The Other Kind of Sticks

In my last post I wrote a bit about some of the things that kept me from sticks and spokes the last nine months. Jim even gave me a set of new hiking poles for York Nordic: www.yorknordic.com. They are lightweight, fold easily and fit into a 25" suitcase without

Meanwhile, I spent a lot of time with the other kind of sticks, aka knitting needles. For Christmas I knit my daughters and daughter-in-law sweaters with my new favorite yarn, Ella Rae Lace Merino Chunky. Unfortunately Ella Rae has decided to discontinue this yarn. Luckily I got enough yarn to knit at least 2 more projects. But here are the sweaters:

I don't know if anyone
has actually worn the sweaters. One of the weird things about this pattern is the back of the neck is lower than one would expect. My guess is that this is because band and collar are both knit as part of the main sweater.