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The pattern can be found here at Knitty.com and is called Gemini. It's a top down pattern which always causes problems for my figure. Around the neck and shoulders I need a small size but from the bust down I need a much larger size. If I were to knit it according to the author's pattern, it would either fall of my shoulders or not fit in the bust area. What I finally did was start with the second smallest size, and then after knitting about 1/3 of the neck area, I started increasing every row for the front and back and every fourth row for the sleeves. The next time I will start with the smallest size for the neck. Of course, I didn't write anything down. Since I am old enough to spit on the side walk and wear red with purple, I suppose I can get away with "winging" it.Since this photo was taken on our property, I decided to show you some of the ones we took at the lake yesterday. For any of my overseas readers the Great Lakes are made up of five Lakes--Michigan, Huron, Erie, Superior, and Ontario-- and contain about 20% of the world's fresh water supply.
Hamlin Lake with its swimming and boating area.
A view of Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan shoreline with its sand dunes
More Sand Dunes
Dune Grass
The Big Sauble River
And another view of the Big Sauble
One lonely deer on the far side of the Big Sauble River
No knitting done on this trip but when I got home, I continued with my Advent Calendar Scarf.
Knit on Merrily!