March 14, 2006

It's SPRING BREAK!! ....more like Spring-work-my-butt-off-break :( Remember I had mentioned knitting the snowflake sweater to wear on my fabulous Spring Break skiing getaway? I had to choose between 1. spending lotsa money or 2. staying and working (on the job and DOG-SITTING!) and of course being the poor college-kid that I am, I chose the latter. It would have been so nice to take a vacation, but who am I kidding? I have sooo much work to do in the studio and besides, I really need to save up for CHICAGO! Wahoo! A group of studio buddies and I are headed that way for a week in May for an art conference :D Anyway...

So you know I can get a smidge overzealous when it comes to starting projects right? Well, it was getting to the point of craziness, so I reached into my bin of UFOs and pulled out a couple projects that I had completely forgotten about. The great thing is that the majority of them are 85%-99%  completed! A little knitting time, and voila, a brand new FO! Instant gratification!

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pretty curves...what could it be?

Here's one i started while I was home in San Diego over Christmas. I actually finished 75% of it while I was there, but  never got around to blogging about it! It's knitted with a beautiful and dreamy wool-cotton-nylon(i think) yarn from Joann's new Bellezza collection.

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mmm, so soft, especially after working w/ Paton's classic wool (which is soft-ish, but has nothing on this stuff!) Any guesses as to what this mystery project could be? ;)

The Rebbecca eyelet sweater was temporarily abandoned in my fair-isle frenzy...but now this baby is finally getting some sleeves!

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mmm, yummy merino!

I'm DONE DONE DONE with the snowflake sweater!! I'm waiting on posting because I've yet to block it (and oh my, does it need a blocking!) But this hasn't stopped me from wearing it everywhere! I ABSOLUTELY love it! It is by far my favorite thing I've ever knit, and frankly I'm pretty darn proud of myself ;) Be sure to swing by soon to check it out!