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September 30, 2006
September 29, 2006
Let's admit it.
We all have our jammies. You know them. The comfy jammies, the ones that are sexless. The ones that are soft like the cloth diapers those guys rub their ferraris with.
They've seen better days, these jammies. Yet you keep holding on to them. Maybe you think about throwing them out, but trembling, your hand goes away from the trash and back into the wash they go. Mmm, jammies. Maybe you know your dh hates them. Maybe he's said so, or maybe it's because you tend to wear them when you want him to keep hands off. Maybe it's a combo of the two.
But there's nothing like those jammies.
Ok, so maybe you decide to throw dh a bone (stop that joke RIGHT now, young lady!). Maybe you compromise--you get new fleece bottoms, and you make a pretty top, maybe even a silky sexy top. Maybe dh won't be mad, then, that you have those big ole boxy tshirt dress jammies, occasionally. Because you don't want to throw them out, right?
Many thanks to folks on patternreview for the bust alterations. Many NOT thanks to nature for making them necessary. And much, much lower than they should've been.
Oh and I used a blouse pattern and that worked out just fine until I realized I didn't want to sleep on a zipper. So I wound up stitching the seam as if to put in a zipper, and then I got some stretch lace and sewed the sides to that instead of a zipper. It gives just enough to get it on (conan o brien stop snickering) and yet keeps its shape. Hopefully. We'll see.
September 21, 2006
dropped v tee, or boobs with nobody inside them
Hey, that's what dd calls them...
This is from craftster, special thanks to trillian42 from Knitty for the short row calcs and hand-holding. Also special thanks to Suzy for telling me I'm turning Japanese, she really thinks so. Japanese short rows, that is...
I'll type up the pattern with short rows sometime. Oh, double special thanks to Wendy for holding my hand while I made one. Damn that sounds dirty. Hee!
September 16, 2006
tick tock tick tock
where's my knitpicks order? I'm WAITING.
I need to dye my yarn. Yes, need.
In other news, I am hoping to post pics of the dropped stitch vee tee today... I have a sleeve to finish and ends to work in and it's DONE BABY!
I tried it on, one sleeved and all, so I have pictures of that. They are fairly funny. :-P
dh still won't let me have another $58 for more alpaca. :-( this needs me. And this wants to move in and support me in my old age.
Alpaca is calling. Sniffle.
September 13, 2006
okay so apparently my blue yarn is gay.
So Daniel says. Gayer than his pink sweater.*
I get it. I do. Dh probably would wear it once and then never again. Sigh. It was going to be such a nice dark marine blue... Knitpicks acid dyes ordered and expected SOON. I hope.
So anyone wanting to be more productive and help me, how 'bout helping me figure out how to get dh to let me buy another $45 in alpaca... I need to make Ivy off the new knitty. Pwease? I'll bake you cookies!
*if my blue yarn yearns to be gay, I just want to say I will fully support it. I'll join whatever support group it wants me to, I'll drive it to meetings, and on gay pride day, we'll parade together. Promise.
September 11, 2006
C is for crack
er, I mean cables...
damn, addictive...
alpaca... oh I heart thee
but you didn't take my dye very well. My fault, I should've been patient and ordered acid dyes.
Pretty though, huh?
And look, I think I have a future yarn ho ;-)
September 10, 2006
I learned how to cable
Thank you Debbie Stoller!
Am I still a beginner? I guess until I intarsia. I use protection though, so probably that'll never happen ;-P
I tried knittinghelp.com, a favorite site, but they didn't really have much there... and all kinds of books and magazines which had cursory explanations... I was trying to learn by making a cabled necklace out of my fuschia silk... and I'm doing it! I've ripped back twice so far and need to go to bed. Freakin steroids...
Yay cables! Wendy and Suzy, you were right, they are easy--I just couldn't figure out at first if you were supposed to knit off the cable needle and on to the reg needle, and then if you were supposed to drop the cable needle till later. NOTHING said anything about that until good 'ole SNB...
Oh, and Wendy I did make ones too. Thank you for your patience! I hope to get back to the dropped v tee and do them tomorrow, back permitting. I did pick up and knit one sleeve of that, have the underarm stitches picked up ready to knit for the second sleeve, and then if I can finish the bottom, dare I suggest I might finish it before weather turns frigid?
OTOH I am NOT loving Melissa Leapman's cool crochet book. If the hot knits has as many errors, I may toss that one across the room too--so far I've tried a couple patterns mutliple times, and she has NO website (how dare she!) with errata, and I am frustrated. I just want to make a freakin stole to put across me while I annoy dh by knitting in bed, is that so rough? I bought this STUPID yarn that SUCKS to work with but it's really, really soft (bad schnauzer yarn) and did I mention it was cheap? JoAnn's angel hair. I wouldn't recommend it, but for a wool-allergic like myself, it really feels nice.
Oh, heads-up for November... I'll be at nanowrimo.org if you need me.
Ok I feel guilty
maybe a little... bad schnauzer, but poor doggie has an ear infection. :=(
He's not one bit sorry for messing with my yarn, though.
September 07, 2006
bad, bad schnauzer
See bad schnauzer.
See yarn ball.
Bad, bad schnauzer.
September 04, 2006
shaped tee
Ok so here it is thus far. I definitely need to add some sleeve room. Darn football player shoulders... but thanks to Trillian42 on knitty, I have short rows! I must admit, they weren't easy and there's a funky line where they are that bugs me, but not enough to rip it back. I mean sheesh, it took me about 6 tries... damn gazongas. Anyway, ignore the sexy tan and 6 pack abs. Bwahahaha! Don't hate me because I'm beautiful...
So the modifications I made were: I cast on several more stitches (ahem.... so I ate a cookie or two in my life), I added short rows with the splendiferous help of Trillian42 and Suzy, I added a single then double crochet trim at the top (and will on the ends of sleeves and bottom too), I "lowered" the bust as written in pattern because the girls just ain't that high anymore (and who needs a chin rest, anyway?), I am knitting about 10-20 more rows between the end of bust and beginning of yarn overs for the bottom V, and I put the cap sleeves on waste yarn instead of binding off because with my shoulders, I think it's far more flattering to have a regular short sleeve, so I'll be picking up stitches under the underarms and then knitting around for a while. You know, till whenever. Thanks, EZ, but you are wrong, it's knitting WITH tears, at least how I do it.
mobius wrap finished
Well, it's here. It's not queer, and I'm not used to it.
I guess it's ok, even though mom warned me to knit the smaller size, it's still a bit bigger than I'd like. I'm going to block and see if that helps. It is surprisingly warm!
yoked skirt
All righty, then, my mom sent me some fabric a while back and I've been procrastinating, since our summer is nearly over, but I really wanted to try a yoked skirt. Although you'd think I'd need more of a waist (or is that less of one?) to make it look nice... well, here it is on my "pants with nobody inside them" as my daughter calls them. Sorry Suzy, it's pink!
