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May 16, 2005
Yarn Pron!
I went to a little market near my house that does not usually have yarn. So how do you tell a true yarn addict? Send her to the market for strawberries (YUMMMMMM) and she sniffs out the ONLY table of yarn in about 300 tables with 5,000 people pushing and shoving through the streets. And I would like to point out that no where in that "flash your stash" post below did I ever mention that I was trying to quit. The guy at the yarn table didn't speak a lick of English and my Italian is horrible. He absolutely refused to believe that I really intended to buy that much yarn at once. He thought that we were having a communication problem. No problem, just gimmee the damn yarn, LOL. Anyway, it is all cotton. I found a nice weight to do a few more Miss Dashwood's or other little hats. I found this Lana Gatto "Cleopatra" cotton/acrylic that is DIVINE. I have already cast it on for a tank, sans pattern. I am gleefully happy at how it is coming out. The cotton yarn is wrapped in places with bright acrylic thread. When it is knit, the thread looks like beads. Beautiful.
I also found some fingering weight cotton that I have promptly knit into the most adorable baby sandals. I tried five times to get a picture of them tonight but absolutely couldn't do it. My neighbor just had a wee five pound baby, which I made the shoes for, so I will get a picture with them on him. No pattern for the shoes either, I am really starting to get the hang of knitting what I want as I am picturing it. I have to tweak the top of the shoe a little bit and then I am going to put it up as a free pattern.
Posted by DebC at 10:08 PM | Comments (1)
May 02, 2005
Italian Tee = Basta!
And I declare it GOOOOOOOD. I even get to wear it tomorrow while teaching class. I think it is the very first sweater/shell that I will honestly wear. While trying it on, I realized that I really like the camisole that I found to wear under it. New Project Alert: Honeymoon Cami. Except I will widen the straps so I can wear a bra with it.
Oops, edited to add link to pattern and yarn:
Sirdar Silky Look in willow (not the yarn in the pattern!.
Beautiful sweater pattern at Crystal Palace called "Italian Tee Shirt".
Argh, edited AGAIN to add that I modified the neck to be a true boat neck. It is not what the pattern called for but what looks best on me and on this sweater.
Also, I have a new favorite blog read. Crazy Aunt Purl - her life kinda sucks at the moment but she is funny as hell.
One more by the way - My sister made some MERMAIDS! I am getting a pregnant one, hee hee.
Posted by DebC at 11:54 PM | Comments (4)