tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349299402024-03-23T11:32:25.615-07:00Knitika's Knit FitsKnitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.comBlogger624125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-60309607660880365502015-05-31T13:35:00.001-07:002015-05-31T13:35:17.544-07:00Skirt fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I found a very cute monkey shirt at the thrift store.</div>
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So I found some other shirts that matched it.</div>
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And made a quick skirt!</div>
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It was all machine sewed with my serger. Nice, easy, and fun to wear.<br />
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Hello, grocery bags! On the right, two t-shirts from the thrift store. On the left, his old shirt transformed.</div>
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Bonus fun! Peek inside the bag, and some one peeks back at you!<br />
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The bags are reversible, and though cute on the inside, I don't think they'll be parading their colours about ever.<br />
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<br />Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-10659529865140983202015-03-04T22:56:00.000-07:002015-03-04T22:56:46.083-07:00Costume notes: River SongWhat do you do with a <a href="http://knitikas.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-taupe-dress.html" target="_blank">taupe dress</a>?<br />
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Dress up like River Song, of course!<br />
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Here's River.<br />
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And here's me.<br />
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I needed some accessories to go with the taupe dress.<br />
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I got some leather-like upholstery fabric at the fabric store and punched rows of holes in it with a knitting needle.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQR1LR5SVFlte4z7FvDHqFeLIYA74EwG0CdXhqQBmofKPq0kHG-h0eyZ6S-sySKC-44c5fpxYWvw3SwMnywOXYIdhqPJ9QDR4EaVE94BDe5NeSXPjyzdfJ3sQv79uKRrywrLCWA/s1600/DSCN7134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQR1LR5SVFlte4z7FvDHqFeLIYA74EwG0CdXhqQBmofKPq0kHG-h0eyZ6S-sySKC-44c5fpxYWvw3SwMnywOXYIdhqPJ9QDR4EaVE94BDe5NeSXPjyzdfJ3sQv79uKRrywrLCWA/s1600/DSCN7134.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a></div>
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I used brass tacks to fasten it. Fastening 15 brass tacks around my middle took flippin' forever. Eventually I figured out that the middle column didn't all have to be fastened through both layers.<br />
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I used the remainders to sew up a a few pouches.<br />
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I do love any good excuse to add a snap, even if I had to hide it, since I didn't have a good colour.<br />
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I discovered that the fabric wouldn't feed through my sewing machine unless I used stabilzer under it, to give the feed dogs something to grip.<br />
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The pouches were all attached to a couple of thrift-store belts.<br />
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And of course I needed a screwdriver, which I received as a Christmas present. Thank you!<br />
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I have no skills with a curling iron, but gave it a shot for fun.<br />
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And we had a great time with our photo op. Hello, sweetie!<br />
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<br />Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-23465943742953286092015-03-04T22:06:00.001-07:002015-03-04T22:06:35.341-07:00The Taupe DressAnd here it is, the Inspired-by-Zeeda dress! It's not at all an attempt at a copy, it's an homage.<br />
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Like the <a href="http://knitikas.blogspot.com/2015/01/prototype-dress.html" target="_blank">prototype</a>, it's a princess-seamed pattern from Alabama Chanin, designed for knits, with alterations and embellishments to the skirt. I cut two copies of the dress from the pattern, making a lining that had the main structure of the dress, but not the extra skirt action. Here's the inside:</div>
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And the details of the side panels:<br />
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And how it looks where side meets front meets back:<br />
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And while we're looking at that side panel, here it is, worn.<br />
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Or you can tie it around your legs for more controlled skirt action while engaging in adventures.<br />
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See? Adventure away!<br />
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<br />Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-39292610484981307482015-01-31T09:57:00.001-07:002015-01-31T09:57:47.507-07:00Costume notes: KayleeHey! It's Comic Con time again!<br />
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I did not go seeking a Kaylee costume. It came to me. I was in the thrift store, looking for old t-shirts to cut up (like always), and these green coveralls were hanging on a row end, out of place, right in front of me. I paused to google "Kaylee" to check their match, and while I was standing there, a man came and grabbed the coveralls and walked off with them. I kept an eye on him, and a few minutes later tracked him down in the store, and the coveralls weren't in his cart. It took some backtracking and seeking, but I found where he'd put them, and didn't let them out of my possession again.<br />
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The coveralls fit, but not very well. They were made for some one shorter and rounder than me. I chopped off the sleeves and used them to add a good three inches to the legs. This morning when I got dressed, I realized they were very barrel-chested, so I did a bit of last-minute tailoring to make the chest fit a little nicer.<br />
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The front zipper zips up from the crotch as well as down from the neck. This must be a man thing, and I find it hilarious in a totally juvenile way.<br />
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The patches came from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/210409609/brown-teddy-bear-red-heart-blue-flower" target="_blank">etsy</a>. I was doing a lot of sewing leading up to this con, and hadn't had time to sew on the patches. So while I was putting on the finishing touches on my son's costume, he sewed on my patches.<br />
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Him: If I do them, they won't be all perfect. They'll be a little punk rock.<br />
Me: Think about the character. Do you think she was a perfect seamstress?<br />
Him: Well, she did appreciate pretty things.<br />
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This is Kaylee:<br />
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<br />Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-45585626662691519302015-01-03T13:25:00.001-07:002015-01-03T13:25:17.487-07:00Prototype DressSo this starts with my interest in the All Saints Zeeda dress.<br />
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I've been interested in making one. Except you can't make one. It's totally doolally. Someone bought the dress and <a href="http://mariahscostumesite.weebly.com/zeeda-outfit.html" target="_blank">counted and documented</a> the seams in it, and there's 33 panels. I don't know how it even came together. Look at this thing:<br />
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But to try to replicate it isn't totally sane. So I'm doing an inspired-by dress instead. I chose a taupe cotton jersey, matching the colour but not the fabric. And then I did a prototype dress, to assess how my ideas would translate into actuality. I used a lavender interlock that I found in my sewing room, something I've had for years. I used an Alabama Chanin pattern, but machine stitched it.<br />
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I'm pretty happy with the results! I don't think I'll bother with the waist-band belt strip on the back. Although it's truer to the spirit of the original, the results aren't worth the effort.<br />
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The dress as shown isn't actually finished. The neckline is only staystitched. But it looks fine, and I haven't fixed it yet.<br />
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Also, the dress isn't actually lavender anymore, it's periwinkle. This is the result of an hour in Rit dye shade midnight blue, dip dyed. Yeah, the dip dye didn't show.<br />
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I finished my hand sewn tunic!<br />
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It's a bit tighter than I'd prefer. I can't layer it over anything, or it puckers like it's too small.<br />
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I lined, stitched, and beaded the hem.<br />
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I decorated a pocket to cover the butt logo.<br />
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It looks a little crooked on the dress. Oops.<br />
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But I'm pretty happy with it!<br />
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I'd stitch some more things to wear, but I'm mired in giftmas knitting for the time being.Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-65215587196212077612014-10-18T10:25:00.000-07:002014-10-25T12:38:03.151-07:00Hand stitching: Practice tunicAlas! I cannot knit and hand stitch at the same time, and there's been less knitting and more hand-stitching this last week. I'm working on a tunic, checking fit and refining my techniques.<br />
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I have a generous bolt of natural-coloured cotton/hemp jersey. I've been thinking I'd like to make a princess-seamed dress out of it, preferably dip-dyed a gradient coffee brown.<br />
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I've had it stashed for a while; I made this dress in 2007.<br />
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I usually draft my own patterns, but I didn't think I was up to drafting a princess-seamed pattern. I'd searched several times for a pattern designed for jersey-knit fabrics, and while I'd found <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/valerutherie/patterns/" target="_blank">several princess-seamed dresses</a>, nothing that was right for the target fabric. So this summer when I started reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=alabama%20chanin&linkCode=ur2&sprefix=alabama%20%2Caps&tag=theraglady-20&url=search-alias%3Daps&linkId=ITVYJFPQ6SSRSO7K" target="_blank">Alabama Chanin books</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=theraglady-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, I was pleased to find a <a href="http://www.melaniefalickbooks.com/picture/gas-427.jpg?pictureId=4159581" target="_blank">princess-seamed pattern</a> made for knit fabrics.<br />
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I'm pretty good at tracing patterns, but I decided to take the pattern from the book to a copy shop and have it copied so I could cut it out. Turns out those oversized copies cost $5.00/page, so the pattern cost me ten bucks in copying fees! Which was more than I spent on the fabric. I picked up two large grey t-shirts for fifty cents each, and used them as my fabric.<br />
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I'm a little torn on the techniques. There's something elegant about the hand-stitched seams, but I'm not convinced it's that much better than seaming up the dress, lickety split, on the serger. I've hand-stitched this tunic to gain the practice I need, and I could see my seams improving as I progressed. The seams are stitched on the inside, and top-stitched to one side. In this picture, you can see the neckline with stay-stitching, the armhole lined, and the top-stitched princess seam.<br />
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I learned a new stitch on this project. The book calls it "Rosebud", and I quite enjoyed it. It certainly takes a lot of time and a lot of thread. I had two days off this week, and although both days were filled with errands, I also got some stitching time at home. On the first day, I top-stitched all six seams on the dress. On the second day, I only stitched the facing on the armhole. The seams in the dress each took two to three lengths of thread to stitch and top-stitch. The armhole took ten lengths of thread to stitch. A needle threaded to the length of almost my arm only stitches a distance of two to three inches in rosebud stitch. The following two photos show my progress: my very first time doing the stitch, and how my technique had settled down by the end of the first armhole.<br />
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So the dress is coming together nicely. I still have to face the other armhole and neckline, and I want to do something along the hem. I wound up changing size from the pattern I used for the <a href="http://knitikas.blogspot.com/2014/09/stitching.html" target="_blank">corset top</a>, but I'm still unhappy with the fit. I will probably be adjusting the bodice fit a little more in the next project. And while I'm pretty pleased with the outcome, I'm not yet sure if I'll wear it. You see, there's a bit of a logo, right on the butt. My original intent was to decorate the dress with stitched dots, in order to cover it up, but I'm not sure I still like the dotty idea. I've also wondered about just wearing it with the logo, which strikes me as really funny, but of course my daughter thinks that's a terrible idea. I also have pondered the idea of putting a back pocket on the dress, which was again struck down by the progeny, but I haven't totally tossed the idea out.<br />
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So I've made two trips to the homeland this summer. The first recreational, the second for an urgent family matter.<br />
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During the first, I was looking for gifts to take home for the family, and so I picked up some local chocolate. For my husband, the exotic Raw Dragon Chili Chai, and for the kidlets, the guaranteed pleasers of a solid milk chocolate for her, and a raspberry dark for him.<br />
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While preparing to return, I tucked the chocolate into the freezer, and wrote myself a note so I wouldn't forget to grab it. The morning of departure, I wrapped it in some fabric for insulation, and put it deep into my backpack, so it would make the trip without melting.<br />
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But my mother worried, and she wanted me to put it in her cooler instead, so I acquiesced and did so. The theory was that when I grabbed my sandwich from the cooler, I'd grab the chocolate, but of course I didn't. The chocolate did not make it home.<br />
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I told my mom to find some one who appreciates fine chocolate to give it to, but she offered to save it and mail it when the weather cooled down.<br />
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Last week I traveled to Canuckistan to support my family in a stressful time. I checked in with my dad, asking if he knew where the chocolate was, so he could bring it with him when we met up at my sister's house. He thought he'd know where to find it.<br />
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The day before he departed, I asked my sister to remind him about it. She noted, "I was just there, and I didn't see any chocolate lying around." Then, "Wait, how many bars were there? I saw some chocolate in mom's meat drawer, and ate this really yummy raspberry/dark." I told her she'd just stolen chocolate from her nephew. She averred that it was very tasty.<br />
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The message I got from my dad through my sister was that he'd eaten the rest of the chocolate. I tried not to be too bummed about it, although I'd really wanted to try that chili chai, and it didn't seem like my dad's kind of flavour. All that talk of chocolate got me wishing I had some. My niece was about to run to the store, so I was going to give her a shopping list.<br />
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But then her chipper little seven year old daughter ran to the pantry and came out with a bar of chili dark. Turns out, my sister had accidentally bought it while buying dark, and hadn't eaten it because to her it was YUCK. I was so happy to have that bar! Craving satisfied!<br />
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It turned out to have been a miscommunication. My dad hadn't eaten the rest of my chocolate and he brought it to me. I managed to get it into my suitcase and get it home. I gifted the two remaining bars, and both were appreciated. I bought a raspberry/dark for my son, told him the story, and handed it to him. He's an equal opportunity fan. He doesn't care about his origins. He was just happy to get it.Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-31300540007568269572014-09-22T19:15:00.001-07:002014-09-22T19:15:45.696-07:00Oh yes, more costumesComicCon was three days, and I had a costume for every day. The first day was the aforementioned red monstrosity. The other two days were equally sincere, but more subtle in appearance. My brother even commented that I hadn't dressed up. (and before he objects, in fairness, I had by that point removed some key wardrobe pieces.)<br />
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<b>Day two--Orphan Black</b><br />
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My choice of costume for Day Two was decided by the appearance of Matt Frewer. He plays Dr. Leekie in Orphan Black, and we're huge fans of that series here. We had cherished a hope that Tatiana Maslany would come--she did go to San Diego--but not this time around.<br />
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I decided to re-create the look of Allison, the soccer mom. I picked up the clothing while shopping at Costco, as we moms do. (To clarify, I'm not a soccer mom, I'm a ballet mom.) I had a grey headband ready for the costume, but couldn't find it that day. Fortunately, I had t-shirt fabric in my sewing room as always, and made a brand new headband by cutting a wide band of fabric from the top of the sleeve of a child's shirt.<br />
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In the line for our photo op with Matt Frewer, we met another young lady also dressed as Cosima. Both were pretty happy to meet another person cosplaying the same character.<br />
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We had somehow hoped that Mr. Frewer would recognize the costumes: if not mine which was subtle, at least hers. Instead, we got a lecherous comment about a threesome--THAT'S MY SIXTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, SIR--and then a less offensive something like "This will be the album cover."<br />
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<b>Day three--the Ninth Doctor</b><br />
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My next costume was chosen again by the guest, this time John Barrowman. JOHN BARROWMAN! He is such a happy and uninhibited individual. I sat in his panel, and enjoyed his hour of hilarious chat, as well as a serenade.<br />
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I reprised my Ninth Doctor costume, and asked my daughterto wear her Rose outfit, re-creating the look of the episode where they first met Captain Jack.<br />
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My leather jacket was found at a thrift store, when my son and I were browsing. We snapped it up as a good jacket, and later saw how excellent it was as a Nine jacket. The sweater I wore is also his, bought at Old Navy, inspired by Nine. My daughter's Union Jack shirt was procured after a long search. I was scouring the web for a good Union Jack shirt, and eventually found one in a store that I'd never heard of, but they had a branch in a local shopping centre. I was able to call and verify they had the shirt, and got them to hold it in her size. After ballet, we cruised through the shopping centre, and my daughter and her carpool buddy ran up and bought it, posing as brother and sister for fun.<br />
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When we went in to our photo op, Mr. Barrowman took one look at us and said, "Nice! Rose and Nine!" Then wrapped us up in a huge hug and then we got our picture. I already adored the man, but that very simple comment just totally endeared him to me, even more.<br />
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<br />Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-3146078252168982502014-09-21T22:29:00.000-07:002014-09-21T22:29:41.228-07:00StitchingI haven't been blogging my knitting so much, because I make all my notes on Ravelry. But Ravelry hasn't completely killed The Knitting Blog, and I still have several knitters on my RSS feed. More than once I've gotten inspired for non-knitting crafts on a knitting blog, and it happened again. This time, I read about the Alabama Chanin style hand sewing. I started researching it, and became so very inspired. I got one book out of the library, and now all three are in my house.<br />
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I've got years of sewing experience, but hardly any motivation. All the inspiration from these books resparked my motivation. It's so exciting to find a new and attractive way to utilise my skills. Plus, the author uses old t-shirts as her fabric source, something I"ve been doing for years. I love old t-shirts for fabric.<br />
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My first project was a tea-towel, using reverse applique.<br />
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My second project also used reverse applique. It's an over-the-arm pin cushion, and seemed like a really valuable thing to have around to keep my stitching tools centralised.<br />
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This weekend, I tried making a corset tank as described in the first book. Again, I started with a t-shirt as my fabric source.<br />
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The seams are hand-stitched, deliberately sewn to be visible. I'm not sure how I like that technique!<br />
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After first trying it on, I wasn't entirely happy with it. I made my daughter try it on to see if it fit her any better. It didn't. Though she wears it cuter. :)<br />
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Next time, I'll remember that I prefer my shirts long waisted.<br />
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I've been using it a lot since. It is made out of two t-shirts, one inside the other for strength and lining, and it has three pockets inside. It's a very handy bag!Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-40614311530103626332014-09-21T20:37:00.000-07:002014-09-21T21:57:43.491-07:00CostumingLast spring, I bought myself a pass for September's ComicCon. And me, being psychic or psycho, decided that Paul McGann would be one of the announced guests and that I should make a costume to wear to meet him. At first I pondered an Eighth Doctor costume. so I watched his minisode for inspiration.<br />
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There I discovered a lot of variation in the costumes. Each Sister had slightly different robes and a different breast plate.</div>
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Midway through the summer, and midway through the creation process, ComicCon officially announced Paul McGann as a guest, so my efforts seemed definitely worthwhile! As ComicCon approached, I was still in the process of embellishing the breastplate. I had allowed myself a lot of time, but I was dealing with a family crisis during the final weeks, and I found myself engaging in distractive behaviour instead of being productive. As the day approached, I realized I was going to have to accept what was currently finished. I later learned I should have started from the bottom rather than the top. My hair hid the top, and left the unfinished bottom portions prominent.</div>
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Additionally, I ordered blonde hair extensions to give me the same effect as the Sister pictured above. To my disappointment: the grey in my hair lowered the contrast and you couldn't really see the blonde. You can see--or not see--the blonde in this eyes-closed shot with my brother at the ComicCon. I had a difficult time hiding the blonde extensions, so I wound up putting braids and red strips into my hair to hide the attach-points. I kinda liked the batty-lady effect.</div>
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My unhappiness with the photoshoot might have influenced my happiness with the costume. After seeing the picture, I was pretty miserable about the whole thing, and I wasn't all too happy for my brother's photoshoot.<br />
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Afterwards, I gathered my courage and went back to the photo op area. I complained about the eyes-closed incident. The man said, "Well, technically your eyes ARE open." but he did give me a voucher for a new photoshoot, and I left that awful photo with him.<br />
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This meant that at the next photo op, I wouldn't be wearing my costume, but I'd decided I was at peace with that. I had fallen out of love with the costume and didn't want to ever see it again.<br />
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The reshoot was a resounding success. I love the results. I'm so glad I got a replacement.<br />
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I'm not quite so disenchanted with the costume anymore. But I don't know if I'll ever wear it again! If I do, I'll certainly finish the breastplate beforehand.<br />
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PS I showed my daughter a snap taken of the hated photo. She usually says, "MOOOOM, you look FINE" or "No, Mom, you don't look like a psycho-killer." But when she saw the pic, she cracked up and couldn't stop laughing. I felt validated. The photo really did suck.Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-17176996265294417312013-09-04T20:36:00.003-07:002013-09-04T20:36:56.088-07:00Barfarama!So one day I found a pattern for a self-barfing stripey monster. Yes. And of course I had to make it. Right away.<br />
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OH well! Hope that's the worst mistake I ever make, eh?Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-7946443862949537792013-08-04T20:30:00.000-07:002013-08-04T20:30:33.637-07:00Making it fit!So, I married a slim man. A very slim man. So slim that even in his mid-forties, he's still able to fit into boyswear. It's actually becoming more and more challenging for him to find pants that fit, as the stores cater to a larger public. There are several stores that just don't carry his size anymore.<br />
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I also had a very slim childhood. Then I had kids, and we don't need to discuss further. But the outcome of this is, we have very slim children. Gothboy similarly has a tough time finding skinny jeans that actually fit skinny. (When our house was burgled last fall and we discovered several of his pairs of skinny pants missing, we were mystified. Not many humans could fit into those pants. Our insurance agent swore the culprit must be a friend of the kids, based on that one piece of information. Later we found out the suspect was fifteen years old, which made more sense.) And our ballerina girl stays remarkably fit, naturally remaining very slim.<br />
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So when shopping recently, she found a dress she liked, but it just didn't fit perfectly. It was just so cute, but too baggy.<br />
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My vision was a gradient, with white fading into blue. But while you can buy gradients from a number of indie dyers these days, you're not going to get a hexipuff-sized gradient. So I had to make one.<br />
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<b>Take One: KoolAid</b></h3>
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I purused the online <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall02/FEATdyedwool.html" target="_blank">koolaid</a> <a href="http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/41002/Coloring-Animal-Fiber-With-KoolAid" target="_blank">guides</a> to find a perfect TARDIS blue, and was shocked--SHOCKED--to find that Koolaid doesn't make a TARDIS blue. So rude! I decided to use Berry Blue, because that's what I had in my Koolaid stash (yes, I have a Koolaid stash. No, it's not for drinking), and originally thought that if I added a tea bag, it might dirty up the colour a little to make it more like the target shade. But as I was preparing to dye, I decided just to go with the colour straight, just to see what happened.<br />
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<b>Step one:</b> Separate the yarn into loops of about 0.5 grams each, tied loosely.<br />
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(see that loop up top? I forgot what I was doing and broke the yarn on that one. Oops!)<br />
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<b>Step two: </b>soak the yarn in a 1 to 1 water/vinegar solution until the fibre is saturated.<br />
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<b>Step three:</b> In a small pot, mix one cup water with one packet Berry Blue. Add 3 generous drops of blue food colouring. Bring to a boil<br />
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Step five: Carefully remove the loops from the solution. (This is why I tied each loop, to keep them from tangling.) Rinse under running water. Press gently in an old towel to remove excess water, and spread out to dry.<br />
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And here it is, a 3 gram gradient!<br />
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Unfortunately, even though I tied the loops loosely, the ties still left some white spots in the yarn.<br />
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I had envisioned that I'd have some white in the final product, but it turns out that I dyed too much yarn to make it to white.<br />
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I actually coloured in some white spots with Sharpie, just to make it prettier. I love the results, but it's not really TARDIS blue. Maybe I should have added a tea bag...<br />
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<b>Take Two: Sharpie</b></h3>
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<b>Step One: </b>Knit up a hexipuff out of white yarn.</div>
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<b>Step two:</b> Colour with a blue Sharpie.<br />
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I was really excited to try this, but I only had a fine marker in the house, and it didn't do a very good job. I gave up until I could go buy a bigger Sharpie.<br />
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<b>Step four:</b> When it is dry, iron it for 3 minutes on each side. (Don't iron the needle cable!)<br />
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This one looks more TARDIS-y, but the colour isn't as saturated as I'd like.<br />
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<i>"River, make her blue again!!"</i></div>
Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-66708293444837774942013-08-03T19:00:00.000-07:002013-08-03T19:00:01.764-07:00Hello BlogThe lack of blogging indicates neither a lack of enthusiasm for blogging nor a lack of enthusiasm for the subject matter. Instead, it reflects family politics and territorial disputes, and consequently a loss of the blogging habit. Here's some blogging, we'll see if the habit changes or not.<br />
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My main thrust of effort this spring has been working on my <a href="http://knitikas.blogspot.com/2011/09/everybody-else-is-doing-it-so-why-cant.html">Doctor Who Hexiquilt</a>. I started it two years ago this month, and it has received waxing and waning attention in the intervening time. I averaged about 25 puffs a month this calendar year, until summer arrived and my total was 23 for June and July. It turns out I can only knit tiny hexagons for so long before my brain demands Intellectual Stimulation in the form of something more complicated, but that's another story.<br />
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Every hexipuff is designed to tie in to Doctor Who somehow. The story might be told through colour or illustration, and the relevance might be subtle or strong, tenuous or conspicuous.<br />
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For the very most obvious, I have the TARDIS stitched on a background of a "time vortex" colourway, and K9.<br />
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All stories of Doctor Who are fair game, and my usage of any story, character, or image does not indicate my personal feelings about that particular whatever. No assumptions about my opinions of an episode's quality can be made by its inclusion or lack of inclusion in the project.</div>
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To the knitter, there's quite likely a lot of stories embedded in the final product. Maybe in the colour of the yarn, or the choice of the pattern. There are stitch patterns with universal meanings and stitch patterns with personal meanings. Maybe the knitter took the yarn to a festival or a coffee date, and knit those happy memories into the project.<br />
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I'd like to tell the story associated with one of my recent project.<br />
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It starts with Doctor Who.<br />
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But not all of them, just one.<br />
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Isn't he delicious? But not him.<br />
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More delicious! But not him, either. We're talking <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005M2A4D4/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005M2A4D4&linkCode=as2&tag=theraglady-20" target="new">season six</a> mythology.<br />
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Specifically, the mythology of Melody Pond.<br />
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Whose name was embroidered onto a prayer leaf for Amy Pond.<br />
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And the inspiration for a gorgeous skein of yarn.<br />
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And there's the mysterious phrase, "The only water in the forest is the river."<br />
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I decided to bring them together in a pair of socks.<br />
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It took a lot of paging through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0942018176/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0942018176&linkCode=as2&tag=theraglady-20" target="new">stitch dictionaries</a>, and several attempts to get it right. The above picture shows one iteration, with leaves on the left, separated from the pine trees on the right by the river in between.<br />
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And here are the results. Socks that are supposed to say "The only water in the forest is the river."<br />
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I wanted to enter them into the State Fair, but I was concerned they wouldn't display well.<br />
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Confession: I haven't worn them at all, except to take pictures. I love them so much, I can't bear to have them eventually wear holes.<br />
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Maybe I should have chosen a different medium than socks to tell the story.<br />
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Disclaimer: all Doctor Who images are property of the BBC. They own Doctor Who. The rest of us just admire it.Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-53165603113717867582012-11-18T13:57:00.001-07:002012-11-18T13:57:27.822-07:00A Finished Object--beads and handspunLast spring, <a href="http://knitikas.blogspot.com/2012/04/beads-part-four.html">I blogged about beads</a>. I had a lovely skein of single-ply handspun and a tube of beads, and I put them all together to make a shawl.<br />
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At the end of every row, I placed a bead. At first I used a crochet hook, but the handspun has delicious variation in the strands, and the hook didn't always work well. I soon switched to using a small piece of wire to place the bead on the stitch.<br />
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This shawl used over 600 beads. This was the project that might have broken my bead habit. I haven't beaded a thing since.<br />
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<br />Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-68246673292758685462012-11-18T13:49:00.000-07:002012-11-18T13:49:01.431-07:00Hello blog!Hey, look, I have a blog!<br />
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The way I access the internet has changed dramatically this year. Getting access to my own computer is difficult, and I don't really blog through any other medium. So, less blogging! Maybe that's the way of my future, but I'll just have to see.<br />
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This is a knitting blog, of course, and of course there's been knitting. However, the methods, amounts, and output have all changed. I've been experiencing a lot of RSI--Repetitive Stress Injury--pain, and this has changed a lot. Overall, I'm knitting less, but I'm also still doing a lot of work to make sure I can continue this beloved pursuit. Strategies to keep knitting despite RSI include:<br />
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<li><b>Significant breaks.</b> If my hand and wrist hurt that much, I need a few days without knitting. While I might really want to knit, if my hand is in no shape to knit, I've gotta deal with it and not knit.</li>
<li><b>Reduced knitting time</b>. No more can I spend all evening or all weekend knitting. There will be no sock wars in this condition. I can only do a maximum of an hour of my usual style of knitting per day.</li>
<li><b>Exercises</b>. <a href="http://www.eatonhand.com/hw/ctexercise.htm" target="new">These</a> have made the biggest difference. A smattering of <a href="http://knittingguru.com/exercisesforknitters.html" target="new">these</a> helps, too.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005YU8TMC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005YU8TMC&linkCode=as2&tag=theraglady-20"><b>Night wrist brace</b>.</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=theraglady-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005YU8TMC" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
Oh wow, do I love this thing! It keeps my hand in the proper position, it's all padded and comfy, it provides warmth and compression, and my hand always feels remarkably healed in the mornings. I'd wear it always if I could, but I can't do anything with my hand while wearing it.</li>
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<li><b>Loosen up.</b> I seem to grip the needles very tightly while knitting socks. For a while, I thought I was done knitting socks forever! I made a conscious decision to not grip so tightly, and socks no longer cause me crippling pain.</li>
<li><b>Lever knitting</b>. I am adding a new tool to the knitting tool box. Lever knitting won't replace the kind of knitting I presently do, but rather add another method I can use when I've finished my daily allotment of my usual style. It allows me more knitting time in the day. This will be the subject of a different blog post.</li>
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But! Despite the difficulties, there is still knitting, and of course, there's always yarn. So many pretties! Here's a few samples, to pretty up this wordy post:</div>
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This is all Tri'coterie yarn. It's hand dyed in France! Tri'coterie. Top to bottom, we have <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0089AD8IO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0089AD8IO&linkCode=as2&tag=theraglady-20">Jack Harkness</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/015602943X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=015602943X&linkCode=as2&tag=theraglady-20">Claire and Henry</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345335082/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0345335082&linkCode=as2&tag=theraglady-20">Canth </a>. When she did her Time Travel month, it became apparent that I consume a lot of time travel fiction. And love it all.<br />
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Also from Tri'coterie, these are Cinna and Gale.</div>
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I had this skein of Noro (Silk Garden Sock) all balled up, and its project was all stalled. I decided that it was time to knit it up and embarked on another Baby Surprise Jacket. The yarn was pretty.<br />
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It grew up to be that familiar mystery blob.<br />
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And voila! A jacket!<br />
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I wound up trading it for a pretty skein of yarn, so it's going off to another knitter for her to gift to her knitter friend's baby.Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-82310420060019420112012-04-29T20:51:00.002-07:002012-04-29T20:51:53.428-07:00Beads--part fourNo, I haven't gotten sick of beading yet.<br />
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I have this lovely skein of handspun. It was spun especially for me by Heidimonkey, made with long colour changes.<br />
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When wound up, it made a gorgeous cake of yarn. I went and got a tube of bright green beads, hoping they would show up well in the knitting.<br />
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The shawl is coming along well. Here's a preview of how it's coming together, though the beads (right there on the upper edge) hardly show in this photograph.<br />
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Ok, enough blogging. Back to knitting!Knitikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673861158295570803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929940.post-32936566263461874942012-04-29T20:46:00.001-07:002012-04-29T20:46:42.856-07:00Beads--part threeAnd while we're disussing beads, (and we were,) I must bring up my <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring09/PATTshipwreck.php">Shipwreck</a>, the<a href="http://knitikas.blogspot.com/2011/10/loooong-term-project.html"> longterm project</a> with 1400 yards of yarn and 4600 beads.<br />
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Get this--it's done. No really! I beaded and knit and beaded and knit and finally, I have a lovely new shawl.<br />
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This shawl is so epic that I went out and bought a black dress just to wear with it. And then today I bought another one!<br />
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I keep hoping I'll get to take it out for a real photo shoot. So watch out--there may be more photos.<br />
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This one got paired with some dark iridescent purplish beads I've had for years, and the pattern <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEss10/PATTannis.php">Annis</a>.</div>
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