a ChicKnits Gallery Presentation
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you asked for it!
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get the pattern for GIGI at
Le Chic Boutique
Saturday, June 26, 2004
a ChicKnits Gallery Presentation
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Isn’t she lovely?
Elizabeth just floats off the page in her new cardi…
here’s another View…
Elizabeth writes:
“I finally finished the Eyelet Cardi for my sister-in-law, but since it fits me as well and she doesn’t have a digital camera, I’m sending a few shots along now.About the sweater itself, it’s done in Elann’s Peruvian Collection Quechua in Charcoal and finished with a cloak clasp instead of a button. It worked up really quickly–I had the knitting done a month ago but I was lazy about getting the ribbon sewn to the front edges. I loved knitting it, and as soon as I decide what color I need a cardigan in, I’m going to make one for myself.”
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get the pattern yourself at
Le Chic Boutique
Friday, June 25, 2004
first came the Mondo Condo next the Mondo Rib…
Why am I laughing so loudly? I have just flipped off the Third Time is a Charm hysteria that ripples my Frog Pond and have made it on TWO!!!
This little charmer has already seen the rewind button once. I finished the WHOLE FRONT and decided I just didn’t like how it fit.
Yes, there’s that word again…
FIT!
Fit me like a pair of gloves. Fit as a fiddle and ready for love.
Oh everything blooms when you show it some LOVE!
And the LOVE in this case was ripping it’s nasty tight knitted — out and redoing it with TAhDAh – #13 needles instead of #11 needles. OOOOhhh, improved drape and texture galore…
Now this leaves me FIT TO BE TIED – why does the company who distributes the yarn print more than one needle size with the gauge info. I NEED THE *BEST USE* SIZE ONLY – can experiment later if I have the time. I knit really average – almost ALWAYS hit the label recommendation.
Of course, I’m grousing because I didn’t – ahem – S-W-A-T-C-H! Even though I’ve never knitted with this fat tape before, I thought, hmmm, I’ll just read the label and fly away! NOT!
So I end up with a 20 by 21 inch swatch FIT FOR A KING but not ready for the – ahem – Queen…