Adrienne Vittadini Shawl Collar

My project list is getting pretty long. Which can be a good thing, until the next new magazine comes out and I start dreaming of more and more projects... Like this sweater from the new Vogue Knitting Winter 2004, designed by Adrienne Vittadini:



As soon as I saw it, I wanted to make it. Now, what do you think, would it work well in Cascade Lana d'Oro? I have a bag of it in purple that I've been holding on to, waiting for the right project to come along. It's so soft and lux. Yum...

Finished Object Envy

So I'm cruising along on my Ribby Cardi, to the point where I have only half a sleeve to finish, when I realize that I MUST make this darling Haiku sweater for my coworker's daughter, Luna, who is about to turn one.

The sweater is fun, knits up quickly, and the instructions are refreshing: it's written for any gauge, so you have to do a little math, and it's knit from side to side. Nice diversion.

Except that at the Ribby Cardi KAL, everyone's making such good progress that I'm dying to get back to my Aubergine sleeve.

I hope to make Haiku's sleeves today and tomorrow during American Idol!! I do have vices, okay? :)

Random Shuffle

What's on your iPod? Random Shuffle ala Fig & Plum.

The rules:
1. Open up the music player on your computer.
2. Set it to play your entire music collection.
3. Hit the "shuffle" command.
4. Tell us the title of the next ten songs that show up (with their musicians), no matter how embarrassing. That's right, no skipping that Carpenters tune that will totally destroy your hip credibility. It's time for total musical honesty. Write it up in your blog or journal and link back to at least a couple of the other sites where you saw this.
5. If you get the same artist twice, you may skip the second (or third, or etc.) occurances. You don't have to, but since randomness could mean you end up with a list of ten songs with five artists, you can if you'd like.


1. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) - Digable Planets, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
2. Political Life - Richard Robbins & Zakir Hussain, The Mystic Masseur Soundtrack
3. Heaven Help - Lenny Kravitz, Greatest Hits
4. Fuse Box - The Unknown, Monsoon Wedding Soundtrack
5. Mommy Daddy You and I - Talking Heads, Naked
6. Believe - Franka Potente, Run Lola Run Soundtrack
7. Every Ghetto Every City - Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
8. Indie Rock And Roll - The Killers, Hot Fuss
9. Beat on the Brat - U2, We're a Happy Family, a Tribute to Ramones
10. Una Notte A Napoli - Pink Martini, Hang on Little Tomato

Happy Birthday, Falfy!

This is a felted bag I made in June for my dear friend Valerie, the friend who finally taught me how to knit this past spring. It's the first thing I made that wasn't a scarf, my first felted thing, my first knitted gift. I thought it was fitting that such a gift should go to the one who made it all possible! I made it in her favorite colors.

And it was with this project with which I learned I was twisting my k stitches! Fortunately, the felting left no traces of twisting and I re-learned how to knit right afterward. Such a good learning experience.

The leather handles were interesting... I bought the leather from MacPherson's in Seattle and then hunted around for a shoerepairman who would stitch them on for a reasonable rate. It ended up costing almost as much as the yarn did, so it was an expensive beginner's project. But that's okay! It felt good to make and give something handmade.



Bon Voyage Shopping Tote by Leigh Radford
Interweave Knits, Summer 2002
Lamb's Pride, Brown Sheep Worsted
Finished June 2004

Snuggly Anya

Awww.

This fall, I made this Snuggly Baby Hat for my dear friend Andria's baby. Anya was finally born on December 5, so I just got this sweet picture in my mailbox today. This was my first lace project.



Pattern Source: Interweave Knits, Summer 2004
Yarn: Dalegarn Baby Ull 100% washable wool,
Color: Lavender #5303
Needles: #2 birch DPN (aka Toothpicks!)

Ribby Cardi Has Begun!

Hey! The Ribby Cardi Along has begun!



I'm using Summer Sky as the MC and Aubergine as the CC. I got perfect gauge right away with my Addi Turbos, thank goodness. I love love love those needles.

Alyssa's Vogue Baby Basic

Well, it's about time this place became a knitting blog! I've got some FO that I can share now, including this sweetness for my niecie:



Pattern Source: Vogue Beginner Basics, Baby Basic
Yarn: Karabella Aurora 8 Ply
Colors: Pink Heather and off white

This yarn is so scrumptious, I couldn't believe I was giving it away to someone else to wear. Someday, when I'm rich, I'll buy enough to make a sweater for me.

I (re)learned how to crochet; haven't done that since I was a kid. Also learned how to make buttonholes... with a crocheted trim that is very simple.

Happy Christmas Eve!

Show And Tell

What Kind of Girl Are You?

I am Progressive Girl Click on the picture below to read more: Take the 'What Kind of Girl Are You?' quiz at CookingToHookup.com

Imagine that the Girl Next Door moved to the big city. Think of Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally. She's America's sweetheart with an urban sensibility. She's a post-Christian spiritualist, a pre-Monica Clintonite, and a dues-paying member of at least one social-change organization like NOW, Planned Parenthood, or the Sierra Club. You won't find her at an Earth First or PETA meeting, though. Those are the Granola Girl's stomping grounds. Progressive Girls want the world to be a better place, but they live out their politics in a moderate, left-of-center way.

If you are going to date a Progressive Girl, the one sin you can commit is to be a chameleon. Molding your opinions to fit hers will lose her respect. One very positive thing you can do is offer her new experiences -- the Progressive Girl is fearless about trying new things. Whether it's pluralism, skydiving, Asian peanut sauce, or this book, the Progressive Girl is always looking for new ideas.

She Might Be a Progressive Girl if:
She drives: a small SUV but really wishes it got better mileage; once she can get a good hybrid, she will.


She can talk for more than ten minutes about: just about anything.


She begins her sentences with: "Susan Sarandon says..."


She'd never: pass up the chance for a new experience.


She owns any of the following: a water filter, a tabletop fountain, an acre of rain forest, a mutt from the pound.

I guess I made the right career choice after all...

Take the quiz: "Which Body Part Are You?"

HeArT!
your a kind... and nuturing soul... !! Helping people is what you are best at .. thats why u are the HEART! A career in psycology or teacher is where u should head.. everyone loves to be loved.. share yourself with the world..

Adventures in Yarn

You appear to be a Knitting Adventurer.
You are through those knitting growing pains and
feeling more adventurous. You can follow a
standard pattern if it's not too complicated
and know where to go to get help. Maybe you've
started to experiment with different fibers and
you might be eyeing a book with a cool
technique you've never tried. Perhaps you
prefer to stick to other people's patterns but
you are trying to challenge yourself more.
Regardless of your preference, you are
continually trying to grow as a knitter, and as
well you should since your non-knitting friends
are probably dropping some serious hints, these
days.
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What Kind of Knitter Are You?
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Turbo Charged.

Silly me. I created a blog right before leaving for Europe. I have been knitting a lot since then and have fallen in love with Addi Turbos. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I was turbo charged!!


You are "turbo" charged.

What Kind of Knitting Needles Are You?

The Motherland.

During the last couple of years, my mother's cousin and I have been doing research into our family's history. Gerry found out that my great-grandpa Marson (nee Mardesich) emigrated with his mother and sister from Komiza, a town on the isle of Vis, in what is now the Dalmatian Islands of Croatia, when he was a young boy. I was invited to a conference in Slovakia this summer and thought it would be the perfect time for someone in our family to return to the motherland and check it out. I had no idea what to expect. Mom decided to make her first overseas trip with me. Here's what we found:



And that's just a view from our hotel room!

We wondered -- ignoring the 90-100F heat, the humidity, the absense of resources and good soil for planting any sort of farm but vineyards, the fact that the only industry at the time was fishing and winemaking -- why would anyone leave??

Honest Abe.

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