The first one is a beautiful alpaca kimono. The yarn called for is expensive stuff (Classic Elite Inca Alpaca) and one color is already discontinued. Had I used it, it would have cost about $250. I substituted Frog Tree Alpaca, which is not only reasonably priced, it is produced by a cooperative in Peru, so one can feel good about it. I got the colors pretty close, and had to fake the yellow striping, but I think it worked well regardless. I've been looking at projects not for color or style, but construction technique. This one is done in two pieces, armhole to middle, then joined. From the Fall 2006 issue of Knitter's. I got really p.o'd at them, however, because the yarn amounts in the magazine are wrong. This caused me to overbuy two colors, and have to buy more of two others. My suggestion to them that they actually hire editors, ones who bother to read the pattern and make sure it's correct, got no response.
The next one is from the last issue of Vogue Knitting. It worked up quickly with one easy cable down the middle on size 11 needles. The yarn was on sale on elann.com, a soy/wool blend called Gianna. It's soft as a baby's behind but was warm on my legs as I put it together. It didn't look the same on me as it does on the model, but that is probably due to the fact I have a female's body, as opposed to one reminiscent of a teenage boy. It's nifty nonetheless, and the friend who got it will have an original design that no one else in Farmington MO will have.
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