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This is one of those posts where I wave away any questioning looks with vague excuses for my lack of blog-presence.
Now, let it be known that Omar is just lazy, he has fine progress on Via Diagonale and moreso on his garter entrelac scarf, and he's an able-bodied young lad who is going to go out soon to get his ailing darling Trader Joe's Hot and Sour Soup and cinnamon pita chips. So remember, he's a good man, just not a good blogger.
The ailing darling feels almost too crappy to be called darling (although my hair is doing very endearing rumpled orphan-waif spikes). I've had a lingering cold that has lately manifested in unstoppable ear aches and canker sores.
But, dear reader, do not that I have forsaken the wonderful world of fiber all together. Nay, I have actually completed my second adult-sized sweater for moi, which I like much, much better than the first (*spit* Kyoto *spit*). Not only that, but my own traditional stockinette entrelac neckwarmer is done, has debuted at knitting group, and both are finished with fetching vintage buttons.
But really, despite my desire to a. Prove that I did entrelac before the hot guy's design on Knitty made entrelac cool and b. photograph my new orange wrap sweater -- I feel like crap. I don't know where our camera is. I don't want to document my chapped lips and sunken eyes.
So you're just going to have to wait. I know this is very hard for all of you, since there are so few knitting blogs to sate your desire for vicarious yarngasms.
December is for Christmas projects. I am going to make my mother a seaman's cap in Malabrigo, and my father some rugged man fingerless gloves out of Omar's leftover Donegal Tweed from the Irish Creel. I will be using the i-cord finger technique to avoid a repeat of last year's hell involving size 2s and Dale Baby Ull in charcoal.
Not only that, but I am very excited to be doing some crochet amigurumi dolls from Roxycraft's brilliant patterns. I am finally starting to "get" crochet and I am glad that I am open to both crafts, as I think they are great compliments to each other. I really like the sculptural effects you can create with crochet. Plus I finally realized that I had been trying to crochet with cotton and acrylic for so long--when I finally used wool I was pleasantly surprised at how much more even and firm my stitches were.