Friday, June 03, 2005
unlimited... knitting!
Busy? No, I haven't been busy at all. Why would I be busy? It's not as though I lived on the sidewalk outside the Ziegfeld Theatre for nineteen days, or spent entirely too much money seeing Revenge of the Sith (which, for the record, I adore), or have since been engrossed in a myriad of real-life issues. No, not in the slightest.
The good thing about the Star Wars line, at least, is that it means lots of knitting time. I finished Cleaves by the third day, five days after I cast on, and I love it. I need to rip out the bind-off and extend the collar a few inches - I bound off early because I was cold and wanted to wear it - but the color is great, the sleeves are nice and long, and it's so cool. The weather hasn't quite been right for it, either too warm or too cold, but I'm looking forward to bringing it to summer concerts to combat venue air conditioning.
Scarves... since I last posted, I've knitted, uh, five or six, I think? I've lost count. Of course, I haven't washed or fringed any of them, so there's a rather intimidating stripey pile on the sofa. Most of them are wool, too, which means handwashing. ughers! I really need to update my scarf pages so people stop emailing me. From here on out, I'm only scarfing for people I know, when I feel like scarfing, and using yarn (namely, Patons Classic Wool - cheapish and the colors are decent) that I can get locally. I'm done with the overachieving.
I also made quite a bit of progress on my Quidditch socks - finally! The first sock is up past the first of two stripes (which I started too early, but whatever) around my calf, so it shouldn't be too much longer now. Once it's finished, I'll do a photo shoot with my sock and Adrienne's and maybe, finally, get the pattern up. Who knows, maybe I'll even show some initiative and finish the second sock for the book release, since a whole new costume is out of the question.
Okay, maybe not.
Cute pictures (1, 2) of Amit and me modeling my Hurry Up Spring wristwarmers during the line. I don't think I ever took proper FO shots of them, so there ya go. I had to re-knit the thumb on the right warmer because it's worn through already (I guess this is a SW line tradition, because in '02 the thumb castoff on my right fingerless glove came undone), and the thumb crotch on both warmers looks to be the next to go. Suck.
Lauren posted at 9.03 on 06.03.05
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