Finished!

I have been working on an alpaca scarf for the past 300 years (real time: 4 months) and it is finally done! I finished it right before New Year's, actually, and, technically, it still needs to be blocked, but it is mine and it's done and it's my first scarf. I feel immense satisfaction when I look at it. Pictures to be posted soon, promise.

Now that I've finished that, I am working on another scarf. I am knitting with, no exaggeration, the most beautiful yarn that I have ever seen. When I went to the NY Sheep and Wool festival in October, I spotted this yarn from across the tent and through hundreds of people. Literally. The yarn is from Feederbrook Farm in Maryland. It is a combination of wool, silk, and alpaca (my favorite, in case you couldn't guess) and is delicately handspun. I had to have it when I saw it. Well, that's not quite true. I resisted it for half an hour and then went back to the booth. At any rate, I'm psyched to finally knit with it, and I have to say that knitting with yarn you love makes the experience even more fun. I'm not normally a fan of the basic garter stitch because it reminds me vaguely of sausage links, but at S's (big sis) suggestion, I am knitting this scarf that way. So far, so good. The pic above does not do the yarn justice and as soon as I get some good light I will upload a new one. Enjoy!