We almost didn’t go this year. But it would have been like missing Christmas or Thanksgiving or one of our birthdays. So we drove up just for the afternoon and it was perfect as always! Apple Cider, Maple Cotton Candy, sheep dogs, SHEEP and goats, alpacas, llamas, and YARN! 
I fondled tons of yarn, drooled at all of the Creatively Dyed, Miss Babs, Bijou Basin, Blue Moon, all the farm fresh handspun yarns… I only bought 4 skeins of yarn thanks to a self imposed Very Strict Budget, but I’m really excited about those 4 skeins. Being that I’m obsessed with Cormo, I got Foxhill Farm and 2 from Stonesthrow Farm. I also one skein of merino/angora Rainbow Yarn!
I finished my Aidez just in time for the festival…
This pattern is absolutely perfect. I love the sweater so much! It’s the perfect length, super cozy, and an interesting knit. But when we got home, I decided to add pockets to the front.
My notes on adding the pocket: Pick up 18 stitches along the purled edge of the ribbing section. Then knit a panel in pattern (p2, k1tbl, seed wishbone pattern, k1tbl, p2, etc) for 2 whole seed wishbone patterns, plus 7 rows. Then k1p1 for 3 rows. Bind off in ribbing. Attach the pockets by sewing the edge stitches in under the cross stitch cables.
The foliage wasn’t as orange and red as I was expecting, which hopefully means we’ll have more color next weekend for our wedding!!! EEEEEEEP!
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