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q is my officially my knitting buddy. that's all we talk about now: double pointed versus circular needles, buying yarn at stores vs online, pattern giving and reading, etc.
she gave me a poncho pattern yesterday that required ten to fifteen hours. this means 45 hours for someone like me. i rip and knit and rip and knit about seven times on any given project. this particular poncho pattern calls for all sorts of crazy stitches and color changes. 45 hours is a way low estimate.
on the needles right now i have two cat hats: one white, one gray. i have some bright green fuzzy yarn. is there such a breed of cat? no? martian cats, may be?
i'm also trying to finish extending jg's sweater. i made this sweater last october but it was on the short side. so i ripped off the ribbed hem and knitted downward. now i have to do a fancy zimmermann bind off so it would remain elastic.
next up i have to finish my own sweater. i made it with limited hand spun yarn so i had to dream up a pattern to accommodate the yardage. it worked. i'm weaving the parts together. aiming for that zimmermann seamlessness.
while i'm still high on myself, i should go ahead and boast about this one ridiculous goal i have: i would like to publish a pattern on knitty. why not? everyone else is doing it! |
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