I talked to Emma tonight to make sure she had received the doll sweater - which she did and thankfully purple is still one of her two favorite colors. We had a long conversation about books, wherein I pointed her towards the copy of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler I gave to her brother a few years ago. Garrett liked it because it was a "chapter" book rather than a picture book, but I suspect Emma will appreciate the anarchic nature of it more. It's just a shame she hasn't already had a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to understand the setting a little better. (I do feel sorry for my sister, who is a wonderful person at cross purposes with a weird-ass daughter much like her aunt. I like who I am, but us'n's ain't easy for the rest of the world.)
In re the OXOX sweater: I am planning to write out a pattern using Dale of Norway Baby Ull - a more wearable yarn than the heavier one I used for the doll sweater - in newborn through 4T sizes. Miss Steffy next door will be my 4yo test model.
Currently, though, I'm swatching for another Andrea commission. I'm still somewhat torn between a shawl and a really nifty vest, but I think the shawl will win out, despite how appealing the vest swatch is. Math degree not withstanding, I nitpick too much to trust the numbers without knitting each size myself, and I don't really want to do that.
And for anyone who's looked at the Knit'N'Style beaded shawl: because of the chart key snafu, the corrected pattern should be available from Schaefer Yarn stockists shortly. I just went through a final(?) edit, which incorporates the correct key and a few more corrections/clarifications.
Ooh, ooh, Vavmagasinet is publishing a book on rag rugs in both English and Swedish. Subscribers have until the end of October to order it at a discount - my order's going out tomorrow because there are a few rugs I'd like more details on.
Dog news: Miss Cookie will donate blood for the PHPT study on Friday. She has done so before, but since they now have a very good fix on the location of the errant gene, they need more blood from affected dogs. That's a delicate phone call for the team to make, since they don't necessarily know if said dog is still alive. Fortunately, Cookie, "Dog of Mystery", continues to defy the odds :)
After you first mentioned the chart key snafu, I looked at it again, and it's really obvious what the symbols mean if you have any experience knitting lace at all.
And yay Cookie! It's good that y'all have gene studies in your breed. We have them in Aussies too.
Posted by: Janice in GA | 2006.10.05 at 03:50 PM