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September 10, 2003
Dreaming outloud
I am down past the armpits on Jake's sweater and I am pleased to say that it is going to fit him perfectly. It is so soft! I am using <a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/graphics/yarns/450-325b.jpg">Lion Brand "Jiffy", El Paso</a>. It *is* acrylic but it is so fluffy and soft. I have used the same pattern about four times now so I am getting pretty fast at it. The nice thing about a top down raglan is that I can adjust the sleeves and body if I need to when the boys grow. My children are skinny which is a good thing because I can't do anything about the width LOL.
I had a therapy session last night and <a href="http://peacefleece.com/adult1.htm">this was the result</a>. After all the kid/baby sweaters, I am finally going to make a couple of adult sweaters. I got the "old friend" kit in Latvian Lavender and the "Oversized Raglan Pullover" in Patience Blue (this one is for my ex believe it or not!). I fell in love with this company - <a href="http://peacefleece.com/catalog.htm">Peace Fleece</a>. Such a good message, such gorgeous yarn!
When I grow up (in 2 years, 1 month and 20 days), I would love to do something with fiber arts. I have been such a logical, practical person all of my life. I would love to just follow my heart. I know that I will not get rich doing it but I think it would be so fulfilling having a couple of animals (sheep or llama or other) that I could spin from and then have a shop with products from start to finish. <a href="http://www.spiraleyecreations.com/index.html">This woman</a> is living my dream apparently. Check out her picture gallery on how to spin and dye.
I was reading on the <a href="http://forums.about.com/ab-knitting/messages?lgnF=y&msg=13187.1">About.com Knitting Forum</a> that it is ILLEGAL to sell finished products made from someone else's pattern. WTF? So, I guess I have to put my brain in gear and invent some patterns. I can't imagine that some patterns are all that much different from others - how the heck can anyone tell unless it happens to be a unique design?
Posted by DebC at September 10, 2003 06:25 AM