Alpaca Sleeveless Top with Garter and Lace

I knitted this beautiful top with Garnstudio DROPS Alpaca yarn for a friend.
The lace pattern is one of the nicest I've ever worked with.
Although the material is a bit heavy and I struggled a little bit with the bottom lace part of the top, the result is really impressive.
The pattern is really easy to follow, the texture of the garter top part is really comfortable to wear.
DROPS Alpaca yarn is definitely soft and gentle on skin, but the most important thing is, the colour range is massive and beautiful.

(Completed 4th April 2012)

Hot Pink Stocking St Bolero with Rib Edges with Vivaldi and Alpaca from Garn Studio

This bolero is simply lovely. It is soft, flowy, and not itchy at all. The pattern is free from Garn Studio. It's using a combination of Vivaldi, which is a lace type yarn, and Alpaca, which is

It took me slightly longer to make than expected, around 11 days.
I was considering to make this in black colour, but, when I saw the hot pink colour, I just fell in love with it.
And the rest is history...

The sleeves are bat-wing type, you know, popular in the 80's era.

Up close look of the rib and the soft lace:

(Completed 21st May 10)