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Monday, September 21, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
HATS!
Yes, the socks STILL aren't done, I know, I'm a slacker. BUT, I'm also in a foreign country, so I'm going to use that as an excuse.
During my second week here, I made Bank (my travel buddy) go to Wolle Rodel with me. Mostly because I wanted to check it out, I didn't have any real idea of buying anything. But Bank thought that knitting was so cool "if it wasn't so effeminate I'd totally pick it up" he says. Even though I tried convincing him that guys knit too, he wouldn't listen. But instead commissioned a hat. Out of Alpaca. He bought the yarn and said "I want a hat from this."
I GOT TO WORK WITH ALPACA!!!!! Oooohh, it's so pretty!!!!!! I love love love love LOVE it.
I cast on a little too loose, so it's not quite as snug as it should be. (And I just realized how absolutely horrible my stitches are close up... Maybe pictures are a bad idea...) But Bank is so happy with it, so that's good.
In other news: I bought yarn ( a while ago) with the colorway "Vera" from Firefly. "It's my very favorite gun." Yep. That Vera. It's Grey and Black-ish with Yellow. I started making a hat out of it while I was here (this was before Bank's commission) and realized that it would look pretty good on me, so a "receiver" was born. Then I realized that I'm in Germany and it's going to get cold and I forgot my coat. Which means that I also forgot my hat, scarves and gloves. Which means I get to knit myself a whole new set. I thought "matching winter accessories could be fun" and headed back to Wolle Rodel to see what I could find. I selected a yellow for some gloves and brought it back, thinking "ok, it's not exact, but it should be close." When I compared them this morning, they were SPOT ON.
I was absolutely amazed with my color-finding talent. =D I'll show pictures later, when I have time... For now, I have to get to my Deutsch class.
Tschuss!
During my second week here, I made Bank (my travel buddy) go to Wolle Rodel with me. Mostly because I wanted to check it out, I didn't have any real idea of buying anything. But Bank thought that knitting was so cool "if it wasn't so effeminate I'd totally pick it up" he says. Even though I tried convincing him that guys knit too, he wouldn't listen. But instead commissioned a hat. Out of Alpaca. He bought the yarn and said "I want a hat from this."
I GOT TO WORK WITH ALPACA!!!!! Oooohh, it's so pretty!!!!!! I love love love love LOVE it.
So, Bank's hat was made in a week. Here's a picture (on me, not on him yet, but I'm sure one will be coming up later)
I cast on a little too loose, so it's not quite as snug as it should be. (And I just realized how absolutely horrible my stitches are close up... Maybe pictures are a bad idea...) But Bank is so happy with it, so that's good.
In other news: I bought yarn ( a while ago) with the colorway "Vera" from Firefly. "It's my very favorite gun." Yep. That Vera. It's Grey and Black-ish with Yellow. I started making a hat out of it while I was here (this was before Bank's commission) and realized that it would look pretty good on me, so a "receiver" was born. Then I realized that I'm in Germany and it's going to get cold and I forgot my coat. Which means that I also forgot my hat, scarves and gloves. Which means I get to knit myself a whole new set. I thought "matching winter accessories could be fun" and headed back to Wolle Rodel to see what I could find. I selected a yellow for some gloves and brought it back, thinking "ok, it's not exact, but it should be close." When I compared them this morning, they were SPOT ON.
I was absolutely amazed with my color-finding talent. =D I'll show pictures later, when I have time... For now, I have to get to my Deutsch class.
Tschuss!
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