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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on October 28, 2007, 12:16 am
It seems to me you would benefit from knitting one peace seamless
knitts
mirjam m
n@TRASHsonic.net> wrote:
>... in the past few months, I made the baby blue jeans but lost steam
>when it came to sewing all the details on after a number of false starts
>that I had to rip out.
>
>I have done a dozen or so dishcloths in a basic pattern, bamboo stitch,
>a few picture-type patterns, and a few ultra-simple lace patterns. I
>have a strip of 2-1/2 contiguous dishcloths I am assembling for a
>potential afghan.
>
>I finished a triangle shawl
>
>http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patterns/shawls-shrugs/comfort-shawl.htm
>
>
>out of regular acrylic worsted weight yarn in lime green, kelly green,
>and gold stripes (because I had a bunch of it in a big box of yarn I
>bought for cheap) with a different stripe pattern for the border, but it
>was a trifle too small so I sewed the edges up to make a poncho so I
>didn't have to keep hanging onto it for dear life, and a half-circle shawl
>
>http://users.adelphia.net/~mariella46/hafcircshawl.htm
>
>out of spring green, sage green, and a sort of cranberryish color Lion
>Brand so-called "Homespun" yarn (same reason as above)
>
>and right now I am still working on my first tessellated fish for a
>tesselated fish afghan
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/cauchycomplete/158622970/
>
>without making an irreparable mistake. I have started at least 4-5
>times and keep messing up, so I put it down until I feel like I have
>enough patience to try it again.
>
>And last but not least, I am making a dog sweater for my 14YO dog from a
>very basic pattern in a Leisure Arts pamphlet. Then my 8-month-old
>puppy is demanding equal time (she thinks the whole world revolves
>around her), even though she has a nice fleece-and-Supplex hooded doggie
>coat for early morning walks because she has hair, not fur, that I cut
>shorter to avoid tangles and therefore would get cold easily -- she
>loves to snuggle with me and wrap up with me in the poncho or shawl, too.
>
>After making the poncho and the shawl, I am pretty sure that I have the
>stamina to do a sweater, which is very encouraging, but I want to try to
>master this unprintable adjective of a tessellated fish pattern first.
>Then I will have to decide what to do about fitting the pattern and what
>style I really want.
>
>I bought yarn to make socks, but I got overwhelmed with life and haven't
>started them yet. And I want to make a pair of legwarmers to wear with
>my poncho or shawl when I'm working in the cold in the wee hours of the
>night during the winter so I can stay warm.
>
>(Disclaimer and warning to all: I don't do digital photos. I might be
>able to get my 15YO to take some pictures with my digital camera that I
>have never really figured out how to use -- I never was really big on
>pictures even before I got this digital camera -- if I had a place big
>enough to lay these things out, but that probably won't be until
>Christmas vacation -- he's gone over 60 hours a week between school,
>work, martial arts practice, and visitation with his dad. So please
>don't make me feel even more inadequate than I already feel by asking to
>see pics, okay? I would really appreciate it.)
>
>
>--
>Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
>work with excellence.
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