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Silky Chic Peplum~ed Pullover

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

OK here she is. Late. Not too late since its officially due August 1st and today is July 7th but I had planned on mailing it out say the 5th. Anyway I received bad father news yesterday and didn’t sit down to seam til oh 4 am. Haven’t been sleeping well and nothing puts one to sleep faster than mattress st. Woke up super early this morning to hear about London from a frantic mommy…. baby sis lives in the area and often spends time there. All is well and I hope all is well with our UK knitters and their families. Well I wish all were well with everybody but newscasts assure me thats not the case. Mid afternoon the phone rang again for Great grandma illness update. Depressing enough? To chear us up~ and lets face it soothing repetive motions such as knitting calm the most worried of minds~ the slightly askew FO:

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Knit on through all crisis, Elka quoting EZ duh

another FO

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

Last Friday I gave up on finding my chibis and purchased a new improved chibi. Instead of finishing the Silky Chic jobbie I completed the Point Five thingie. After seaming that baby up I sat down for the Silky Chic sewing up. Man how I hate seaming Silky Chic! I personally think all garments made out of eyelash yarn should be done in the round. I am so disliking seaming the Silky Chic I started on the Giotto sweater. I am giving myself until 5:59CST to sew up the last seam so that I can FedEx the first 3 sweaters sent to me outta here. I am a master procrastinator… Anyway here is the Point 5 cardigan again sized for a 4/5 year old. 4 balls people. 4! For a 4 year old. Well its not a lotta yarn but at $30 a pop its a lotta mulah. I was thinking on this last night BTW. $120 is a lot for a little 4 year old’s garment but then I have spent that much on shetland yarn for Ashley’s Reef. 
There is just some part of me that thinks months of knitting a shetland garment which will theoretically last for generations is worth the cash but a quickie project [done in @24hrs] that may not survive a wearing much less a washing isn’t. Still a frugal heart I guess…. OK enough tangents and on with the picture already:

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OK I am off to Memphis area this weekend so I wont be posting on Friday and probably not on Monday. I will try to show you the Silky Chic thingie tomorrow. BTW I do love the fabric produced by the yarn just not the knitting and seaming of the stuff…. Great yarny day and knitterly evening to all

 

And the Sun Slinked Away in Shame

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

Yesterday I went out to check for package at 12.30pm and instead of showing you what I got I played with yarn. First there are 3, three, 3 projects, not one, in the box. Some Graffiti, some Silky Chic, and some Point 5. I decide that the Silky Chic would be a decent middle project being lighter weight than the other two yarns. I touch the Graffiti and Point 5 and decide that I would rather work with the Point 5 so set that aside for last project. A girl needs some sorta reward for keeping on track. 23 Hours later~ and yes I sleep, eat, watch TV and care for my loved ones~ I am done with the first project. This yarn knits up that fast. Sized for a 4/5 yr old from the new Kiddie booklet:

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Thank the heavens my camara cannot capture this color. It is oh so bright. Actually your corneas can thank me and my poor photographic skills.

On to some Silky Chic…. great yarny day and knitterly evening to all

More Yarn Porn and Why I Don’t Get Involved With Schoolwork

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

Riddle me this:

It costs 75cents to go to the pool. You would like to take some friends to the pool. You have saved $9.75. How many friends can you take to the pool? While you think about the answer gratuitis yarn porn:

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Ah Tagliatti. From my Tagliatti dreams last year. No not last years yarn but my giftie to myself to fufill my Tagliatti Dreams. I asked for it last year and it finally arrived~ asked as in ordered. Just the thing to pick me up after the wretched last week.

OK have you thought hard on the riddle? The teacher says the answer is 13. Elka insists the answer is 12. Of course 9.75/75=13 but your not gonna pay for your friends to get in and have pool fun and watch from outside the gates are you? And the question said how many friends not how many people total including yourself. I live by the supposition that the reason a math problem is presented in word form is to be trickity instead of strait forward[9.75/13=? is straitforward] This is why my kid’s teachers either hate me or think I am a moron and its a miracle my kids know anything. I don’t know which sentiment it is but I am sure its one of those two.