jackie bag needful, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.as a store sample i've started working on the felted Jackie bag from needful yarns. the pattern is great! i love it, it's so well written, and of course the bag is really gorgeous too! now that i've got the first 5 rounds done it'll make great movie theatre knitting.
hop168_vogue, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.check this puppy out! likey the white witch from narnia movie art direction. seriously, this is beautiful, a work of art. it would look gorgeous on michelle. i wonder if norah gaughan will do a witch inspired series of knitwear? - wizard of oz/wicked witch of the east striped stockings. - harry potter/bellatrix l'estrange shawl - sabrina the teenage wtich bubble gum angora sweater - blair witch project toque - into the woods/Bernadette Peters as the witch bustier - snow wite/wicked witch-queen hooded cape
cashmere arm cosies lionbrand, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.i think i forgot to do this one too. thankfully this one is free. ironic, eh? this is the one i'd pay for.
cable ready 2, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.have i posted this yet? oops, guess it got lost in the holiday slacking. don't really think it's worth downloading, easy enough to figure it out. i can even count the sts from the picture.
shetland triangle, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.
i spent my holiday on my ass. watched TV, a total recluse. first was the 1st season of Dr Who. Next was the 1st season of Weeds. The white countess, Broken Flowers and Beowolf & Grendel. couldn't get into Ali G or the Aristocrats and they were jettisoned. i turned on the radio once on boxing day but x-mas was still taking place so i crawled back into the cocoon. i also ate healthy so it was a dietary purge too. had a craving for peanut M&Ms but i was too lazy to get up & go out.
I am making the above Shetland Triangle Shawl from Wrap Style. Michelle made one in 3 days and she has a 1.5 year old! I started it last night and it is very easy, very satisfying lace. Using some Koigu i overdyed, it was the halucious shell pink everyone shunned. It is now the colour of dark chocolate.
hmmm, what else. can't remember what else i was going to tell you .... OH! got it! My parents gave me the CBC T-Shirt i'd been coveting. It's really cool, i feel like a super hero in it, like public broadcasting girl. the shirt is American Apparel, pleases me too. that's about it. working hard, lots of stuff going on at the store. new stuff constantly coming in, yada yada yada, sale, etcetera. working on the book. oh yeah, got a book in the works! going to dinner tonight with the publisher. Oh yeah, one last thing! Popped into the new art gallery next door, Scratch Gallery, and it ROCKS! you should go.
i've been fucking things up all day. can't get anything right.
i kept forgetting to put together gift kits for the DKC. i only remebered 20 minuted before Jacqui was due to fetch them. i think i did ok under pressure.
so here they are, 10 little gift bags with knitting goodies which will be added to the raffle at the Downtown Knit Collective at Jacqui's discretion (a few every month?)
last minute gift adjustments. i checked with my mom and she said Jen is still a sparly pink girl. i checked with my aunt and she said jen is a pink & purple girl. i check with jen's mom and apparently jen crossed over into adolescent style this school year. she started junior high, i guess that is a concrete social point for kids. anyway, jen's mom says jen is currently an orange/brown/ red/blue/black kind of person. sounds like she's still a warm palette person, she just shifted into more mature colours. so i swapped the yarn for something more dignified (no confetti, no sparkles), sans girly-swirly colours. it's a self striping yarn by Austermann called Murano, pretty fun: red, green, yellow, blue (well really, we can't get too adult on the girl1). And i swapped the needles for a larger pain or River Johns. They's the swing needle that are on sale, i just glued the stitch holder to the end.
marc jacobs, originally uploaded by myhighfiber.look at that! it's the pattern for that great big kuba kahn Marc Jacobs hat!
my aunt has me to put together a hanukah gift for my 11 year old cousin jen. she wanted a knitting bag, yarn & a needle gauge.
so here's the haul:
1 large Lantern Moon tote
1 needle gauge
1 Felt needle case from One World Buttons
1 pair of yellow pony pearl needles
3 balls Neeful Kristine (it's an 11 year old triple threat: it's pink, it's got confetti and it's got tinsel!)
i had to put a pair of needle inside (giving an empty needle case would be inauspicious, bad luck, like giving a wallet without any money).
i think she will like it. i hope she will like it. the only thing i could go wrong on is the yarn.
the guy on CBC says the Ansel Adams show at the AGO is amazing. a friend from NYC came back from visiting her parents and lamented that there just isn't high culture like NYC. I'll have to see if this exhibit makes me feel like i'm at the MET. ah, i love the MET ......
all this amazing StreetKnit stuff came in last week from lesley and her colleagues at Citibank. kudos people and hold you needles with pride!
