mom's christmas gifts the past two years!

Mom's christmas present last year 2010 | chest piece knit in Lion's Brand yarn

float jacquard multi-colored stitch design finishing with 2x2 rib around the neckline

Mom's gift this year 2011 | hand-knit vest in Hudson Valley Sheep & Wool Co. Yarn

mix of a quilted stitch at top, knit, purl and looped stitches, and a multi-colored

float jacquard design. 1x1 twisted rib at hem

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US Great Plains | courtesy of Dave Chapman

few swatches

most recent | "limestone" roving from the sheep

and wool festivel knit at hem, then wet/needle felted.

Felted portion transitions into knit Icelandic Lopi from the

Hudson Valley Sheep and Wool Co. in Redhook.

Knit-in of machine knitting poly/mohair blended yarn

swatch from last year I never photographed |

mohair yarn blended with a cotton crochet thread in a webby drop

stitch and pointelle stitch. Bits of sparkly red embroidery thread in parts.

short row shaping at hem

Black Stone

Andy Goldsworthy

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