Balsam Completed!

Balsam Front 2
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I delivered this knitted item to my sister Paula on Saturday at my family "Thanksmas." I really like the way the pattern worked. This is knit out of Araucania Nature Wool in Color 17, Ruby.

I did take some video of the fun I had knitting this. A few of those posts and videos can be found by clicking links.

While on vacation, I ran into a bit of a problem. I finished one skein of yarn and prepare to join the second skein. Wouldn't you know that the colors I thought were the same were NOT the same. **crap**. You can see the difference, can't you?

After discovering this while I had some unexpected knitting time in the car on the way back from the Grand Canyon, I was a bit quiet and then let a few choice words explode. I made a few phone calls to Las Vegas yarn shops only to discover that I couldn't find any. I put the knitting down and started making some socks. I did send two emails out looking for skeins back in Ohio. Sure enough, one of the LYS had it in stock! I picked it up from A Tangled Tale in Powell, OH and finished the project on Monday. It was blocking on Tuesday night.

Here's the video that was shot during the visit to Red Rock Canyon.

Holiday Knitting 2008

I started my holiday knitting on Saturday by knitting in public with Cat, Yarmando, Jeremy, and a few others at the LYS. It was quite nice.

The pattern is Balsam by Ilga Leja. I'm using Araucania Nature Wool, a worsted weight yarn in Color 17, Ruby. Paula picked the pattern and the yarn. It's a good knit and the pattern is easy to remember. It's a 16 row repeat.