Cecily was an awesome friend/host/tour guide while I was in LA for Knitty Gritty–she’s posted a set of pictures on Flickr of the filming and hanging around back stage.
She also documents our amazing trip to the Japenese $.98 store.
Day: February 8, 2007
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Behind the Scenes at Knitty Gritty
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In the mail today…
The new Interweave Knits in its redesigned loveliness (including a fantastic piece about Camel yarn from Mongolia), some swatching balls (merino with beads, silk with sequins, yum!) from Tilli Tomas that came in the most lovely silk drawstring bag, and a complete set of Crochet Lites from the lovely folks at Clover USA. The Crochet Lites are shaped like Clover Softtouch hooks, but they’re acrylic and the entire hook part lights up (unlike they’re knit counterpart where only the point lights up). It’s particularly exciting to me because I don’t have a complete set of any type of crochet hook (I’m working on a set of addis, one by one), I may have to make a special case just for them.
UPDATE: I’ve discovered, since I’m up too late, that the crochet lites are bright enough to serve as a small flashlight (yeah LEDs!)–I wouldn’t use them in a movie theater, they’d probably distract other viewers, but they’ll be great for late-night car crocheting.
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Sweet Shrug
Erin Bee has crocheted the Sweet sweater as a cute shrug. I may have to try this version myself. I I love how the sleeve caps fit her shoulders just right, and she’s lengthened the V-neck to fall right at the closure. Great job Erin!
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Doris Chan Top
On Monday night, I was teaching a crochet class and one of the students wanted to make this top (The Abydos Vest from Amazing Crochet Lace: New Fashions Inspired by Old-Fashioned Lace
), so I thought I’d try it out too. I bought a ball of Lana Grossa Millenweit sock yarn (which happened to be on sale), and got the whole thing out of one ball. It was a quick and fun crochet, and I love how the garment was worked down from the shoulders. I may try another tunic with this construction style using a slightly less open pattern (but of course, that would use more yarn!). Also, if I were to do this particular one again, I’d probably add waist shaping–but I’ve tried adding a belt to the top as is, and I like that too.
The sock yarn has so much “memory” that it was pretty scrunchy before a vigorous steam blocking, but now it drapes and swings just fine. Actually, that “memory” would be useful for other types of garments that I didn’t want to drape so much. Sock yarn is the perfect weight for crocheted garments, and even the so called “self-striping” varieties end up with nice random bits of color when crocheted.
