The pattern for Catalina is now available. It’s a lovely little cardigan to wear with those flower-print dresses I was talking about a few days ago. The pattern is worked in lace, but it’s charted to make increasing simple. There’s four charts for each size. It can seem a bit overwhelming at first, but once the first chunk of rows are established the stitch pattern can be seen and it moves right along.

Last week I taught Catalina on a cruise to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico. Since we ported in the island of the cardigan’s namesake, I had to do another photo shoot while there. I put together a little video of the shoot.

The cruise was delightful. We did a lot of knitting, eating, relaxing, knitting, eating, reading, knitting and eating. Unfortunately, we were unable to port in Ensenada due to the swine flu, but the captain found us a warm spot in the sun so we could get caught up on our knitting, eating and relaxing. Below is a photo of me with the wonderful group of knitters on the cruise and also a photo of Cyndee wearing Annie made from Blue Heron yarn. It looked so great on her and I was thrilled when she told me how much she had enjoyed making it. Cyndee must have changed her clothes four times each day so she could show off another garment she had knit. A true knitter!