Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Therapy Knitting and some nostalgia

The Rebecca wrap is coming along really well, I really love knitting it and it's such a break from all those cables and moss stitch and cotton from the other cardi. I truly cannot put into words my affection for the Haze (as those in the know call it). The little eyelet pattern is dead simple to memorise, the shaping is very simple, and from what I can tell from photos of everyone else, it's lovely when it's finished. I'm thinking I may alter the way it's tied together, as I'm not crazy about the big ol' knot it makes. I might just knit on a strip about 8 stitches wide (like the closure of the Lucky Clover wrap). We'll see.
Also, I forgot to mention it earlier, but I had a friend stopover in London on her way to Turkey last Friday, and I met up with her at the airport to visit for a while. She, being awesomeness incarnate, brought me loads of Tex-Mex goodies from Arizona, plus about 20 packets of Kool-Aid in loads of different colours!!! Since I have loads of cream wool leftover from the cable jumper I knit last, and I'm not really crazy about it in it's current state, I can't wait to put the two together and make some exciting variegated something. It was also just fun to see Kool-aid again, as it's probably been something like 10+ years since I've even held a packet in my hand. It made me remember how we used to store them like trading cards, and I would alphabetize mine. It was always such a big decision choosing which colour we wanted to make. Also, even though they are named by flavours, everyone always discussed them in terms of their colour, like 'Can I have some Red Kool-aid?' 'Sorry, no, all we have is purple.'
The boiler is now fixed, I'm still looking for a place to live, and that's about it.

3 Comments:

Blogger Mary deB said...

Did you get any of that kool-aid that changes colour? The powder is blue but the drink is orange, for example. Now that I've seen people dye wool with it, and seen how well the dye holds, I'm loathe to actually put it *in* my body, and I sure won't feed it to my kids!

The haze looks lovely!

22/9/05 11:17  
Blogger Luca Brazi said...

I think you missed your calling as a product photographer.

22/9/05 21:04  
Blogger La Donna said...

If only more companies wanted blurry photographs on wrinkly pillowcases... I don't think the world of consumer photography is ready for my bold ideas.

22/9/05 23:50  

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