on the needles... the alana

any knitters out there... you are probably familiar with the wonderfulness of Rowan's Lima yarn!!!  if you aren't a knitter, let me just tell you... it's like working with butter!

i LOVE this yarn.  it has a cool chain or braid look up close, but doesn't separate when working with it.  the stitches are well seen, and i love the way the colors look marbled.

my mom and i have been drooling over the alana sweater in gray lima yarn on display at our local yarn shop.  we have wanted to make it for awhile now.  well, we draw names for Christmas, and i had my mom's this past one.  so... i splurged and bought us both enough to make the sweater.  and it gives us an opportunity to do a knit-along!

so... here's my beginning stages of my sweater.  i chose an off-white / light tan color, while my mom is using a gorgeous deep blue.

i will keep more photos coming as the sweater progresses.  right now, we are working on the first rows of seed stitches before we plow up the sweater in stockinette.

all i can say is "YUMMY!"