Wednesday, August 30, 2006

what i've been doooooing


Okay, who's gonna guess what this is going to become? Hints in the previous post. Except I've gone a little Bliss with this version because, as Jillian reminds me, garter stitch ain't the friend of the Big Girl. Where's the i-cord edging? It was pulling the fabric inwards too much, making the piece too small, but i DID do the recommended swatch and think it's a kickass technique. Just not in thick/thin cotton yarn.


The yarn, btw, is Araucania Nature Cotton in periwinkle, a color my camera refuses to photograph as anything but blue. So a little photoshop has been used to get in the right ballpark. [I probably set something in Italy when i was reading the manual all the time and now i have to figure out how to set it back!]

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News! Going to Rhinebeck? Jillian and I are going to be hanging with the cool Morehouse Merino people at their store from 6-8pm on Saturday night. Come see us! Fondle the merino on my behalf!

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More news: Are you in Calgary or vicinity? Are you a Big Girl knitter? Get ready for the event of the century the weekend of November 10th. Details to come. You will plotz, I'm telling you.

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Okay, enough with the news. I've got work to do and a full cup of espresso + milk at my side, so I'm gonna go do it!

posted by amy [Knitty] @ 10:16 AM 2 comments

Comments:
Have you been to the Morehouse Merino store? It's ridiculous: it's huge and beautiful (lots of natural light and beautiful wood)and jam-packed with absolutely gorgeous yarn and kits and books. The people that work there are so nice. It's so funny: last year, my friend Ann and I packed up our insane Rhinebeck purchases and got into the car to go home. we stopped at the Morehouse store "to say hi." Ahem. We left an hour later, each clutching a shopping bag full of stuff. It's a dangerous place.

Can't wait to see you in a few weeks! Wheeee!
# posted by Anonymous regina : 11:41 AM, August 30, 2006
 
Lately every time there's a new post on the knitty blog, I'm hoping it's the announcement of the fall issue. (Not that I don't appreciate all your posts -- I do!)

Do you have any idea how big a present a new issue of knitty is to your readers? It's big. Really big! I'd call it bigger than a birthday, smaller than Christmas (but only slightly smaller).
# posted by Blogger normanack : 2:33 PM, August 30, 2006
 
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