Available for Hire

I have been doing test knitting for Alpaca With A Twist yarn for a couple of years now and I just got a new project.  What is test knitting you may ask...this is when you take a newly designed pattern and knit it up for the designer or yarn company so they have a sample to send around to your favority lys.  You are also looking for any errors in the pattern so they can be corrected before it gets printed and made available to the general public.  My new project looks very cool and I am excited to get the yarn next week and start on it.  It is a Sharon Winsauer pattern titled American Brilliant.  A really cool looking throw knit in blocks.  And if you know of Sharon, you know it includes lace.  The perfect traveling project for this coming fall and the sports seasons that will be here before I know it.  Come back next week and check out my progress...current plan gets me and the yarn together on Tuesday.

Back from Vacation

We are back from the family vacation in Tennessee.  I can report that summer weather does exist and we found it 10 hours south.  90 - 95 degrees every day.  We had a great time hiking the trails and doing the tourist thing and are now happy to be back home.  Weather this weekend looks like rain and cool (only in the 60's tomorrow --eek).  Perfect weather for me to stay inside and do the final check on the new pattern.  If all goes well the Freddie Mac vest should be available via etsy and ravelry sometime this weekend.