Sleigh Bells Ring… Are you knittin’?
Thursday, September 7th, 2006Tags: Future Knitting Plans, Patterns
I’m planning for Christmas, already. I’ve already finished a ruffly pink mohair scarf for one of my cousins (picture to come once I take a picture in good light), and I’ve decided on what I’ll be knitting for all my other relatives. So with all this planning and knitting for others, a girl’s gotta be a little selfish every once in a while. I like this little wrappy cape thingy that I found via Fluid Motion. I want to knit myself a cape with a bit of a Dickensian feel in a deep burgundy colour. I think if I were to knit what I’m thinking of, it would be highly impractical and I probably wouldn’t wear it very often, but I don’t knit to wear, anyway. I think if I converted this to a flat pattern and put in a few buttons along the front, it would be a perfect Christmas cape. Capes, man. Who would ever think CAPES would be in again? Except possibly Bryan Singer.
Speaking of capes, here’s a picture I found in one of my aunt’s craft magazines. Isn’t it darling?
I can’t see the cape b/c the pants poked out my eyes, yarn pants! yarn pants! MY EYES!
Comment by AprilSeptember 7, 2006 @ 11:44 pm
Oh my, I wonder how they managed to get them nicely pressed like that?
Comment by EveSeptember 8, 2006 @ 12:04 am
I forgot to tell you, I posted part 3 of The One Spinner today on the podcast. I should tell you these things, I s’pose =)*)
Comment by AprilSeptember 8, 2006 @ 12:33 am
Hi Eve! I am a new reader, brought to your blog by your Yarnival project (love it, BTW!). The cape is great, but I was really interested in what you said about not knitting for wearing. I just discussed this very thing on my blog in my last post. I have told myself I need to consider the wardrobe more when I knit…
…but then again, I could just knit me some orange skintight pants! Oooh!
Comment by Liz K.September 8, 2006 @ 8:43 am
(Also a new reader due to Yarnival links, only lurked for about 24 hours
To answer the title question — not quite, just scheming — there is a baby backlog to get through first. But I’m looking forward to whatever pattern links you post as part of Christmas plans. You have a good eye (or at least a similar one). Thanks!
Comment by korintheSeptember 8, 2006 @ 12:33 pm