If one could be said to have a Split Knitting Personality, I am GUILTY! The cool thing is that it goes right along with the Split Weather Personality of CHICAGO these days – one day is very cool and rainy – then the next, is tropically TORCHED! My dilemma? I can’t stand to touch WOOL right now… So off the Chopping Block of WIPs comes the Fern sweater. AND, in it’s place goes: I’ve had a bag and a half of Rowan All Seasons Cotton (my very favorite yarn) languishing in the Stash Palace for quite awhile. I was clueless as to what to make from it – the original idea died a lingering death and vaporized some time last year or thereabouts… But I love this yarn’s subtle varieagation – Grey on Grey – and saw a Utility Sweater in my FUTURE! Now that Rapunzel and Wavy Bulb are history, I’m set on the FANCY PANTS Front for quite awhile and can make some WORK CLOTHES! YES! I work for a living – 50-60 hours a week on my regular photojournalist gig. And I need clothes – cool clothes – I am caught in an endless round of T-shirts and GASP, Parkas and my head is just reeling with the threat of another Autumn looking like a UPS Delivery Guy. OH WAIT – I just bought this activewear jacket to work in because it WOULD make me look like… Anyways, in a fit of extreme energy, I pulled out my freshly acquired knitting machine (similar to the one in this auction) this weekend and whipped out most of the body parts of this sweater. Then begins the hand finishing – which for this garment is fat, chunky ribbing on all the edges. It has a wide scoop neck, with deep ribbing on the bottom and less deep ribbing on the trim. Just the Saucy Sassy Cardi that BUSTS the Parka/Tshirt tyranny! Can you see the mistake with this piece? Ahhh, the power of cheese, the photos never lie! I’m going to have to RIPPIT! Hey Froggy, once again I’m following your mantra!
Scoop du Jour! Machine knit fronts – one with hand ribbed edgings
Scoop du Jour!
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Monday, August 30, 2004
Ummmm, apparently not… Witness those wonky GAP ads that aired for the first time during the MTV Music Video Awards – I adore SJP, her style (this woman would look FABULOUS in a black plastic trash bag) but a Super What the —??? from the Gothamist: “The Gap’s fall campaign is centered around SJP’s customization of GAP jeans: On one pair, she added a velvet ribbon sewn down the legs to imitate tuxedo pants. Another one of her customized looks features jeans cut just below the knee and enhanced with a ribbon bow at the hemline… “For the love of God, Gothamist does love being able to customize crap, but we fear people getting the wrong idea about Gap clothing – it’s about conformity!” Did you know: “Some of Sarah’s finishing touches 
Monday Morning Mirth
Carrie: “So many roads, so many detours. So many choices, so many mistakes. As we drive along this road called life, occassionally, a gal will find herself a little lost and when that happens, I guess she has to let go of the coulda, shoulda, woulda, buckle up and just keep going. As we speed along this endless road to destination called ‘who we hope to be’ I can’t help but whine — Are we there yet?”
Mystery Protest
from the NYTimes (Sept 1): “Roughly an hour later, dozens of officers responded to an obscure corner near the exchange at South William Street and Mill Lane, where protesters had stretched a ball of yarn across the street.
Within minutes, 14 young people sat handcuffed and seated with their backs to a wall near the short pedestrian mall, surrounded by three or four times as many police officers. Several balls of red and yellow yarn were strewn about the street, and a boom box sat nearby with a sign on a bedsheet reading “Celebrate the Power of Money.” One of the protesters wore a pinstriped suit and a beret.
the Great American SHOUTout!
Al Franken organizes a bemusing PARTY
Celebrity RNC
“THE dearth of A-list celebrities attending the Republican National Convention has unleashed a bevy of B-listers on the town, including former liberal Stephen Baldwin.”
late breaking
RNC Transit Tips
Follow Your Money
It Votes Every Day
As Seen on
the Backs of Real Demonstrators
DID you know
the RNC has a list of accredited bloggers for this event? AND the DNC has it’s own accredited attendee bloggers as well?
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OOPsies – blogging is now officially OVER!!!
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