Finally! a knitting post!

this is a scarf I'm making for my pig sister, PK.  I couldn't get photoshop to get the color right, but this is close.  It's a baby alpaca yarn, chunky, knit on US 10's.

here's the pattern (adapted from somewhere, I forget where) for anyone interested:

cast on 52 stiches.

ROW 1:  K16,  P4,  K4,  P4,  K4,  P4,  K16

ROW 2:  K10,   P6,  C4B,  P4,  C4B,  P4,  C4B,  P6,  K10

ROW 3:  K16,   P4,  K4,  P4,  K4,  P4,  K16

 ROW 4:  K10,  P5,  T3B,  T4F,  T4B,  T4F,  T4B,  T3F,  P5  K10

ROW 5:  K15,  P2,  K3,  P4,  K4,  P4,  K3,  P2,  K15

ROW 6:  K10,  P4,  T3B,  P3,  C4F,  P4,  C4B,  P3,  T3F,  P4,  K10

ROW 7:  K14,  P2,  K4,  P4,  K4,  P4,  K4,  P2,  K14

ROW 8:  K10,  P4,  K2,  P3,  T3B,  T4F,  T4B,  T3F,  P3,  K2,  P4,  K10

ROW 9:  K14,  P2,  K3,  P2,  K3,  P4,  K3,  P2,  K3,  P2,  K14

ROW 10:  K10,  P4,  K2,  P3,  K2,  P3,  C4B,  P3,  K2,  P3,  K2,  P4,  K10

ROW 11:  K14,  P2,  K3,  P2,  K3,  P4,  K3,  P2,  K3,  P2,  K14

ROW 12:  K10,  P4,  K2,  P3,  T3F,  T4B,  T4F,  T3B,  P3,  K2,  P4,  K10

ROW 13:  K14,  P2,   K4,  P4,  K4,  P4,  K4,  P2,  K14

ROW 14:  K10,  P4,  T3F,  P3,  C4F,  P4,  C4B,  P3,  T3B,  P4,  K10

ROW 15:  K15 ,P2,  K3,  P4,  K4,  P4,  K3,  P2,  K15

ROW 16:  K10,  P5,  T3F,  T4B,  T4F,  T4B,  T4F,  T3B,  P5,  K10

keep repeating these 16 as written until the length you want, cast off in pattern.

KEY:

C4F : slip two stitches onto CN - FRONT.  K2 from left needle, K2 from CN

C4B : slip two stitches onto CN - BACK. K2 from left needle, K2 from CN

T3B :  Slip ONE stitch onto CN - BACK.  K2 from left needle,     P1 from CN

T3F : Slip TWO stitches onto CN - FRONT.  P1 from left needle, K2 from CN

T4B : Slip TWO stitches onto CN - BACK.  K2 from left needle, P2 from CN

T4F : Slip TWO stitches onto CN - FRONT.  P2 from left needle, K2 from CN

So, La de da!  knitting again.  Yippee

Cashel for grown-ups

This pattern was created by Alice Starmore as a child's sweater in her Celtic Collection. I decided to do the math and make it big enough for an adult. I think it went a little too far and became an over sized sweater, which can be fun to wear (especially for a faerie).

This was a quick knit on US6 needles. The cabling was fun and I enjoyed the details of the cuffs, waist band, and neck. And the yarn is a wonderful emerald green tweed. The stitch pattern is a two-row background, one row in single rib and the other knitted.