Inching Along....

I am still in Massachusetts and getting used to being here. I ventured into my old Fabric store the other day searching for buttons for my latest baby sweater and was mesmerized by the huge collection of beautiful fabrics! Made me want to get out the old sewing machine again and start sewing something..... Anything! Back in the day, I used to have fabric stashes, and sewed like crazy! I had to tear myself out of the store because just like yarn, fabric beckons to you, and can be even more seductive.

I haven't grown those ten extra hands yet, therefore I only have two new articles to share. One is a sweater for a lovely little baby who lives in Southern California named Selena. Quite the little Queen that one.. and the other is a scarf I knitted as a contribution for my online Charity Group. The scarf will be one of many donated to Woven Lotus; a group of caring individuals who helps those who have been sexually abused in one way or another and are in crisis. The scarves and shawls are given as gifts of Love in hopes that the individual will somehow feel that he or she is unconditionally loved at a time when they most need to be.

Here are the photos:

I have knitted this pattern once before and I really like it because of the lacy-leaf design along the front. The seed stitch adds texture, and I really don't like to knit large areas of it, but it gives this pattern 'just the right touch.'

A slightly different view...

Here is the back view of the sweater. The pattern instructions required that I knit the back plain; but I love the leaf pattern so much, I incorporated my own version on the back. I think I might be ready to start knitting larger lace patterns... I have been searching for "just the right" shawl or scarf.

Here is the scarf. The lighting was 'off' the day that I took this photo and parts of the scarf appear more pink than others.