Month: July 2007

  • a little bit blue

    vintage blue cardigan, done

    Finally, an FO photo of this one.

    Vintage “Pink” Cardigan
    Pattern: Interweave Knits, Spring 2005, by Norah Gaughan
    Yarn: Rowan Wool Cotton, 9 skeins
    Vintage mother of pearl buttons from ebay

    A loooong time coming. The buttons kept popping out of the holes so I decided to just sew them in, starting at the top – once I got a little ways in, I decided that I since I usually wear cardigans at least partly open, I’d leave the rest. I kinda like how it looks buttoned only at the top! I split the yarn and used two plies to sew the buttons on with.

    I really love the front edging, but the cabled edge does roll a bit. Needs another blocking, maybe. The buttons are vintage, from some ebay seller that Alexandra told me about – I love them, but they’re a bit too small and thin for this particular sweater; hence, the popping out of the buttonholes.

    vintage blue cardigan

    I really, really like this yarn. It’s awesome – light and comfortable, stretchy, lots of yardage. I’d definitely use it again. I think I got this bag from Jeanette on ebay for a good price.

    Thanks for all the condolences on the loss of my bike. I did file a police report but of course, I don’t expect to get my bike back or anything. It turns out that the guy actually abandoned his own bike in front of my house! The good part of the police actually coming to the house (rather than over the phone) was that they could take that away. It was probably stolen, anyway.

    Here’s a photo of me and my bike (and my turtleneck shrug) from last year.

    my bike

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  • fuck.

    Some asshole stole my fucking bike.

    Now, in Toronto, this is not such an uncommon thing; most people have a few bikes stolen in their cycling careers. The thing that makes this different? They stole it from INSIDE MY GARAGE, in a suburban neighbourhood with quite a quiet street.

    The garage is a double, but with two separate doors, of which only one was open. In front of the garage are two minivans, parked a bit close to together (can’t ride down between them). The bike was at the back of the garage wedged in behind a stack of chairs with additional stuff piled on. There is lots of other stuff in the garage which was not touched.

    Just my bike.

    I accidentally left the garage open after coming home from gardening today; I opened it to put stuff in, then had to take some stuff around to the front door and went inside the house that way, forgetting to close the garage – I’m usually very very good about closing it (as in, I can’t remember ever forgetting). I remembered and closed the garage door a few hours later without noticing anything. As I was tidying up to get ready for bed, I opened the door to the garage (from inside the house) to check it, and looked down the stairs to think…huh. Something’s wrong here. Went down and looked around….my bike was gone. Nothing else.

    It wasn’t a very expensive or fancy bike, but I really liked it. And it was barely used, really – I got it last summer.

    At least I got a good 30k ride out of it on Friday.

    Fuck. I don’t get people.

  • one sexy knit

    lace nightie, done

    “Lace Nightie”

    Pattern from Interweave Knits (web pattern), available here, size 29″. (yay negative ease)
    Yarn: Alchemy Silken Straw in “Scarlett’s Dark Secret”, 2 skeins (with significant leftovers), 100% silk.
    Needles: 3.5 mm

    Finally done (okay, it was actually pretty fast). It is SO not a nightie, but I love it! It goes well over a cami for a bit of a dress up without heaviness – it only weighs maybe 60 grams. My row gauge must have been pretty off – I lengthened the body by another pattern repeat before the back bind offs, and it’s still not nearly so long as the one in Interweave’s photo.

    lace nightie, again

    On the Silken Straw: a wee bit tricky to knit with, because it is not a plied yarn. Instead, it’s just a bunch of threads held together with a sizing. It’s pretty easy to not catch all the threads, especially in the lace pattern, but once you get used to it, everything goes pretty smoothly. The skeins are quite large – I have maybe a little less than half a skein left!

    Before blocking, the top was all scrunched up and also? tiny looking. But a good soak, a nice stretch out and although it still only measures 30″ at the bust (I’m 35″) it stretches nicely. The fact that it has such a low back probably contributes to that! The fabric is sooooo nice after blocking – crisp, but very smooth and drapey.

    lace nightie, back

    More, and flat, photos at my flickr. Did I mention I love it?

    Happy Canada Day!