Peppermint sleeves for the pipsqueaks' sweetheart sweater.

It was nice to finally get some knitting done! After working just on cookies for the last couple of days, I was happy to sit down with the needles again. The all seasons cotton is still a genuine pleasure to work with, but I have to say that my love affair is coming to its conclusion. I'm less excited about knitting tiny tops in cotton and want more and more to start fall projects. These sweaters for the boys are a nice transition project. Cotton, long sleeves, perfect for those first chilly days. I'm looking forward to them already. And to some yummy projects I've got planned, like this, this, this, and this. Sweet!

Here is S explaining to an oncoming B that he's very sorry but this package of yarn is undoubtedly for him. As you can see, B is trying to bribe his brother into handing it over in exchange for some other mail, but S is having none of that. After luring the boys away with a few raisins, I finally got a chance to check out my new yarn. Yay! It's my reward to myself for finishing elizabeth: another Starmore sweater, this time Iona from The Celtic Collection. Thanks to Kerrie for giving me the nudge I needed to go ahead and splurge for this project that I've been dying to make for such a long time and of course for sending all the yarn over to me from the UK. The yarn is Rowan's Chunky Chenille in a most lovely purple shade with a luscious red for the contrast color (this page shows both colors). The red is coming later in separate package. I guess we should let B bring that one in when it arrives!