A finishing burst.

Two gaments have come rolling off the needles recently. The first is a little jacket by Lene Alve, which has been a delight to knit. It has a long way to travel, but will not be needed until the late autumn, so I think it is a good candidate for the show, and I will see if I can get it a prize card to go with it!

The second finished object is another guernsey sweater for me - started at a time when I was very unsure how things were going to go with my health, so it was my little act of defiance - I WILL have a new sweater and I WILL live to finish it and wear it with pleasure! There are so many thing I am pleased about. The pattern I have used is a moss/rib cable and scallop shell that came from a sweater in Alice Starmore's book on fisherman's sweaters, and, not only do I really like the patterns, I am still amazed at how easy and intuitive they are to knit. I feel proud that I managed to remember the Guernsey knotted cast-on without having to look it up in the book. So that one is burned into my brain now! The yarn is Yeoman Sport - a 4ply pure merino that is beautifully soft and silky with a lovely sheen.