Category: Rambles

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Friday, April 9, 2004

Buppin’ FRESH!
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I saw my first Dandy Lions this week
and that means only one thing!
Time to make the Cotton Bottoms UP!

The wonderful and talented Becky from Fluffa is hosting a BucketAlong HERE.

I got all excited by the possibilities and went to Joann Fabrics and with the exception of the fuschia Sierra by Cascade Yarns, came home with some very FUN yarn for some summery Buckets!

The rave contiuned in the Applique Aisle and I garnered some fun little flowers and trims to go on the hats – love the Daisies!

And who could resist the little card shaped like a dress with some gingham ribbon and little roses also made from ribbon?

But of course, my favorite is in the upper right corner, the Shrek-sized Daisy to go on the band of a very Fresh BUP!

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Thursday, April 8, 2004

Love me…

Love my swatch!
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Oh, the Challenge uh, BEAUTY that is Audrey!

[Oh, I’m so vain, I bet you thought this blog was about me!]

But no! It’s about MY KNITTING!

And the Topic du Jour is Audrey from T’s KA over HERE…

Love me or, better yet, pity me, because of my incessant need to MAKE GAUGE!

Even though the concept of this sweater [2×2 Rib – and haven’t I had a lot of experience with that technique – Les Ribby Famile just grows and grows over the years here at ChicKnits – I can rib in my sleep!] is not new to me, the yarn’s content is.

Here’s another cotton/arylic blend that doesn’t agree with the favorite needle choice I usually go for with straight cottons or cotton/wool: BAMBOO!

NO, and would that I had the common sense to go directly to the type of needle that I’m using for Onde, but alas, I didn’t own it. So, yesterday, off I go to the Knitting Workshop and scoop up some more Inox Teflons. I love these needles!

They did the trick: Spot On Gauge in a hurry! Le plastique fantastique!

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Wednesday, April 7, 2004

Ode to ONDE
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Onde = Wave

I’ve made a little experimental progress on Le Gilet Onde.

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I am making my first sleeve! Why get excited about a sleeve? Well, here at the ChicKnits Workshop sleeves are like a giant case of the cooties.

Avoid them!

Act like they don’t exist, even though your perfect garment of choice is always a sweater with not one but TWO SLEEVES…

So, by starting my Onde with a Sleeve Fest, I kill two birds with one stone:

1. I get those pesky cootie crawlin’ things out of the way right away.
2. I get to see how a NEW YARN acts under the needle.

CONCLUSION: I love this stuff. I was, like many of you out there, ready to flame it to a melted little pile over its acrylic content and small gauge, but wonder of wonders, my instincts held and it is going to be a BEAUT!