Here is a sweater I knit for DD2 at the end of last summer. This is "Aggi" from The Best of Lopi, knit in Reynolds Lite Lopi purchased from Yarnware. It is size 2, knit on #3 and #6 needles.
I knit most of this sweater during a week-long visit to my parents in Chimacum, WA for Dad's 60th birthday. My eldest two kids were busy climbing trees with their cousins, and my youngest was very busy running from one end of the deck to the other. I had a lovely visit, drinking tea, knitting and chatting with Mum.
This was my first attempt at a Lopi sweater. We purchased sweaters for everyone during our visit to Iceland in 2005, but since DD2 was only 8 weeks old at the time, she needed a bigger size this winter. She loves it, and says "My ducky sweater. Pretty." every time she wears it. It's wonderful to have one's handiwork met with such honest appreciation.
On the needles:
This is Wendy's Generic Toe-Up Sock Pattern in Opal Dreamcatcher 1237 on #2 needles. I started it while Sigvaldi was drying, because having finished that behemoth I was experiencing a weird knitting withdrawal panic attack. I love knitting socks. They don't take much thought, and I find self-patterning yarns very amusing (probably more so than I should, but I lead a sheltered existence).
Last year I started buying souvenir sock yarn while on vacation. It's a great game: I can check out the cute LYS, not blow the bank, and have something I know I'll use fairly soon. (Not that I should worry about that -- sock yarn doesn't count, right?) This particular yarn was purchased at Bad Woman (love that name!) in Manzanita, OR. We went to Manzanita with my ILs for a week last April. It was cold and blustery, but we all had a restful time. We stayed here. The guys went fishing. I knit socks.
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