Nake-id KnitsKnitting in the raw(Untitled)- July 30, 2004 The flattering side view Cheater Audrey Photo credit: Mitch (I want a photo credit) Gerber Hmph: I'm still not satisfied with the neck. I removed it once, eliminated two lace repeats and sewed it again, but the edging still requires futzing to make it lay properly when wearing. I have to pull the top all the way down to make the lace lay flat. OK, all you gin-gimlet-sipping-Audrey-wearing babes, any suggestions If you want to see the less-flattering frontal view, click here. Daily kudos:.http://radio.weblogs.com/0121658/2004/07/30.html#a321 (Untitled)- July 29, 2004 Wednesday Miscellany Overslept: This means you get a boring, but newsy post. Cheater Audrey: My "Cheater Audrey" is done! (That's Audrey sans sleeves.) Pic tomorrow! Nakeidknits.com: It's official. I'm moving my blog to www.nakeidknits.com. Look for updated galleries, faster load times and other nakeid nonsense. Hoping to launch Monday. Sale alert: The Recycled Lamb starts its biannual sale on Friday. Everything in the store is on sale, including 10 percent off books. Go say "hi" to Jeannie...http://radio.weblogs.com/0121658/2004/07/29.html#a320 (Untitled)- July 28, 2004 The Love Boat Cruising 101: There are two types of people (you thought there were more) cruise people and non-cruise people. As my MIL says, we're the latter. So after having spent a solid week on a cruise ship, here are some thoughts for non cruisers on how to thrive on a floating pleasure palace. 1. Take the Dramamine. 2. Steer clear of the smoking lounges at high sea. (Burp.) 3. Eat the bran muffins. 4. Avoid the splashing kids and drunk newlyweds in the pool (truly remarkable that...http://radio.weblogs.com/0121658/2004/07/28.html#a319 (Untitled)- July 27, 2004 Hawai'i Aloha: Trust that anything I say about Hawai'i won't live up to the task. The islands are simply too "big" for the constraints of language--or at least, my facility with it. But here goes: There's the palm tree-trade winds Hawai'i--the Hawai'i of spectacular pink sunsets and soft bleached sand. There's also the commercial Hawai'i--the high-rise hotels buttressing Waikiki Beach and the tourist shops filled with kukui nut leis. Then there's poor Hawai'i, the Hawai'i struggling to educate..http://radio.weblogs.com/0121658/2004/07/27.html#a318 (Untitled)- July 16, 2004 All laced up Lace knitting: You know how there are things in life one wants to do but for which one shows little aptitude Last year when I took Galina Khmeleva's Orenburg shawl class, well, let's just say I was not the brightest light in the firmament. Took me a realllllly long time to realize a yo on the knit side rotated clockwise. That's where the big hand, oh nevermind. Likewise in knitting the trim for Audrey, I had to learn that a yfrn and a yfwd (that would be the half twist...http://radio.weblogs.com/0121658/2004/07/16.html#a317 (Untitled)- July 15, 2004 Hot stuff Fahrenheit 911: Michael Moore's film runs down so many blind alleys, I left the theatre feeling a bit dazed. It's not that the film fails rhetorically, but the case he builds is jumbled and wobbly like a tower of colorful blocks. Are we supposed to think Saudia Arabia is axis of evil, protected by their friends and business partners The Bushes Did Bush-Cheney initiate the Iraqi incursion to benefit their pals at Halliburton Did we let high-ranking Taliban--and Osama bin...http://radio.weblogs.com/0121658/2004/07/15.html#a316 |