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first there was ^^ This ^^
and then there was...
THIS!
And WHY o why o gentle reader did the Mondo Condo Poncho end up a pile of washed skeins?
Answer: MICROSeRF XP SERVICE PACK 2!...
They do it again! Update your computer to protect it from security breaches and SMACKX!
It might
- toast your email program
- introduce all sorts of traps in other programs
- get the first VIRUS you've ever gotten - EVER!
THE STRESS drove me to FROG MY PONCHO!
Now, granted, I was rejecting this garment out of hand to begin with. I've been wearing it for quite awhile and just couldn't get into it.
I LOVE THE DESIGN. I will be making another one very soon...
I LOVE the Yarn. My very favorite of all times.
I HATE the POOCH!
The POOCH?
Yes, after repeated wearings, because of the fiber content of the yarn and its length, my little poncho developed a poochie little backside puff. It stretched out and made my derrière look bigger than it is...
THAT, is just not allowed...
So, add the repugnant behaviour of my poncho to the STRESS of fixing a virus on my computer and what do you get?
A TRIP to the FROG POND, snorkle included!
And, what's next? Ah, a better world for all involved - where folks walk upright, in the sunshine... ...to be continued
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Wednesday, October 6, 2004 
In a desperate attempt to avoid adding to the acid reflux caused by my Virus Episode, I banned all television from my house last night. NO croonin' or wooin' or scrappin' between the Boyz for me...
Instead, I pulled out and poured through all of my Guernsey books: the Gladys Thompson, the Beth Brown-Reinsel, Alice Starmore, Jo Sharp...
JO SHARP?
After scouring all of the above, it was in the Jo Sharp - Book Number One that I found this: 
The pattern is called "Sheoak" and has all of the elements I was looking for - raised purl patterns, cables, all sorts of diamonds
(ahem, they ARE a girl's best friend...).
I even have the yarn shown in the picture - Jo Sharp DK Wool in Color 327 Navy.
OOps, knitting a pattern in a very dark color? Not black. Almost black! What was I thinking?
Well, in an obvious boomerang reaction from the *simplicity* of the machine knitting I've been doing, my Muse longed for a complex, traditional, small gauge, WHOPPER!
And I say: "Serve it up!" There is NO EXPIRATION DATE on projects here at the ChicKnits Workshop. If this takes me two months (heeeheehee) or two years, I'm goin' for it.
I've longed for a sweater like this for two years already (made into a cardigan, but of course, with different sleeve treatments) - if I would've started it then, I'd be done BY NOW...
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Thursday, October 7, 2004 
VaVaVoooom - I've learned my lesson...
Being whipped like a bowl of fresh cream by the first front of this cardi was a good thing AFTER ALL...
It allowed me to speed knit the second front, using all of my School of Hard Knocks Crib Notes in record time (ahem, hee, for me...)
This cardi has an applied neckband that goes around the back neck edge, so to continue the positive riff I was on, I sewed the shoulder seams. As the pieces became *whole* I was infected by a gleeful Finishing Frenzy and proceeded to mattress stitch the side seams, then steam the whole thing! (Lightly, microfiber content ahead...)
Here's my buttons: 
Beautiful Knotted Button OR Plain Black Button OR Etched Design Button???~
SIDEBAR: my knitting still intrigues and illuminates the inebriated on the #66. Last night a construction worker with a bag and belly full of beer, once again spoke an ODE to a Scarf that Wasn't a Scarf...
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the softer side of Fern...
In a rare attempt to get in touch with reality, I'm changing the sidebar on the right of my page. Instead of just having the trio of WIPs (the three projects currently on the ChicKNits Daily Needles), I'm throwing in some of my lanquishing projects. Perhaps seeing them everyday in plain sight will flick the interest switch in my brain that is now ignoring them. The Short (!)List:
- Miss BB's Jacket (a glamGirl variation of Mrs CB's Camp Jacket) made in a raisiny burgundy color of Rowan Magpie Aran - ONE SLEEVE DONE then kicked to the curb!
- Fern (the other one) in Filatura di Crosa Zara / Acid Green - BACK DONE then tossed in small gauge disbelief
- Cable Me #1 - a bulky, yummy experiment in jacket making made from natural sheep colored Sweet Grass wool from the Boys in Lansing
- Cable Me #2 - once is not enough to Start & Stop apparently and here's a small gauge version of the above with enough variation to keep it interesting - this one made from a mouth-watering leaf green Austermann *Rubino* yarn from the dear folks at Elann (no longer offered)...
NOW, cross my heart and hope to FLY TO RHINEBECK (happy sheeps y'll!), I think that's IT! I actually have no offending crossover projects left from SPRING '04 this FALL '04... Shall we SNAP!?~ 
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SIDEBAR: "This year's featured breed (@Rhinebeck) is the Rambouillet breed. Developed from the Spanish Merino breed in France. It is large, white-faced, has wool on its legs, can be horned or polled, and produces fine wool, grading from 64's to 70's. It is long-lived, rugged and will breed most anytime of the year."
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Yarn: Rowan All Seasons
Color: Dusky #164
Gauge: 18sts/24 rows over 4"
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Yarn: Rowan "Magpie"
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Gauge: 18sts/24 rows over 4"
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Yarn: Filatura "Zara"
Color: Acid Green
Gauge: 22sts/30 rows over 4"
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Design: Bonne Burns
Yarn: Sweet Grass "Wool"
Color: Natural Sheep Gray
Gauge: 16sts/24 rows over 4"
Needles: #6 & #9
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