my life in stitches

tada!

specs:

pattern: justina by norah gaughan

yarn: cotton ease by lion brand

i love, love, love this skirt (mo'better pic to come)! however, i had a hell of a time with the waistband. for me, it just doesn't work as designed. it's very loosey goosey. it might be better if it were ribbed instead of stockinette. after spending so much time knitting this, i just didn't have the energy to take it out and reknit the waistband. instead, i took the waist seam out 4 times and reseamed it until i had taken in enough fabric at the side (about 4 inches) to make it fit.

i have no current projects on needles now. what's a girl to knit?

the resurgence of Mod on Mod, SXSW sightings, and so on

Mod on Mod, from Yarnplay, seems to be making a big comeback. i've been seeing it everywhere. there's even a knitting shop in Colorado that has a Mod on Mod workshop coming up! this stunning mod-in-progress is being knit by someone from the Yarnplay At Home Ravelry group. it is going to be a present for her brother-in-law's birthday.  i think this palette is the most exciting that i've seen yet. i love it when a knitter comes up with a color combination that would never have entered my mind.

i am almost finished knitting Justina! i am pretty excited. so far, it's looking good. keeping my fingers crossed that it will be a perfect fit.

the madness that is SXSW is in full swing. i tend to be more interested in the cool people that i meet who are attending the conference rather than the performers. last year i sat next to David Byrne at dinner and we had a pretty interesting conversation about music. today i had a conversation with film critic Elvis Mitchell about dreadlocks. he wanted to know if i had ever had them. i would have loved to have had a conversation with him about film, but it felt a bit weird, in a geeky fan sort of way, to acknowledge that i knew who he was.

getting back into it

is it really march already? i feel i've been sleeping through the past few months. hibernating, really.

during the breaks in my prolonged slumber, i have been diligently working on Justina. i've finished one of the big panels. and while it does have added waistband pieces, it looks really small to me. i don't really get the sizing of this skirt, but i'm trusting that it will all work out in the end. i am really eager to finish this and to start thinking about designing something for the summer. as many of you know, i'm not a big fan of summer knits. however, i've been thinking a lot about a really lightweight, jewel-toned,silk tank top. considering the gazillions of yarns available now i shouldn't have any trouble finding something that pleases me. any suggestions for a super shiny silk or silk blend yarn that's fingering or sport weight?

that's all i've got. enjoy le weekend!