[...] Just before my grandmother died last year, I went to visit her. On the way, I started to get into knitting, more seriously than I had just when I’d made my first scarf. I started on a pattern from Rowan called “Shells,” out of the “Cotton Tape Collection” book of patterns. It’s in Shadow, a now-discontinued but FABULOUS yarn that looks green in sunlight, but brown inside. (Must be due to some fluorescent pigment — anyone know if any other yarns have this effect now that Rowan doesn’t do this one anymore?) [...]
Oooo! Bad ass! How have you been, My friend?
xaemyl | 11 11 2003Oooo! Bad ass!
How have you been, My friend?
Looks great. I'm digging the funky textures.
sporadicity | 11 11 2003Looks great. I’m digging the funky textures.
nice!
dargit | 11 11 2003nice!
Dude, I TOTALLY wanna learn how to do that shizzle.
mindslide | 11 11 2003Dude, I TOTALLY wanna learn how to do that shizzle.
I knew how to stitch once.. long long ago when
glue | 11 11 2003I knew how to stitch once.. long long ago when I was about 12. Just another one of manly traits!
Oooh, neat, very elveny! :)
mariarider | 12 11 2003Oooh, neat, very elveny! :)
[...] Just before my grandmother died last year, I went
An Atypical Life » Blog Archive » shells, side 1 | 15 10 2005[...] Just before my grandmother died last year, I went to visit her. On the way, I started to get into knitting, more seriously than I had just when I’d made my first scarf. I started on a pattern from Rowan called “Shells,” out of the “Cotton Tape Collection” book of patterns. It’s in Shadow, a now-discontinued but FABULOUS yarn that looks green in sunlight, but brown inside. (Must be due to some fluorescent pigment — anyone know if any other yarns have this effect now that Rowan doesn’t do this one anymore?) [...]