Thanks to all for your wonderful birthday wishes. I have been let out of the salt mines long enough to post — actually Sally left this a.m., so any slave labor I endure will be strictly self inflicted! BUT, let this be said: Sally never subjects me to any tasks that I do not agree to willingly, so I bring it all on myself ;).Â
Sally and I spent the weekend visiting yarn shoppes, knitting, sewing, eating, knitting, talking, watching movies, knitting, and eating. We are an exciting lil duo!Â
For my birthday, Sally said she would order this for me.Â
Yes, another Hanne! A new and beautiful Hanne. I am thrilled!  I just need to decide on a color from her palette of 72 colors — ugh! That is tough! I am thinking of making it in the same color as the Peacock Shawl – I love the color and I really won’t be wearing the shawl that often. Let’s face it, it’s not the most practical garment in the universe. But Plisse certainly is! I can see it being easily worn with jeans or skirt.
So, I am still alive and older and wiser. By leaps and bounds I’m sure, though I am waiting for the “wiser” to present itself! I am off to finish Peacock and cook a real dinner for my hubby in honor of his special day.Â
Happy Father’s Day to our dad on this day.
PS to all of you in the Twin Cities. This Tuesday evening (June 19, 7-9 pm) is the Minnesota Knitters’ Guild regular meeting. Our program is a presentation by guest speaker: Amy R. Singer of knitty.com. She will do a book signing of her book, No Sheep for You and I’m sure talk about many things knitted. We will have copies of the book on sale for 25% off the cover price = $17 instead of $22.95. Stop by and meet Amy.
PPS — I just crocheted off the Peacock Shawl. It is a crumpled up mess, but it is done. And after all the rip backs, etc., it was very nice to have my stitch count work out perfectly the first time — no problems! The bind off is done in clusters of three sts so I was worried that I would get to the end and it would be off. I will block this in the next day or two, but may need to buy a massive number of pins first. Obviously, film at 8.
That will be a nice addition (why do I feel like spelling it “addiction”?) to your collection!
Comment by Marina — June 17, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
Susan- Glad you had a great time. Especially the shopping and eating part.
What a wonderful prezzie- and I definitely think the Peacock Blue is a great choice.
Comment by Lorraine — June 17, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
What a lucky girl! It’s going to be a lovely addition to your stash!
Comment by Jewel — June 17, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
I ordered Plisse in the Moss Green color last week (and a Mermaid kit too). Maybe we will end up knitting it at the same time.
Comment by Joan — June 17, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
A belated Happy Birthday, Susan. What a great present. With that and the Kauni, I don’t blame you for being distracted. When (if?) you do get back to the Lace Style cardigan, I have some comments. (Mine is currently being blocked and awaiting final assembly.) First, there is a mistake in the pattern. Also, the collar could use some revising. The mistake is on the armhole shaping for the left and right fronts. Actually, I spent some time figuring out the pattern repeats so that I could work the fronts and back as one piece up to the armholes because I hate seaming. But that is irrelevant. When you get to the armhole shaping for the fronts, after the initial bindoff, the pattern says to decrease 1 st at each end of row 3 times. It should really be decrease 1 st at armhole side 3 times, as is obvious from the resulting stitch count. I was also not pleased with the way the collar came out when I followed the directions to resume the partial feather and fan pattern, so I changed it and worked the entire 18 collar sts in garter stitch. I also thought it looked better with the 3-needle bindoff at the center back of the collar on the public side rather than on the under side of the collar.
Comment by Astrid — June 17, 2007 @ 4:26 pm
Ooo — that is a beautiful sweater! How exciting!
Comment by Octopus Knits — June 17, 2007 @ 5:03 pm
The happiest of (belated) birthdays to you! 🙂 May your coming year be the best *ever* with loads of love, fiber, chocolate, good friends, good health and prosperity. Did I miss anything? 🙂
Comment by Romi — June 17, 2007 @ 7:04 pm
What a beautiful sweater! I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. Too bad you have to pick from so many different colors, though 😉
Comment by Karen B. — June 17, 2007 @ 7:49 pm
Sounds like a great way to spend a birthday and what a gift. I’m chiding my parents under my breath for giving me a brother instead of a sister…The new Hanne is mazingly beautiful indeed. I’m still saving my pennies for Mermaid.
Comment by Carol — June 18, 2007 @ 1:24 pm