I took the sage advice on reblocking the Liesl from the comments of my last post. And? I think it worked! As I fussed over the blocking I realized it really was short if blocked it wide. Gee, surprised? I can’t have it long and not pointy, I suppose. The minute it was dry I tried it on and…it wasn’t bad. That is no help to you, though, as both camera cords are MIA and both memory cards, too. I put them somewhere safe when I cleaned up recently, but where?
IF I get my act together today, I will iron the sun dress she’s to be worn with and wear them to SnB. Shave my legs, too, I guess. So, you know, maybe.
Which reminds me: This Saturday is my Knit- and Spin-In! If you didn’t get an email from me and want to come, just leave a comment here. I think I got everybody, but I am not totally confident in my memory. Also, if you’re a lurker and live in CT, leave a comment, too, ‘k? Feel free to bring a friend(s), there’s plenty of room and plenty of food 😉
Would you like to see another FO? This is kinda cheating, as I finished it a few weeks ago. What’s a post without pictures, right?
I imagine you must get tired of seeing me knit yet another pair of shrorties/longies from the Sheepy Pants pattern. It is odd, this is one of the very few patterns I care to knit more than once. I guess because it is so easy to do?
Here’s a shot of the yarn, which is no help because I have no idea what it is
yarn of the unknown variety
Whatever it was, I loved it. It was nice and squishy and I was able to go up a needle size, thus making them a slightly quicker knit. I know I bought it in Texas last October, when I was visiting an old friend. The yarn label was black, too. Yeah, big help. That’s what happens when you have a child that eats yarn.
Unlike some I’ve been knitting, this pair was for Em. I’ve tried for some action shots, but as blurry as they are they are no help:
Em in motion
I can’t seem to take any picture of him where he’s not a little blur. I tried a front shot here:
only slightly better
I didn’t actually mean to make them a board short length, I just forget that my child has a long torso and short little legs. Just like his mama. On days like today, where the temp is a sunny 65*F (18*C), I’m happy to have him in warm little shorts.
To forewarn you, I do have another pair on the needles. They are knit from yarn I dyed–supposedly a mistake but turned out great–and are newborn sized. And *very* not for me, thankyouverymuch. Then, no more of this pattern for a while, I promise.
I’m going to knit something for me again. Either the medium length Liesl (on Flickr here), using the burgundy Valley Yarns I just bought, or the Fairly Easy Fair Isle (link to a shot of the book here). I have the yarn for both, though the yarn for the FEFI needs to be washed first. It was given to me ages ago and has a strong sheepy odor. Either way, I promise it won’t be baby pants.
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