Thursday, October 19, 2006

SP9, among other things

I got a really cute Halloween card from my Secret Pal. And then immediately felt like a dolt because I signed up with an old address. Oh well... I e-mailed her/him back so hopefully she got the right one now.

And I think I'm doing okay with my secret pal, er, doing the spoiling, that is. I try to send her things just as I decide to, since randomness is pretty fun. I've never done this before, and so I'm terrified that she won't like what I've put together for her. I mean... bleh, it's difficult. I hate to say too much in case she stumbles upon my blog. Let's just say I gathered all the parts for one of my favorite patterns and the materials, and hoping she goes gaga for it too. It's like buying for a difficult relative, but more difficult!

And everyone should go here and drool over the Foxtrot sock yarn. I'm tempted to order myself some. But no, I am poor, I can't be doing that...

I finished the knitting part of my silk corset. It's going to need aggressive blocking in order to fit. I mean, it looks tiny, but the rib pattern is so very stretchy. I just have to crochet around edges, weave in ends, sew on buttons, and BLOCK LIKE A MUTHA! This would be an ideal time to have a squishy dress form... Maybe one day...

But, the good news is, freeing up those needles meant that I got to cast on my Deep V Argyle Vest! Hopefully I don't ruin this thing, but I did take advice from the old knit along and NOT use merino style. I'm using the skinner, more DK-ish Telemark and some pink wool I got from the MI Fiber fest.

I'm afraid, though, very afraid. My swatch turned out OK, but it was a while ago, and I think maybe I should be using 5s instead of 4s. ... At least my Anastasia socks are almost done and quite nice.

4 comments:

itslikearuin said...

I adore that corset, it's beautiful. When I have more money I'm going to have a bash at it. :)

Amy said...

I used cheapish yarn - Berroco Touche - as a substitute. Make a whole garment out of unwashable expensive silk? Errr, no thanks. You can get a similar drape with something rayon, bamboo, or rayon/cotton.

Knitted_Painting said...

I love the deep-V argyle vest I saw something similar in a store the other day but it was too wide for my liking so I'm thinking of having a go at that one aswell.. I'm thinking khaki green and cream maybe? oh btw the sewingmachine I got was a Janome sew mini^_^

Knitted_Painting said...

I've never played the Making Magic sims, but I'm sure my SIL-to be has, cause she's played just about all of them lol I looked online and I saw that you can get the sims2 for the PS2, I have to say though that I played it on the xbox and it pretty much blew lol it's just not the same as the PC version.. the graphics aren't as good, you have to play by a cerntain story line and there aren't nearly as much object and clothes to choose from.. but that's just my view^_^