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NYE: Up at all hours

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Tue, 2008-01-01 17:22 — grandcarriage

I saw the new year in and then some: Knitted until 6 am...Thank goodness for Toby Stephens in Jane Eyre on PBS...

I am "this close" to finishing a "reimagined" sweater: It's a brushed Peruvian wool raglan pullover. Kind of scratchy (there was a lot of debris in the handspun wool... I spent a day picking it out). It fitted badly, but something about it's ruggedness really appealed to me, AND the fact that the yarn is kind of bulletproof: Not the usual cheap Peruvian sweater that falls apart as soon as you look at it.

I've steaked the front, put in a zip, opened up the armpits and put in gussets, removed the collar and put in a hoodie, put in a blind hemline (my trademark... no visible ribbing but nice and fitted at the bottom).
I will probably put in a thin fleece lining and use it as a prototype for a line of knitted fall jackets. I TOTALLY love it.

Pictures to soon follow.

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Wed, 2008-01-02 21:33 — Luke

Eagerly awaiting pics of

Eagerly awaiting pics of this. Sounds amazing and what a way to bring in the New Year.

Luke

Wed, 2008-01-02 15:41 — Tortielover

Oh dear! Only 00.20 saw me

Oh dear! Only 00.20 saw me put away my knitting and go to bed...

Wed, 2008-01-02 04:58 — MMario
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Good Lord - wouldn't it have

Good Lord - wouldn't it have been easier to just knit the damn thing from scratch?

I didn't even come close to seeing in the New Year - went to bed early - slept late.
MMario - ambiguity is cultivated, it doesn't happen in a vacuum!

Wed, 2008-01-02 15:45 — grandcarriage
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It's going to be a prototype

It's going to be a prototype for some jackets I'm designing for a fall/winter 08 collection. I'm really psyched. It looks and feels GREAT!

I like trying out my ideas by reworking/tailoring garments I've found at thriftstores...It saves time and materials...Then, if I like how the idea turns out, I write up a pattern and go from there...

Wed, 2008-01-02 18:53 — MMario
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Makes sense to me! MMario

Makes sense to me!

MMario - ambiguity is cultivated, it doesn't happen in a vacuum!

Wed, 2008-01-02 01:23 — BuduR
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I've been sick, and the

I've been sick, and the medicine I'm taking knocks me out. The kids woke me up at 2 minutes to midnight. I stayed awake long enough to say yay. and went right back to bed.

MWK's Token Estrogen-American

Tue, 2008-01-01 23:10 — purlyman
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I wasn't up knitting...

I wasn't up knitting... didn't even make it to midnight. But we were watching Jane Eyre!!

Tue, 2008-01-01 18:43 — albert
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Bob, What is a blind

Bob,

What is a blind hemline?

Wed, 2008-01-02 15:49 — grandcarriage
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You know how when you put

You know how when you put ribbing at the bottom of a garment, it snugs up to the body, making the rest of the fabric above it blouse out?
A blind hemline or ribbing, is a cuff that's designed to be turned under, so it still snugs to the body and blocks drafts, but leaves a clean hem edge in the mainbody fabric. I'll post a detail picture when the garment is done.

Wed, 2008-01-02 16:02 — albert
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Thanks, look forward to the

Thanks, look forward to the picture.

Tue, 2008-01-01 17:57 — V
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Great! Can't wait to see the

Great! Can't wait to see the pictures.

Tue, 2008-01-01 17:49 — ManMadeKnits
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Hey! I was up until 5am

Hey! I was up until 5am knitting, too!