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On my trip home to see my parents, part of the deal was bringing back or getting rid of more kid crap. There's some seriously funny stuff my folks found, though:
That's right, a lovely drawring of you know who. The caption on the right says, "Village People singing their latest hit song 'You Can't Stop the Music.'" Oh my. I certainly was an artiste.
I love blogs.
While in NC, my parents allowed me to drag them to yarn stores. Who can resist this?
It's like the Mother Ship calling me home.
The COOL thing about blogs is, if it weren't for blogs I might not have known where to go. But thanks to super awesome Barbara in her super informative entry, I knew right where to go. I might have even bought some yarn...
I love blogs.
Yes. But we love knitting.
I finished the back of NBaT and started the front. I am so so so happy about the finishing on the back. Let's discuss:
First, I didn't bind off the center stitches; I'm going to just knit the loops in place for the collar.
Second, I used this fabulous method to bind off the edges around the neck.
Third, I used Nona's help for Japanese Short rows and will use a three needle bind off for the shoulders.
Here's a look.
Please, click here for a close-up. Pretty please.
Have you ever seen anything as lovely as these short rows? As in, you can't see them at all! I am in love. I can't breathe. It's exhausting.
Comments
Woa! Those short-rows are really neat, are you sure you really did short-row them? :D)
Posted by: Siow Chin | August 26, 2005 04:53 AM
Are those people watching the village people at the bottom of the page? or lights? or are those... nevermind.
Posted by: kate | August 26, 2005 05:32 AM
Shortrows: rock
That Knitty BO tech: rocks!
New yarn: that rocks, too!
I think that the Village People will fit right in....
Posted by: Colleen | August 26, 2005 07:26 AM
OMG the Village People picture. OMG. I LOVE THAT PICTURE. You must frame that. and then let me hang it in my office.
Dude, the short rows look amazing. That is some mighty nice finishing there. That shirt is gonna be bad-ass.
Posted by: Carrie | August 26, 2005 07:43 AM
that is awesome! you rocked even back then!
nice short rows. I need a tutorial!
Posted by: Heather | August 26, 2005 07:59 AM
Yeah, those stage lights do look kind of phallic.
Posted by: jodi | August 26, 2005 08:18 AM
Short rows are like a knitting super power. SUPER short rows, if you will.
I love your village people - it's eerily accurate actually. You were REALLY watching those dudes, huh? :-)
Posted by: maya | August 26, 2005 09:18 AM
Macho macho man!! If you don't frame that drawring and display it for the world to see, well, it's just be criminal. Expect a call from the Louvre.
Posted by: Anne Marie | August 26, 2005 10:28 AM
I have a ton of that kid stuff at my mom's house. Including an anatomically correct naked man made out of a brown lunch bag, made when I was like 4. LOVE your drawing! And what an awesome job you did on the back piece!!
Posted by: Vicki | August 26, 2005 10:37 AM
Ooooo, I am in lurve! Your NBaT looks great!
Posted by: Skylar | August 26, 2005 10:51 AM
The beacon, the beacon! How can one resist a sign that says nothing other than YARN!?!?!?
Posted by: Christie | August 26, 2005 11:38 AM
That's really smart of you to do that on the neck. I was really careful when I picked up the neck stitches and it still came out like crap.
Posted by: LeAnne | August 26, 2005 12:39 PM
That is the COOLEST picture, Jenny! I love it!
NBaT looks great. Great color.
Thanks for your comment on my blog--you know how to make a girl feel good! ;)
Posted by: Lolly | August 26, 2005 01:41 PM
Very phallic looking stage lights! My first thought was "How apropos" (given that it is the Village People)!
You short rows are also a work of art!
Posted by: Leah | August 26, 2005 03:15 PM
I am cracking up over that picture. Tres magnifique, Madame Artiste.
I shouldn't mock you though, as my mother could provide many incriminating childhood relics of mine...including several drafts of a fan letter to Michael Jackson. And a Michael Jackson doll.
Your short rows are like buttah.
You are a knitting goddess.
Posted by: Sarah | August 26, 2005 04:17 PM
Looking at that drawing of the Village People is the cutest and funniest thing I'll see this week. Month, most likely.
Thanks for making my morning!
Posted by: Becky | August 27, 2005 02:54 AM
Maybe you should go back to illustration. That drawing is hilarious!
I don't really know what short rows are and I can't really see them in that photo, but even coming from a total short-row ignoramus, I think they must be great. Can't wait to see it finished!
Posted by: molly | August 27, 2005 05:58 AM
thanks so much for sharing the village people picture! i love to see that other folks were equally enthralled with pop culture as kids -- i once used a clothespin to make a doll that looked like amie mann from til tuesday. She had a long, yellow, yarn braid. eek.
Posted by: carrie m | August 28, 2005 03:30 PM
OK...so who could not have liked the Village People! Girl, you do have some beautiful short rows ;)
Posted by: Donna | August 29, 2005 04:07 PM