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June 20, 2004

Picasso time

I got the babajoes woolpack last week to make this wall hanging that should be FANTASTIC if all is right in the felting universe. It is a picasso nude knockoff. I cast it on last night, which means I am cheating on my tanks again. They don't seem to mind but I sure feel guilty LOL.

I am extremely happy with it so far. I am about 5% in and am patting myself on the back for my perfect color matching. I am worried about the felting part though. I am doubling the height part of the chart but not the width I don't want her to be squished by the felting, LOL. I figure that even if it only shrinks a third, she should still be voluptuous. We will see. I decided to work the chart with her standing up rather than the reclining (wide) way. I am trying to figure in all the felting shrinkage problems. If this works out, I will try my hand at writing my own chart of Picasso's Blue Nude, which has long, long been a favorite of mine. I have plenty of Picasso nudes to choose from, which means that my bedroom may actually get a theme hahahahahahaha.

By the way, I am loving the woolpak. Very nice. Oh and knitting on 11 straights blows big time. Wah oh wah I want my sleek circs back. I could always convert over to the Denise 11's but I figured the bobbins would be a pain in the arse - it is bad enough trying to keep them untangled now. It probably wouldn't be such a big deal except that this is bulky yarn on a big area. I have four bobbins and two balls going on. I am working on the bottom part where there isn't much happening - I am dying to get to the fifty percent mark where things get fun.

Posted by DebC at June 20, 2004 12:13 AM

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