I got a nice email from Knitfriendly over at Adventures of the Newbie Knitter that she whipped up a Republic hat after seeing it linked on my blog. Go look at how cute her hat is! Well, that does it... I'm going to try again. Although not with the angora, I forgot how much that invisibly floats into your nose to tickle you mercilessly (especially mercilesssly because the fluff is invisible!).
While reading through some of Knitfriendly's other entries, I saw this:
I've been quietly searching for a shrug/shawl type pattern that is light and lacy (yet easy easy) for a possible wedding dress accompaniment (considering nearly all wedding dresses in the magazines basically have no arm/shoulder covering and if I'm planning a fall wedding, it might be chilly). I really like that the pattern is a shawl that can be buttoned to form sleeves or left as a shawl (the buttoning is described on the website even though the picture looks as though there is a little i-cord or something threaded through the cuff area). So I ordered it in Louet Kidlin Pixie in Smoky Grape:
Hey, let's make a knit list...
Must Finish:
-Kevin's socks (first one is finally on the toe!)
-Circle of Friends Blanket (there's no rush here, but would like to keep plugging along, should have strip 1 finished tomorrow)
Need to Start ASAP:
-Hat for cousin
-Hat for other cousin (and those are the extent of the X-mas knitting)
Want to Start ASAP:
-Republic Hat the Second Attempt
-New gloves for me (only to be started after Kevin's socks are finished... damn lack of another pair of size 0 circulars!!)
Long-term Slow Project:
-Log Cabin Blanket
That's not a bad list. Any bets on how many I can finish before 2007?
Comments (4)
That was the thing I hated about wedding gowns (and gowns in general, actually -- we had no desire to wait the months it takes to have a wedding gown made!). Mine's more because of my, uh, body type than weather, but, yeah. What a pretty way to fix the problem!
(Another actually: I a-couple-few-months ago saw a gown with sleeves in a store window. I couldn't believe it.)
Posted by Cordelia | December 6, 2006 12:03 PM
Posted on December 6, 2006 12:03
Thanks for checking out my blog! You are going to love working with the Kidlin. The mohair gives just enough softness to the linen to make it nice to work with. Let me know when you receive the pattern because I can email you an excel sheet that I made up that makes the pattern easier to work with. It is a very easy pattern but they wrote it in a very abbreviated manner that makes it next to impossible to knit without writing it out first (at least I think so.) I also highly recommend NOT using beads with this yarn. The pattern suggests stringing beads as a modification but it is just a huge mess with the mohair. Good luck with it! :)
Posted by Amber | December 9, 2006 1:10 AM
Posted on December 9, 2006 01:10
Thanks for checking out my blog! You are going to love working with the Kidlin. The mohair gives just enough softness to the linen to make it nice to work with. Let me know when you receive the pattern because I can email you an excel sheet that I made up that makes the pattern easier to work with. It is a very easy pattern but they wrote it in a very abbreviated manner that makes it next to impossible to knit without writing it out first (at least I think so.) I also highly recommend NOT using beads with this yarn. The pattern suggests stringing beads as a modification but it is just a huge mess with the mohair. Good luck with it! :)
Posted by Amber | December 9, 2006 1:11 AM
Posted on December 9, 2006 01:11
Thanks for checking out my blog! You are going to love working with the Kidlin. The mohair gives just enough softness to the linen to make it nice to work with. Let me know when you receive the pattern because I can email you an excel sheet that I made up that makes the pattern easier to work with. It is a very easy pattern but they wrote it in a very abbreviated manner that makes it next to impossible to knit without writing it out first (at least I think so.) I also highly recommend NOT using beads with this yarn. The pattern suggests stringing beads as a modification but it is just a huge mess with the mohair. Good luck with it! :)
Posted by Amber | December 9, 2006 1:11 AM
Posted on December 9, 2006 01:11