Happy Halloween to all, or All Hallow's Eve, or Samhain, or whatever you call it. We get into the day here in our household, especially with the costumes. All practical work is abandoned for the creation of whatever-you-want-to-be for the day. This year, my son wanted to be some sort of anime-samurai kind of character. So, without a pattern, I've created the Haori and the Hakima and re-used an inner Haori from last years Jedi costume. I'd put in a picture, but apparently the blogger doesn't like my selection of costume today. I'll put in a picture of it when the spirits are more willing to allow it!
Mystery Stole3: Ok, I am confessing that I honestly and truthfully did try to like the stole as the pattern was made, but it didn't click with me. Even after trying to re-dye the whole thing, I considered the wing with the stole portion to be discordant. So last night I frogged it all. OH the horror!! I'm re-working the stole portion as it's own pattern, probably for my Mom for Christmas. I've started it again, and put in the beads this time. Secret of the Stole: I started this one with my own handspun cream Targhee wool. It's weight is fingering weight and it's being knitted on size 3 addi circs. The beads are green. I didn't realize until I had gotten home with them that the chart has green squares as the indicator to put in a bead. Wow....can we say, subliminal? There was a comment on the email group that the two points were a great bikini top. My DH said the same thing this last weekend when I joined them all together. I was in the car at the time, drivi...
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