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bibi
bibi is a short sleeved, yoke sweater that is knit in the round.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Sizes: XS (to fit 32”), S (to fit 34”), M (to fit 36”), L (to fit 38”), XL (to fit 40”), 2XL (to fit 42”), 3XL (to fit 44”)
Yarn Requirements: 5 (5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7) skeins of Noro Matsuri, Color 7 or 700 (745, 795, 850, 900, 955, 1015) yards of dk weight yarn.
Gauge: 22 sts / 32 rows to 4 inches
pdf file will be delivered by email within 24 hours of receipt of payment.
$6.00
fashion moves so quickly these days that it's difficult to keep track of which era is currently being revised and revamped by designers. it's mind-boggling really. i love the aesthetics of the late 60's to mid 70's - from music to fashion to design to film. lately, i've been in a mid 70's upscale hippie with a touch of prep, sort of mood - Tory Burch, vintage Lilly Pulitzer, and Lacoste. these looks remind me of some of my favorite film heroines of the 70's - Ali Macgraw, Gena Rowlands, Julie Christie. it's a look that has always felt pretty comfortable for me. i have recently returned to an abandoned project that definitely brings back that bohemian, chic feeling. it's Wings from Rowan Magazine #36. if you've been reading this blog for a while then you know that this is the project that i pull out every summer when i have nothing else to knit. however, i have fallen in love with this design all over again and i would really like to have it completed by the fall. part of my reluctance, is that i seem to have a bit of an intarsia problem. it never seems to turn out quite right and it always seems a bit small. i've done everything i can to remedy the problem, but i'm not entirely convinced that i've solved it. i'll be so disappointed if this sweater isn't pretty damned close to perfect. i don't know if i can bear it... at any rate, at least for now, i am determined to persevere.
speaking of butterflies, i recently watched Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and The Butterfly. Schnabel, who also directed Basquiat and Before Night Falls, is one of my favorite directors, so i knew i wouldn't be disappointed. it's the story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, author of the book by the same name. from Wikipedia:
Jean-Dominique Bauby (April 23, 1952 – March 9, 1997) was a well-known French journalist and author and editor of the French fashion magazine ELLE.
On December 8, 1995 at the age of 43, Bauby suffered a massive stroke. When he woke up twenty days later, he found he was entirely speechless; he could only blink his left eyelid. This rare condition is called Locked-in Syndrome, a condition wherein the mental faculties are intact but the entire body is paralyzed.
Despite his condition, he wrote the book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by blinking when the correct letter was reached by a person slowly reciting the alphabet over and over again. Bauby had to compose and edit the book entirely in his head, and convey it one letter at a time. To make dictation more efficient, Bauby had his interlocutor read from a special alphabet which consisted of the letters ordered in accordance with their frequency in the French language. The book was published in France in 1997. Bauby died just ten days later of pneumonia.
for some time, i put off watching this because i didn't know if i couldn't handle it. the film wasn't nearly as sad as you might think. in fact, it was quite beautiful and, at times, very funny. i loved every minute of it. now that the television season has slowed down. i'm watching more films. this weekend i watched The Pied Piper of Hutzovina, a documentary about Eugene Hutz from the band Gogol Bordello. he's a pretty fascinating person. in addition to being a really talented musician, he's also a fantastic actor! check him out in Everything Is Illuminated.
i'm really excited that So You Think You Can Dance is back. i totally clear my schedule on wednesday and thursday evenings so that i can watch it live. for me, it's a thousand times more entertaining than American Idol. i guess i'll watch the season premiere of Weeds tonight. i wasn't that crazy about the last season, so we'll see. what i'm really looking forward to is the season premiere of Mad Men next month!
pattern will be available in late june.
