Moving at the speed of a sun-stroked tortoise, I've entered the final third phase of my Ribby Shell I. The pattern is written and I just need to finish the samples. (My pesky day job is just squeezing the life out of my knitting calendar - 6 day weeks, 12 hour days, who can knit?! When I was making the Sitcom Chic design, I clocked my time at over 50 hours of labor to design the pattern, write up all the sizes and knit the sample. WHEW! I need some elves...)
The *Teresa* yarn by Vittadini is just luscious! Even the other riders on the #66 agree - it always elicits comments from my busmates pals.
It is so sophisticated, people don't assume I'm making something for a baby - which on the #66 is the usual comment because knitting is so extint in most parts, the only time anyone sees anything handknit is on an infant.
Mais ce n'est aucun chandail de bébé!
Oh no - this is W-O-M-A-N...
I see a nice linen skirt in my future by Friday. Sometimes, I wander up and away from the studios after I punch the clock and find myself on Michigan Ave. (hence the store window shots!) Even with the hundreds and hundreds of tourists that are here for the season, it is fun to mingle and feel the excitement that visitors bring.
So a little skirt must be sought out and matched to this honey. Consolation prize if I draw a zero in the skirt sweepstakes? But of course, linen capris...
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Some pre-stroll contenders...
1. Linen Blend Top-Stitched Skirt
2. Linen Flounce Skirt
3. Campaigne Masonite Tweed Skirt
4. Crinkle Pleated Skirt