12.30.2003

stuff i'm currently working on:
i have many projects going on in my head which i'm sure has attributed to my faux add. (see i don't really have add, just a short attention span as a result of the over abundant amount of choices facing me on a daily basis as an average american--ha ha, see, not my fault) anyways, i'm currently designing a shoulder cozy similar to glampyre's except different yarn (black katia mohair blend--one of my favorites) and a different design (cuz i'm not using circulars on this).

picture of glampyres shoulder cozy:



second project:

stitch n bitch's "pippi kneestockings" socks on (guess what) CIRCULAR NEEDLES!!!! no frickin way? yep i'm going to give them a stab (no pun intended) i'll be once again using my own yarn and designing them based on stitch n bitch's knee socks. lemme see if i can find a picture:



wow, that came straight from the designer's blog, her name is theresa v. stenrsen. mine will of course be different cuz they won't be all stripy, i just had to use her pattern as a base because it's the only KNEESOCKS pattern i could find in a short amount of time. see i love kneesocks and i don't see how one could waste their time knitting those dinky little socks. if they don't come to the knee then i don't wear them. These are the infamous $62-not even frickin cashmere socks. $ spent on socks and supplies

in case you haven't noticed, i'm very opinionated and also very WILD!!!! i hate using the yarn recommended, which is why i probably need to buy the book "knit it your way" by cynthia yanouk wise--and wise she is!!!

all this wildness stems from being a clothing designer. yep, that's my real live adult day job, so i'm pretty wild in thinking that i can design my own knitwear with whatever yarn i want to. I'm going to be referencing the vogue ultimate knitting book and keeping gauge issues in the forefront and knitting swatches for EVERYTHING.

and my last project for now will be:

the uber snobbish "cape mod" poncho in the stitch n bitch book by melissa lim. she's an AWESOME designer



o.k. oh my gosh gotta go, gotta get busy on all this stuffins.

hi, my name is
nichole and i'm a knitaholic. i spent roughly 6 hours in the lys today (hey it was my first time visiting...) broken up by an appointment for accupuncture, and $62.00 on stuff for a pair of SOCKS!!! and they ain't even cashmere socks. my girlfriend thinks that i may have a problem and that i need an intervention. i would tend to agree. all i can say is "hey, at least i ain't spendin it on cigarettes anymore" o right! ... yeah, i know... queen of d nile.

12.27.2003

keep those things away from me :)
lastnight, a girl from the seattle stitch n bitch and i got together and knitted in a pool hall/bowling alley. we had some laughs and she taught me about circulars and i kept shuddering at the though of using them.

she showed me some angora and wool she got HUGE quanities of for about $20 at stitches west. it was soooooooooooooo soft! .looks like i'm going to have to go. i'm a huge fan of natural fibers. this comes from being trained in fibers at fashion design school. i used to be a total polyester whore because i was a dancer and that was most comfortable, WHAT WAS I THINKING? there's nothing more comfortable than natural fibers. it breathes! I told her that if i had some angora like that, i'd probably make some boyshorts. she laughed at me. we had fun. then i took her to a dance place that plays world beats mixed with drum & bass and she was excited to discover a place like that. she loved it. i tried to knit in there too, but it was WAY too dark and i couldn't do it. i told her we're going to have to bring our own lamp to these dark bars so we can knit. hee hee

the waitress at the bowling ally kept walking by us and saying things like "you guys are having a stitch n bitch" she had obviously read the book, it was great.

12.23.2003

faster than a speeding bullet
Trisha's scarf is done. We bought this smoked turkey in the mail from Texas and I hope her scarf doesn't smell too much like smoke because that thing smells very strong. I'm going to have to toss the box and bag it came in because it's smelling up my whole house. I'm going to have to wrap up all my precious (yarn) (yea, gollum) so it doesn't take on christmas turkey smoke smell.

Anyways, her scarf came out beautiful and expensive looking :).

scarf gives girl power
I'm knitting one more of my super expensive looking scarves for Trisha for Christmas. I already bought her a christmas present, but as i said, i'm obscessed with knitting. so i feel she really needs one of my expensive looking scarves. Really i just want all the girls in the group to have one so it can be like our trademark. Hers is dark red, like a maroon color.

oh, i forgot to state that our scarves are of mohair (blend). It's super lucious and very expensive looking-did i mention? ha ha

i will have u, yes i will have u, i will finda way and i will have u
i'm obscessed with knitting. as my first project, i've done two scarves so far. one for me and one for kelly. they're exactly the same except mine is pink and super long and hers is white and almost super long, they both have tassles. i'll post pics soon. i think it came out spectacularly expensive looking and i'm very proud. i'm thinking of submitting them on knitty cuz i'd love to see them in lights. hee hee