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Heavily adapted but with the same zing as the original Socks For Mike (DH) in bluey Opal Beaded top in hemp Hemp yarn from House of Hemp in 'gosh', kingfisher blue / green. 
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Here's the address again: This is where you get the knitted breasts pattern from, and an idea of how to knit one, even if you can't get the pattern. I haven't been able to get hold of the suppliers either; scroll right down to the bottom of this archive - and if you go there, would you let me know if the font size is better on that archive than on this page? Thanks!: October 10 - 20 2004 It's my birthday tomorrow. I've never really set much store by it, but several friends of mine do seem to regard birthdays as important. Is this a childhood thing? Odd feeling, but I'll give it a whirl. What is one supposed to do, to make a birthday important? Clueless in Spithurst. The kittens have landed. Cleo and Phoebe. Picis later on, if I can find them somewhere (this house is very good for impossible-to-find hiding places) when they are not moving at break-neck speed. I don't know why I haven't blogged this by now. Maybe the general over-the-pond malaise is just too depressing. They (C and P) are supremely beautiful, climb vertical beams with gusto, and also legs, curtains and all other pieces of climbing material left lying around for their delight. They haven't learned about gravity yet, and can turn mid air and return to a leaping-off point, if they don't like the landing spot. Turning mid-air and finding a human to head for is also good sport, as humans tend to have soft surfaces suitable for sinking claws into. And thinking ahead hasn't really happened yet. They are litter tray trained and we haven't had any accidents yet. I haven't found any, anyway. And we often hear their empassioned scraping of the tray as they dig down to Oz. They also tend to exit the tray with a triumphant flourish, so it has had to be anchored securely, lest its contents be distributed around the bathroom. Too much information? They climb happily onto any lap available, assuming that everyone in the house is there to worship them. Aren't they? This causes delight to the many and sundry mates of our three as they trail in and out of the house in their droves. (I say 'droves', and sometimes it seems so, but they are really nice chaps and chapesses, VI form college and university students all, and when all three of ours turn up with a couple or three each, we enjoy it too, as well as being glad we have space). Jamtart is being supremely mature about the whole thing. She is happy to reside in the same room as C and P, as long as she is perched higher. She will also eat in the kitchen with them, albeit up on the kitchen top, and provided she gets some of their kitten food too, before they do. Etiquette must be observed. She hisses and swears occasionally, particularly when they are galloping straight for her without due care and attention to breaking or steering, but she complains much less now than when they first arrived a couple of days ago. She is obviously getting as much attention (and extra foody titbits) as the kittens - also from the visiting hordes, about which she is somewhat bemused. November 4th Lace I don't know, I just want to knit lace. Maybe it's all the deep, deep disapointment over what's happening over the pond. It's truly awful. Maybe lace will help. And maybe actually getting involved in the political process and not just hanging around until polling day, especially if it's in a foreign country, and hoping that the majority will show some maturity, wisdom, whatever. Sigh. Lace knitting probably won't do it. And if we hadn't given that religious bigot support over Irak, things would have been different. More sigh. Mike DH's birthday today. I got him a table saw and a chopping saw. He is playing happily in the barn. October 31st Patricia Roberts again Mary-Helen took up the PR thread again this week. It seems most of us knitters who saw the eighties in knitting mode have had a flirt with Pat Roberts (knitting) in one form or another. Her designs were and remain classy. I only discovered a few months ago that my friend Jane Hopkinson, who is a bag designer, made the strawberry bags to go with Sugar Plum and Fairy for Pat Roberts' London shop in the eighties. I own several of Jane's bags and my daughter has started a collection too. Softest leather, wildest colours and really weird shapes that drape around you. Drool. Pinky-lilac thing done. Am looking for something else to go with it. Have ordered some more knitting books from amazon. As if I haven't got enough for inspiration. I never use a pattern straight, as it is. The one I am looking forward to is The Ultimate Knitted T - not published yet, so not in this order. See - I have no intention to stop buying knitting books! One of the books on their way is Dazzling Knits by Patricia Werner. I get the impression she uses the same kind of ideas as Vivian Hoxbro and Horst (is it Horst?) Schulz. I'm always looking for different ways to use established techniques. One excellent book I have received recently is Eva Wiechmann's 'Pursenalities', instructions for some fine felted bags. (Should it be Weichmann? I am handicapped by my linguist background. The name is of German origin and would not be Wiechmann in that case - and I know how amazon can misspell authors' surnames with alacrity. They have misspellt mine on all my books they stock. Hey ho.) So what's happened to my font size? Has anyone noticed anything odd? October 27th So I haven't posted for a while ... that's because I am *still*, nay even *again* doing so much with the little time I have that civilized activities like blogging get left behind. This time it was another trade show for Jing Massage. Good fun was had by all and I lost my voice doing constant voice-overs for hot stone fusion and remedial massage demos. Knitting content Have started another pinky/lilac thing which belongs in the Top Secret category, using some super-soft hand-painted cotton. Got some baby needlecord in lilac to line it - can't say what it is - from ebay. |
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