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  • Khaaaaaaaan!

    My daughter’s kindergarten teacher is wonderful in finding ways to work with my somewhat difficult daughter, so I wanted to do something nice for her. She has a 16 month old son. I’m making a cotton roll sweater for him, and have finished the back and front and grafted one shoulder together.

    It’s too short.

    No, really, it’s like tummy-baring short. The problem is the rows of stockinette and reverse stockinette, which make the rolls. It rose up on itself as it sat after I’d knitted it. So when I measured 11 inches for the back, it rode up to, like, 9 inches relaxed. So now I gotta figure out what to do. Grr.

    My first sweater. I should have expected issues. Tomorrow this will all seem like a learning experience, but right now I’m sleepy enough to be irritated.

  • I love NC.

    http://www4.ncsu.edu/~smheath/news14.html

  • Give me some beads, then scram!

    Well, I finished up the Oscar scarf. Possible titles: “Muppet Mardis Gras” or “Love in the Grass.”

    Anyway, it actually came out better than I thought at first. It’ll look fabulous on someone out there!

  • Scram!

    So I’m working through my stash with an eye toward making sellable things.

    So the question is, what do you think of this color combination? I *think* I like it, but I also keep thinking, “it’s like if Oscar the Grouch went to Mardi Gras.”

    Opinions?

  • Scram!

    Oscar Mardis GrasSo I’m working through my stash with an eye toward making sellable things.

    So the question is, what do you think of this color combination? I *think* I like it, but I also keep thinking, “it’s like if Oscar the Grouch went to Mardi Gras.”

    Opinions?

  • Weak weak weak. Still so very, very weak.

    Have no money. Am selling off possessions on eBay. No, really.

    So why, why did I go into a yarn store? It was madness! Madness, I say!

    Walked out with one skein of Colinette Tagliatelli.

    Am now on severe yarn diet. Also, severe food diet if credit card gets declined. Whimper.

    ETA: On the up side, I am fortunate to have kind friends like Tessima, who sent me the yarn I used to make this soft and funky firecracker scarf. Thanks, Tessima!

  • Weak weak weak. Still so very, very weak.

    Firecracker scarfHave no money. Am selling off possessions on eBay. No, really.

    So why, why did I go into a yarn store? It was madness! Madness, I say!

    Walked out with one skein of Colinette Tagliatelli.

    Am now on severe yarn diet. Also, severe food diet if credit card gets declined. Whimper.

    ETA: On the up side, I am fortunate to have kind friends like Tessima, who sent me the yarn I used to make this soft and funky firecracker scarf. Thanks, Tessima!

  • New pattern idea.

    So I’ve got this friend, let’s call her “Tessima” to protect her anonymity, who was getting on my case about using too much chunky and bulky and other “fat” synonym yarns. I wanted to make “Tessima” something, but the thing I had wanted to make her was a scarf out of Brown Sheep Burly Spun in Strawberry. See, there’s that word “burly” so I didn’t think it was going to fly. Her loss, because man, it was lookin’ cute. So, I thought, well, I’ve got the pattern for the reverse bloom flower washcloth, and this “Tessima” tends to like bath products. Gee, I hope that didn’t out her. I happen to have two skeins of soft, fuzzy Crystal Palace cotton chenille in red and blue, so that seemed ideal. It’s soft and cushy and absorbent.

    So I worked up one petal, then looked at it and thought, “hmm. This gives me an idea.” So I made up this heart washcloth. (That’s a bar of Ivory next to it for scale.)

    There’s room for improvement in the pattern. It looks kinda neat and knits up quick, but I think it’d look better smaller and rounder, and without so much flaring out on the inside of the bifurcation of the heart. I also don’t want the lobes flapping around and smacking someone in the face. If I can get this perfected, this might be something I could sell fairly cheaply.

    Whatcha think? Suggestions, comments?

  • New pattern idea.

    So I’ve got this friend, let’s call her “Tessima” to protect her anonymity, who was getting on my case about using too much chunky and bulky and other “fat” synonym yarns. I wanted to make “Tessima” something, but the thing I had wanted to make her was a scarf out of Brown Sheep Burly Spun in Strawberry. See, there’s that word “burly” so I didn’t think it was going to fly. Her loss, because man, it was lookin’ cute. So, I thought, well, I’ve got the pattern for the reverse bloom flower washcloth, and this “Tessima” tends to like bath products. Gee, I hope that didn’t out her. I happen to have two skeins of soft, fuzzy Crystal Palace cotton chenille in red and blue, so that seemed ideal. It’s soft and cushy and absorbent.

    So I worked up one petal, then looked at it and thought, “hmm. This gives me an idea.” So I made up this heart washcloth. (That’s a bar of Ivory next to it for scale.)

    There’s room for improvement in the pattern. It looks kinda neat and knits up quick, but I think it’d look better smaller and rounder, and without so much flaring out on the inside of the bifurcation of the heart. I also don’t want the lobes flapping around and smacking someone in the face. If I can get this perfected, this might be something I could sell fairly cheaply.

    Whatcha think? Suggestions, comments?

  • One from panzermama

    Take the quiz: “Which Random Irish Gaelic Phrase Are You? “

    Ta mo bhriste tri thine
    Ta mo bhriste tri thine – ‘My trousers are on fire.’You’re a few bricks short of a load, aren’t you? You’re probably not allowed to use sharp objects and you should be locked in a rubber room. With Rubber rats. Rubber rats? I hate rubber rats. They drive me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They put me in a rubber room. With rubber rats. Rubber rats? I hate rubber rats…