Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Yarn Along

Joining in with Ginny over at Small Things for this week's yarn along. I had a bit of a knitting catastrophe this week when I tried Phoebe's birthday dress on her and it wouldn't fit over her head. At all. Like, not even close to fitting over her noggin. Bummer, right? After much debate of whether I should cut and sew, undo, or just give in and give up, I decided to go the undo route. So... I undid the trim, and re-did the trim, but this time much more loosely. And luckily, I saved it. It fits, and it didn't come unraveled. And it still looks cute. Phew. Other than my knitting mis-adventure, I haven't had too much time to knit this week as my mom is in town for a visit. I still have a bunch of stuff on the needles, but I currently am focused on this aardvark that I am knitting Phoebe for her birthday. Cute, right?
I am still reading Pride and Prejudice. I am enjoying it, but also feel that the formal writing style is making it rather slow-going. I also just started Eating Animals. I enjoy Foer's writing style, so I am pretty sure I am going to enjoy this one.
What are you reading and knitting?
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8 comments:

  1. GetrealmommyFebruary 22, 2012 at 9:38 AM

    Wait... Phoebes birthday? I feel like I was just reading your pregnancy posts!!! Cliche, but where does the time go? Geesh!

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  2. Jessica SnellFebruary 22, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    about Pride and Prejudice: have you tried an audio version? When I read "Emma", I found it really slow going. But when I listened to it, the pace seemed just perfect. I think Austen's books were written to be read aloud, frankly.

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  3. HurrayicFebruary 22, 2012 at 10:33 AM

    The aardvark is very sweet!

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  4. karenFebruary 22, 2012 at 12:16 PM

    I had that problem with knits for my son. I blame my tight bind off and his big head. I love the pup in the photo!!! Your knitting buddy right?

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  5. UnknownFebruary 22, 2012 at 12:49 PM

    l'm so jealous that you live in Portland. I'm in southern Oregon and my husband and I adore Portland. Luckily I get to be there this next month for a chess competition my son is in... and, it's during the Portland Yarn Crawl! I'm so excited.

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  6. Kim February 22, 2012 at 3:48 PM

    Oh my goodness love this aardvark, so cute. Glad to hear you were able to save the dress, always so hard when things don't work out as planned after all that work...been there.

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  7. angFebruary 22, 2012 at 4:29 PM

    Congrats on the reworking! I may have just passed out. ;)
    xo,
    Ang (peach coglo)

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  8. cpcableFebruary 23, 2012 at 9:13 PM

    Phew! So glad the dress worked out! It looked far too cute to just scrap. The aardvark is cute!

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