Have you ever woken up on the wrong side of the bed? Such an odd phrase. And not exactly accurate but the closest I’ve got to work with. Yesterday I woke up not the least bit rested. Worse I felt creaky and old. My joints ached for heaven’s sake! It was horrid and I am glad yesterday is behind me.

I have hesitated showing you this project cause I am still wrestling with the instructions. Its the sweater I told you about last week that I had misgivings about…. the one I wanted the designers model to compare. Here is the loverly designers model:

This sweater is constructed in a slightly unusual manner. You begin by knitting 2 triangles and then join them working a chevron in center to push out the sides and fill in center so its no longer shirtail hemmed but strait hemmed. I am also working a different version–one with a shaped waist. Here is my sweater so far:

As you can see the bottom hem is still not strait and it is a bit nervewracking knitting thinking something is wrong. And the shaping? I am at underarm depth which seems a bit high waisted to me. Maybe its I’m old and saggy. Elka does not wear empire shaped thingies ;^>

Speaking of short waisted[as in next to none] I watched What not to Wear the other weekend. Stacey was giving advice and said something to the effect that we want to get as close to Barbie as we could-it being the female ideal. Which reminds me of[totally non knitting here] the fact that Barbie is now FAT. Yes fat not phatt. What you didnt’ know this already? After decades of promoting a female ideal impossible to obtain Mattel has put out the My Scene Barbie. I bought some. I actually reserved Madison for me since I rather like her. I think she looks latina. Anyway the point of all this Barbie talk is my kids won’t play with Barbie anymore. They stated quite emphatically that Barbie was fat and stood her next to the My Scenes, which are even more slender, as proof. Egads! At least the My Scenes are also less amply endowed up top so maybe the waifs can measure up without resorting to too much cosmetic surgery and becoming well known for it as well.

I think something is wrong with the pattern for Alchemy and am now waiting for the designer’s model to compare what I am getting to what she got. I am taking this time to putz around. To tide you over a shot of the knit up Lickety Split fabric:

By and by I think the yarn is impossible to capture on film. One thing my husband and I noticed when we started taking pictures for ebay was that multicolored yarn or a hodgepodge of different colored yarns seemed to confuse the camera. It really is very pretty. OK TTFN knitbuds.

I finished my tam last night. After washing it and placing it on a plate atop cup contraption I foolishly put it outside to dry. One of those romantic fresh air drying notions. How could I forget dew? Its soggity. OK soaked. So instead of the Midnight Tam FO to show today I have New Yarn. Not for me new yarn but work yarn. Lickety Split from Alchemy in Fire and Air colorway. I took 6 pictures and couldn’t quite capture the gorgeousness but here she is:

Underneath you see the pattern and beginnings of sweater. Stay tuned for exciting Lickety Split knit up shots. Til then…

A great yarny day to you