Finally, my 3 month-long extremely complicated zipper installation is over. [Lappi didn't sit on my to-do pile for 2 months and 29 days] I also made him a hat (the Húfa patt from Lopi 25) using leftover yarn from Lappi. I am making him mittens to match the hat; I'm using the Kríli patt from the same book as a guide.
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Lappi is nearly done! I just have to buy a zipper and install it. It's way too big for my son, which is great - he will be able to wear it next fall / winter. I am pretty happy with the way it has turned out. This was my first project with hems - I like! I really really do. I am trying to get in as much knitting as I can in the next 2 weeks because I am starting a month-long intensive course. Once the course is done, job hunting begins. I haven't worked full-time since the end of 2003. I went back to school to finish my B. A. and then I got pregnant in my final semester. I have been taking care of my little one ever since. I am excited to get out of the house, but the idea still feels a little weird. Working full-time seems to be somewhere in my distant past; an old faded memory from a not very happy time. I was way too stressed out back then, working 14 to 18 hour days, sometimes 6 days a week in film production. Nothing exciting, just office administration (photocopies and more photocopies). I'm glad that the baby means that I can't go back, that I have to find my way into some new career...
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I have finished the cuff on the first basic sock. I have been keeping it in my purse, only working on it in waiting rooms, etc... This is my first sock, I find it really enjoyable and I love working with fleece artist sock yarn. I am interested to see how durable it will be as a sock, since it is 100% merino. The various greens, from olive to pine, work really well together the blending is quite seamless and natural. If you haven't tried any Fleece Artist / Handmaiden yarns, you have to - just for the colours alone, if not the quality and softness.
I have finished the body for lappi, dominic's next sweater. The pine green is truly gorgeous, far more rich and full than pictured (badly) here.
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I haven't posted in a while because, well, I ran out of cash iroha for the third time with Flétta, and, well, I got a little frustrated and frogged the whole thing. It was 95% done. I had no wish to revisit my previous agonising searches for the correct colour and dyelot. So it is done. I may use the cash iroha for the lace pullover sweater by Laura Zukaite in this winter's Vogue Knitting, but I really need to not look at this yarn for a while. I bought some berroco alpaca from Effiloché, a new LYS in Montréal. Finally, a really great LYS with a wonderful atmosphere. They have SnB every Friday night too. Oh! and the best part (for me, anyways) was that they re-wind your skeins into balls, right there! In 10 minutes! No tangles! Sorry. It has been a long time since I had good service at an LYS, I guess. And they even let me use the swift / winder all by myself! The photo of the lump of fushia is Héla in progress, I have finished the body and half an arm. I have also cast on for Lappi (I do not have the attention span for stockinette), that's the green photo. The colourful ball of wool is some old noro iro I have lying around; I am thinking of making a baby harness - I am little worried about him running away in an airport. We are switching flights in Detroit and Tokyo before arriving in Guangzhou. Last but not least, I have been tagged for the 6 weird things about you. Once I have narrowed it down to six, I will post about it.
These balls of lett lopi will become dominic's winter sweater.
This will be a skirt. Now that I have completed the border, the rest is st st in beige. Beige, Beige, Beige. I am becoming a little apathetic about finishing this one, but I will persevere!
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