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Posted by Bernadette on October 27, 2007, 6:49 am
Well done Melinda. You have done so well to learn as much as you have in a
short time. Making those fish will have taken patience because of the
shaping on them and so will the shawls because of the length of time they
take. You should feel very proud of yourself. (I especially love the
triangular shawl) :-)
--
Blessed are the cracked for they let in the light
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:31:52 -0700, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to
reply 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.)
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