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February 25, 2005
I am a happy little guinea pig!
I just got a box of glass from Kim. She made necklaces for each of the boys and a HUGE keychain for me. I put pictures up in HER gallery for everyone to see. Hopefully soon she will go live with her store, almost there just a few more details to finish up.
She also included her prototype glass buttons. I asked her to give them a try. Our brainstorming sessions are funny - this one actually had me photographing playdough to demonstrate the button. The ones she sent have a shank but hopefully soon, she will figure out the one that has a flat shank on the back (now you can probably guess what I was doing with the playdough, LOL). Anyway, as you will see, the buttons are CUTE! They will add so much life to a handmade sweater.
Posted by DebC at 02:32 PM
February 21, 2005
Nothing to report
I have put up a temporary page for my sister. You can see it at Kim Hart Designs. She has a guestbook and would love to hear from you. She also now has a mailing list that she will use to let people know when the real site goes up and then later when there are updates. You will see the sign up link on her temporary page too. As a treat to tide people over she has put some new glass into her Gallery. Go look!
I keep thinking that I will make a post when I finish this baby sweater but then I realize that it doesn't matter because I won't be able to post a picture anyway. I am definitely submitting it for the Summer Knitty men's issue - it looks so sweet - very masculine yet elegant at the same time (gotta love that fleur de lis pattern). This is the first time I have written down a pattern for something more complicated than a bag. I am fairly certain that I have knit the thing twice with all the ripping and redoing. Shaping the sleeves has been an excellent learning experience in which type of decrease will look the nicest. I am nearly done - hopefully this week, which will be just in time for the wee one's arrival. His name is going to be Garrett and thus, so will the sweater's name be. Typing out the pattern will be a whole other matter. Right now it exists on EIGHT pages in pink ink in one of my eight year old's notebooks. I knit a bit and write a bit. And then rip a bit and rewrite alot. It looks much worse than it really is. I am praying that the baby it is intended for will be big enough to model it before the deadline. Otherwise, I will have to boy-ify the cherub girly next door and fake it.
Posted by DebC at 12:13 AM
February 13, 2005
I Have A New Purse
Man, I love felting with Cascade 220! This one is a turquoise/green/blue mix (I think it is Quatro Antigua), which I really wasn't excited about but I had a design idea that had to be expressed. The felted result almost PERFECTLY matches my clapotis scarf. Anyway, I have to play around with the pattern a bit more because I want the bag to be an inch or two shorter and the hand strap to be a little wider. I knit the bag flat and kitchenered the live end of the i-cord to the provisional cast on side. Then I had to seam up the sides. I am not a big fan of seaming so I will knit the bag in the round and then kitchener the i-cord sides together (I suppose you could always do a three needle bind off but that would leave a ridge). Pictures here.
Wendy and I had S.E.X.** this weekend. There weren't even any kids around to watch - a real treat for both of us. Of course, the one day I hire a babysitter, I end up squandering the first hour stuck in post Carnivale/festa traffic. The LOYM didn't really have anything for me but Wendy picked up (cleaned off his table) the rest of some yarn she had bought before. There was a new table with mostly acrylic yarn that was perfect for a baby sweater that I am designing. I also decided to pick up some soft black (ZarOne - like Wendy used on the delight hat) to mix with the leftover yarn from my clapotis - I will do the adult version of the Delight hat.
Here is a sneak peek at the baby sweater I am working out. It will be for my neighbor/coworker's baby that is due in March. There just isn't much going on for baby boys. My mission is to make a manly baby sweater. Quite possibly a submission for the Summer Knitty men's edition. We will see. You will see right away that I nabbed Wendy's stranded stitch (it is so fun to do!). I am thinking the top will be either broken rib or twisted rib. I am researching a rib pattern that does not pull in (too much). The fleur de lis stranded stitch will go to the armpits and then the rib (in the main color) will go the rest of the way and the sleeves.
** Stash Enhancement eXpedition (For those that haven't seen the acronym before - this IS a G-rated blog after all, sheesh)
Oh, oh - I forgot! My sister (of the cool glass fish and sheep stitch markers) has finally been goaded into naming her studio and buying a web domain (thanks to more than several Knittyheads that emailed their support). Her site will be Kim Hart Designs. It isn't up yet but it is actively being designed. Hopefully it will be up within the month - WooHoo! I will update when it goes live.
Posted by DebC at 10:05 PM | Comments (2)
February 06, 2005
Truly Delight-ful Pattern
My family and I planned to spend the afternoon/evening with Wendy and her family to watch the festa of Saint Agata (you can read more on my main blog). I knew it would be chilly, so I decided to whip up one of Wendy's Delight hats for my littlest one, Seth. Seth and Wendy's daughter Melly are buddies (with rivalry thrown in) and Melly already has a Delight or two.
The pattern was really fast - all you need is one longish movie to complete it. I forgot to ask Wendy if I was the first to complete the pattern since she posted it, LOL. I wanna be first dangit! Anyway, after a small crisis that involved my concrete thinking and binding off, I finished it just in the nick of time (literally one hour before we left).
I am going to do the pattern again for my other boys and also me. I think next time I am going to widen the fleur de lis part so the hat comes down over our ears when the garter brim is folded up.
And thanks to the bastages (thanks for that new word Wendy) that continually vomit comment spam, I have instituted a security code that you have to type in prior to posting your comment. For some reason, I can't get it to work on the comment section, so after you hit "submit", you will see an error message. Simply type the security code in that you see and resend. I will eventually figure out what is wrong but until then, forgive the inconvenience in the name of comment spam erradication.
Posted by DebC at 04:27 PM