I finished my flower for the Flowerswap! Introducing…
my very good friend, who will remain nameless on account of being quite internet shy-
(and sweetie, you don’t need to worry about being recognized, because when Nate came home and saw the picture on the monitor, he thought it was me).
Isn’t she lovely? And how ’bout that pin disguised as a hairclip? (It isn’t quite as humongous as it appears). My Flowerswap partner lives in Hawaii, and while the flower itself isn’t overly tropical, I felt that I’d show it to you in such a way that would maintain the spirit of where it’s headed! Quite frankly, I wish that I was heading there this week as well. But even though I am not, I’ve caught the flower knitting bug. This one came together very quickly. I want some. In fact, I want many, to wear in my hair. Not Hawaiian style, as my beautiful friend displays, but on the back of my head, under the bun that seems to now permanently reside there. Also, I think these flowers would be an excellent birthday present alternative to the Best Friend Dolls that always seem to take an entire week to complete. Yes, I think I’m going to keep an eye out for good flower yarns now.
I know, there was more to the title of this entry than just flowers. I’ve been working on Lauralund again. The front is blocking under my piano right now. I don’t have a picture of that for you, mainly because it looks identical to the photo I showed you recently of blocking the back. I’ve begun the first sleeve, having no clue how this is going to turn out. It is completely made up, other than imitating the basic construction of the original Klaralund. The sizing, the stitch patterns, the yarn weight… I am not experienced enough to be doing this. I take comfort in the fact that it is a simply constructed sweater, but I’ve never knit a sweater for ME before. Adds to the excitement I guess.
Finally, the stomach flu. Yes, Abby has it. I’m guessing it’s only a matter of time before it works its way around the household. Right now, I am feeling very grateful that 85 pound, adolescent golden retrievers don’t catch human stomach bugs. I just don’t think I could handle that.
December 20th, 2004 at 2:37 am
Ugh! I hope both you and Abby feel better soon! Really soon! And the flower is lovely; I’m sure the lady in Hawii will love it. (not that i can spell.)
and your oh-so-shy friend…is that (Omitted)?
hee!
December 20th, 2004 at 4:26 am
You are a stinker. And, yes.
December 20th, 2004 at 11:29 am
Tell _____ she makes a great model and has no reason at all to be shy! I knew instantly who it was and I darned near let the bee out of the bonnet as I looked at your site this AM and am posting this evening and forget she wanted to be one-whose-name-is-not-spoken. Nate’s silly! He really thought it was you??!! Goofball! Anyway, the flower is very, very pretty!!!
Good luck on the sweater sleeve and thanks for the warning about visiting your house. Hope you are all fine and well by Friday!!!
December 20th, 2004 at 5:31 pm
My sympathies are with you. I’m sick too but not with a stomach flu.
Your flower is absolutely gorgeous!
December 22nd, 2004 at 2:50 pm
I love that flower! So pretty… Did you make up your own pattern? I would love to know the details…
December 24th, 2004 at 3:12 am
I did make it up. Basically, I cast on six stitches, increased at each edge of every other row until I had twelve stitches. Knit four rows, started decreasing at each edge of every other row until I had one stitch left. I think that’s all I did. Then I sewed them together to make them stable. The leaf was garter stitch. I just cast on a bunch, and once it reached the edge of the flower, I started decreasing.