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July 20, 2005
I can only imagine the disappointment of those people who searched for "pierced nipples" and got a knitting blog.
Last night I kicked ass at knitting that bikini bottom. I started with about an inch and a half of the front knitted (see, how the pattern is set up is you knit the front from the top down, then the crotch panel, and then the back from the bottom up, and put it all together) and now I'm just about to start the increases to make the back. Yep: the crotch is complete. Eliza will be happy. I wonder if my site will get as many hits off of the word "crotch" as it has for "slutty bikini." We can only hope.
Hopefully I'll have it ready for Eliza to try on when she gets here Saturday and I can finish it up by the time she leaves.
The only thing I still really want to do, once it's all knitted, is try and line it a little. You know- yarn, holes, indecency. Plus pierced nipples. Equals I should probably line the bikini for her. Do you all now have too much information about my sister? Sorry, Eliza.
I'm not exactly sure how to go about lining it; I've never lined anything I've knitted before. Any suggestions?
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July 19, 2005
Works in progress
I don't want my sister, Eliza, to feel like I'm neglecting her bikini any more than any of my other knitting projects. I even brought the bikini bottoms to NYC this weekend so I could work on them (they stayed in the car the whole time, but still!). I really did intend to do some work on them last night (she's coming to visit this weekend and I'm going to be in so much trouble), but they were still in the car...
Anyway, just to show that I have been slacking on all my knitting projects, not just this one, I present Works in Progress:
Short-sleeve sweater, started Fall 2003
Here's a close up of the pattern. Complicated! Lots of counting! I'm scared to go back!
Striped knee socks, started Fall/Winter 2004. Intended as a Christmas present:
More Christmas presents. Mittens (2 different pairs), Winter 2004.
The bikini is at the top of my list. I may even try to take it out of the car before Dave heads to SFH practice tonight. Who knows? I could do a couple rows before Eliza gets here...
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July 11, 2005
Knitting Machine, take two
Dave and I returned to MassMoCA this weekend. We were mostly going to check out the exhibits we didn't get to last time, and we also stopped in at the Willams College Museum of Art. I definitely recommend including that museum in your next trip out to that area; they have a nice, small collection and only ask for a donation at the door.
Anyway, here's a much nicer picture of the knitting machine, which had finished it's project at this time:
I was pleasantly surprised to see the flag still haning outside on the needles; I fully expected it to have been folded up and placed inside. Anyway, with the two rows I completed on Eliza's bikini last week, Dave Cole is way ahead of me.
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July 05, 2005
Knitting Machine
Here is the fuzziest, crappiest picture I could possibly have taken when Dave and I saw the knitting machine at MassMoCA this weekend.
Yep. I charged the camera batteries and everything and what did I do? I left the camera at home and was forced to use my cell phone to take this picture. Well, Dave thought it was kind of boring, but I definitely enjoyed seeing the three very slow stitches we saw in the ten or so minutes we were outside. As you can see in the photo (or maybe not), there are these two construction vehicles with giant knitting needles attached. The one on the right pretty much stays stationary while the one on the left is maneuvered through the stitch. Then the guy in the hard hat will carry the "yarn" up over the needle and slide the old stitch off. Not bad! Inside there were a few more pieces by Dave Cole and a display of knitting needles throughout different American wars. It was neat. The American flag that was being knitted by the machine is supposed to have been finished now and will be on display in the museum.
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