simpler. The pattern is easy to memorize and I can keep one eye on the tv. Wish I had put more beads on the cast-on edge, though, but I guess I could add them later.
Anyway, it's a lovely vacation from the Alaska snow, and great fun to sit outside in the sunshine knitting on the warmer days.
A propos of nothing whatsoever, here is a batch of vegan cupcakes I'm very proud of. The cake part is marble, frosting is ganache with a dab of vegan "cream cheese" frosting topped with heart sprinkles. Recipes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World . Made for Grandboy's day care valentine party so that the coolest goodie there would be something that he could eat. Loved the amazement on the teacher's face after a bite. "This is actually GOOD!"
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