ok. right off the bat I should let you know that Pinku's digicam has gone on a holiday to Oklahoma with Darin, so for the next couple of weeks I will be taking my photos with my keitai (mobile phone). Quality is......ummm limited. If you have any nice pink photos that you would like to see on pinku, then please email me.
So, I have finished a little purple top that I found in a Japanese magazine, and this is how it is supposed to look. I actually started it a while ago and knitted Pia in between, but have finally gotten around to finishing Little Miss Purple.
I had some multi-coloured purple Lang Polar Color lying around so I decided to use that yarn instead of the recommended one. I actually went back to Avril on Saturday and finished it there under the eye of Japanese yarn professionals - I FELT SAFE and WARM! I absolutely loved being able to ask questions (if I had any), and they showed me a couple of cool finishing techniques. Both of the ladies design for the shop and they are talented. Very inspiring indeed.
Here is how mine turned out.
Details:
Lang Polar Color (purple), pattern from Japanese Magazine, Teami daisuki (Autumn/Winter 03-04), size ll needles, single crochet edging and doubled crochet chain threaded through holes in front piece
And here it is on. I knitted according to the Japanese pattern - all the patterns in this magazine only come in one size. I just crossed my fingers that it would fit. It actually fits really well, BUT the shoulders are a little bit small and it is a little short. Most of the clothes I buy here are made for women that are 165 cm tall - about 10 cm shorter than me, so this is often a problem. Pants are completely out of the question!!
The cutest thing about the top is the crocheted tie threaded through holes in the front of the top.
Oh wait! One other totally cute thing is the little lilac heart button that closes the back slit at the neck. Kawaii! (that means cute in Japanese)
I love the new top! The colour is nice, too. And even the pictures taken with your cell phon do it justice.
Posted by: Marta | May 17, 2004 at 03:28 AM
I just found your blog a few days ago on Loobylu and I am loving it and having loads of fun browsing. The top is adorable as well.
Posted by: joselle | May 17, 2004 at 03:32 AM
great top! the color is great! i recently bought a few knitting and crocheting books so hopefully i'll have something to show for it soon too!
Posted by: gleek | May 17, 2004 at 07:33 AM
super kawaii!! gonna wear it to snb tomorrow?
see you there!
Posted by: rae | May 17, 2004 at 09:00 AM
totemo kawaiiiii!!!!
Posted by: nicole | May 17, 2004 at 09:14 AM
yeah, am pretty happy with the way it turned out. the knitted pieces had just been lying around for a while!! Will definitely wear it to the SNB tomorrow - even if it is hot (it is a pretty thick wool)!!!
Posted by: kat | May 17, 2004 at 10:24 AM
Oklahoma! Now I get it. The top looks great. Kakkoii.
Posted by: Mariko | May 18, 2004 at 06:02 AM
There is no detail of this top that is NOT crazy cute. There's a Japanese mall close to where I live, with an enormous magazine/bookstore that I have GOT to scour for knitting magazines.
Posted by: mindy | May 19, 2004 at 12:02 PM