4/27/2005
I have roughly 3 inches to go until I’m to the arm holes and will switch to the second ball of yarn after one more round. I’m, afraid a picture at this point does not look significantly different than Monday’s. So, I bring you a detail shot of the lace edging at the bottom. The gals at SnB said it looked like it was going to be nice, but they didn’t know how nice until they saw it in person. So, while not all of you can see it in person, this is the next best thing, yes? This is with a light and quick steam with the garment steamer. I didn’t take it off the needles and pin it or anything, so it is still curling ever so slightly in this photo.
Oh, and the ever so talented with words, Jessica, had a very eloquent description and name suggestion in Monday’s comment….
In my mind mix the words, “sky” and “Minnesota” then suddenly all the images of nature disappear and I see clearly - Minneapolis skyways connecting building to building, air conditioned on a humid midwestern day. Walking within, the city girl nearly humble, nearly haughty, striding surely to some excitement, wearing a luxurious lacy scoop tank the color of the blue sky above the skyscrapers.
A name suggestion, from this Milwaukee born Midwesterner, is “Skyway Scoop”.
I love her description! It doesn’t have a specific location in the name, but that extra syllable seems to fix how the name rolls of the tongue. It’s still a working title, but I think I shall dub it “Skyway Scoop” for the time being. Thanks Jessica!
And lastly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ashley! I hope it was a memorable one!
4/25/2005
I was a faithful knitter this weekend worked pretty exclusively on the tank top/shell design. I’m half-way through the straight section of the waist and will soon begin the increases. That’s about half-way to the arm hole shaping! And, I have a little over 1/2 of the first ball of yarn left so I will definitely have enough yarn :-)
One of the lakes near the house I grew up in was called Wagonga (though for most of my life it seemed most people pronounced it as Waconda ????). I’m contemplating that name. Thoughts?
I did take a little bit of time this weekend to frog and re-do the first 15 rows of Shaped Triangle. But, I suspect it’ll be mostly on the back burner until I wrap up this tank/shell design project.
Once again, it’s SnB night! If you are in the area, please join us at Catalyst Coffee from 6-8pm.
4/24/2005
I don’t like Skye Scoop - the name that is. Nor do I feel comfortable with Dallas Skye since I’m not the maker/seller of the yarn nor am I affiliated with the maker/seller other than being a fan of her dye jobs.
But, I seem to be stuck on the whole sky theme. . . Though, it does also remind me of the nice blue lakes back home in Minnesota. . .
Photo by Amber Schueler
However, that lake and all the ones that I frequented have icky names, so I can’t go from those…
Foot Lake, Big Kandiyohi, Lake George - see!?!?!?
But, I certainly have a history of using geographical locations for names and wouldn’t mind keeping that going.
HELP!?!?!?!????
4/22/2005
Yesterday I cast on and knit the first four rounds of Skye Scoop (or should I call it Dallas Skye?), a shell that will coordinate with my future re-knit Clapotis… It has a slightly squared scoop neck and slight waist shaping. It is knit in a solid color of Textiles-a-Mano‘s “Dallas” cotton/rayon ribbon yarn and features a simple but elegant lace bottom, knit in the round.
I’m hoping it will fly off the needles pretty quickly at 4.5 sts/in and 6 rows/in. But, we’ll see. There are lot of other factors in how fast I can complete it.
Feel free to ring in on the name. I’m not settled just yet…
