Monday, August 2nd, 2004

Help, please

Can anyone tell me which Rebecca this is in? (I think it’s a Rebecca)

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I really like the red one on the left. I drug this jPeg to my desktop awhile ago, stuffed it in a file, and I don’t remember where it came from. I need this pattern, so if anyone can help me out, I’d be oh-so-grateful.

I have a confession to make. I’ve been holding out on you. I started a lace swatch earlier this year, and I liked it so much, I just kept knitting. It has become my very first scarf in progress, but it hasn’t made it to the blog yet. Wanna see?

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It is the palest of pinks, and I want to do a contrasting lace edging in a different color at each end. I don’t know how to do lace edgings, or color changes with lace yarn, so I guess that technically, it’s still a swatch! The color of this swatch-scarf is amazing next to my mom’s steel blue sweater, so I’ve contemplated giving it to her when the sweater is finished. I haven’t entirely decided yet. There’s plenty of this yarn in the stash to make another, and it is a very nice travel project….. Hmmm.

Monday, August 2nd, 2004

A little of this, a little of that

Good morning! First off, Clara has finished her Rebecca cardigan. The picture isn’t loading for me this morning, I hope you can see it. It is gorgeous.

Next, I taught my friend’s 11 year old daughter to knit last night. She was thrilled. It was a lot of fun. She had an instructional booklet, some yarn, and a Boyle circular needle set. I left her with a poem I’ve read that really helps teach the knit stitch, which is:

In the front door,
around the back,
through the window,
and off jumps Jack.

Isn’t that cute? Last night, I started something new. I figure I’ll show you progress bit by bit so you can see how it’s made.

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It’s another best friend doll. What you see is the beginning of the body. I’m just about to shape the shoulders, then neck. Abigail’s fourth, and hopefully last birthday party of the summer is on Friday, so I need to get moving on it. I still haven’t made Olivia and Veronica their dolls, but they remain relatively patient.

Still plugging away on mom’s sweater. I’m a centimeter shy of the armhole shaping. I didn’t do too much work on it over the weekend because she said that she is going to do one of those body form things I told you about on Wednesday. If she really does it, it will be great, so I’m kind of holding out for awhile. I’m thinking about balling another skein and starting on the front to pass the time.