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State fair overview

My Roscalie Vest
Originally uploaded by thomasina.

Yes, competition in our state fair is pretty intense. My Alice Starmore Roscalie vest only placed fifth. Trendy mosaic knitting captured the top awards. At least the dressers liked it - it was prominently displayed. (I noticed they hung an unplaced aran cardigan prominently, too - the competition was particularly fierce in the cabled categories).

Katie "Sonith" placed first with her leaf lace shawl - go Katie! (Entry forms are handwritten by the people who take the entries, and then interpreted by someone else again - it is interesting to see how the names of the winners morph from year to year.)


The sea-foam scarf pattern was a free Wednesday clinic at Borealis Yarns - first Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm, if you were wondering. One of them snagged a place in the lightweight scarf category:


And, apparently sock-monkey knitting is all the rage this year, at least in machine knitting! This post would not be complete without at least one of the dresses. The boobie sock monkey dress hasn't been getting as much love, so here 'tis:

Apparently a sock monkey bikini is in the works too. These are really love 'em or hate 'em - personally, I love them. If I have to wear a dress, let it be one of these.

Roscalie Pattern closeup

Roscalie Pattern closeup
Originally uploaded by thomasina.

Alice Starmore Roscalie Vest
from In the Hebrides
On #5 and #3 needles

Yarns:
Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool
yellow: 015 brick yellow
Harrisville 2-ply
light green: #7 Tundra
dark green: #8 Atlantic
maroon: #39 Russet
blue: #31 Cobalt

...your blog here is only mostly dead -

Roscalie Vest front
Originally uploaded by thomasina.

to steal a line from The Princess Bride. A lot of sickness all around, unfortunately, so blogging fell by the wayside. A little bit of knitting got done, mostly the Roscalie Vest from Alice Starmore's In the Hebrides. Click through for yarn and needle info. It is still unblocked, so be kind! I took three weeks to knit the fair isle, and closer to three months to do the finishing.

I did finish my sister's shadow shawl before Christmas, along with another brioche scarf for my mom's sister. I nearly finished my shadow shawl, but ran out of Anne - so I need to rip back and re-set the centerpoint. I've also learned to knit socks, 2 pair worth. I didn't do the Knitting Olympics, since I had just knit my first vest and first socks, so I had just learned a bunch already. I did knit a pair of socks and a self-designed something for my SP.