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Omega - is that another word for ohmigawd?
Here’s the thing…I’ve got my current KnS project
almost completed on the LK150 – ‘almost’ being the operative word – it’s
relative - the garment is almost
complete (a gansey-style pullover for the April ’13 issue – more about this at
another time, I promise), but the pattern writing is another story – 5 sizes
and all those stitch charts, what was I thinking?…it’s due next week and I have
to factor in postal time...I’ve got to finish up the pattern writing for the
October POM (Rectangles, see last post) and add the last details to the
techniques article for that one. And I was starting to feel the crunch of what
the heck am I doing for the third garment for the Fall ’12 POM???
In the back
of my mind, I want a hoodie – a nice one, mind you and I’ve got all sorts of
conflicting things to think about and consider – what yarn to use? I want something
special – what style? I’ve been favouring a raglan. Are people going to say, what,
another hoodie (maybe that was just for kids)? But then I haven’t done one for
the standard gauge for a while and not in the ‘Serial Stuff’ stuff…
While I was doing my Jillian workout this morning, it hit
me (I had a hard time finishing up and to be honest, I blew through the cool-down--let
me say, I’m doing my workout, staring at my shelves of yarn, between the
huffing and puffing…)…
I’ve seen virtually everyone in town wearing a ‘Lululemon’
(google it if you have to) hoodie – I feel like I’m the only one who doesn’t have one – on girls and women
of all ages, and my friends tell me of people they know who have several – I’ve
only looked at them on the ‘net – they start at $125 and I can’t justify that
You may know I do have this affinity for WCD (wool crepe deluxe) – a hoodie will take a
considerable amount – most WCD cones currently
are in the 18-19 oz/550g range and I feel that is probably not enough (get real,
MA, you KNOW it’s not enough!) and that's when it hit me – I have a bunch of part
cones that aren’t enough for too much of anything – how many camis can I think
I’ll need/knit? One of my pet peeves is a two-colour garment that looks like
they ran out of yarn or were trying to use up leftovers, so I don’t want that
effect and I’m not totally sold on the ‘new’ colour-blocking thing…
So, I’m not trying
to duplicate the ‘omega’ symbol that is the ‘Lululemon’ motif, but by making
the raglan sleeve into a type of saddle-shoulder…well, you’ll just have to
check back soon for developments!
I’m going to Germantown, WI to do a one-day workshop on October 20 –
OMG!!
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