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Monday, July 21, 2003
Productive Weekend
I finished this last night, quickly washed it and tossed it in the dryer... it was still a little damp when I wove in the ends and took this pic. But this morning, all dry, and I'm wearing it now! Definitely a great little top. I'm already planning on making at least 2 more... damn you, ebay, and your tempting yarn! :) As you can probably tell from the pic, my gauge was smaller than the original pattern, making my chicKami a little more "drapy" than the original. But I still like it- very comfy. In hindsight, I probably could have made it slightly smaller- I made the medium, and I probably could have done the small, but then again, this style is probably a little nicer to wear to work. Mine was also slightly longer than the original, so my straps are shorter, resulting in more of a scoop-neck. Again, I like both mine and the original, so it's all good. :) Now if the rest of the yarn would just get here from ebay... Oh, and my grand plan to finally use this white ebay yarn on the chicKami, and be mostly finished with it? Yeah, didn't work. I probably have enough to do another entire kami... but I think I might do something with some stripes going on. I still have leftover yarn from my mom's vest, so maybe some accents in that. We'll see. By then, I might (GASP!) be tired of the kami. Somehow, though, I think it's going to find its way into my closet over and over and over again! In my comments, Charlotte asked about the bulletin board I was making. Yeah. You might want to take out a tissue now... so I finished the bulletin board. It was beautiful. I loved the border and the colors and the paint and everything. Life was good. After I finished painting it, I placed it outside to dry. About 30 minutes later, I went out to bring it in, and saw great chunks missing from the bulletin board. I don't know if it was a bird, or a squirrel, or UFOs, or what, but something ripped sections off of the board surface. It couldn't be saved, and met the trash can. After I moved, I bought a new bulletin board, and I did manage to spray paint it black. But I've been lazy, and caught up in the knitting projects, and haven't even laid out the border to trace yet. But I swear, it will get done, hopefully in the next few weeks. And THIS time, it will not spend ANY unsupervised time outside, no matter how wet the paint is! 
The knitting is officially over on Dalmore. Next task- trimming and cross-stitching the steeks. And cleaning up any/all ends. Then a gentle wash (perhaps SOME of the cat fur might come out!) and some serious blocking. But Dalmore will be ready in plenty of time for Christmas. :) 
Think I might have ordered too much yarn for Dalmore? This is the LEFTOVER yarn. I might use another couple of yards cleaning everything up on Dalmore, but I definitely have quite a surplus of shetland. Well, as soon as I get the "bug," I'll start on some gloves and mittens. I'm not sure who I'll give them to yet (I can't wear the wool next to my skin, so they can't be for me!) but I'm sure I can find someone who will want them for a gift. When Cricket was taking a break from her demanding job as a photographer's assistant, she spent the weekend in her cat-cave: on top: 
and inside (notice the tail?): 
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