Recently I've been lusting after a vintage Dolly Parton tshirt - do you have one that you want to part with? Probably not. Why would you want to. Finally I found the most adorable tshirt transfer on ebay and WON the auction, but to my dismay the seller is not responding to my emails - why!!!! They also have no other auctions listed at the moment. I came so close to this but am still so far.
I haven't ripped my socks yet but I'm going to do it tonight. Here's the kit I bought from the Kim Hargreaves website. It's the Rebecca Cardigan made from Big Wool. I've never used Big Wool before and the name is apt because that stuff is 'big'. I've never knit with needles so big!! I guess it's a great yarn for beginners because it knits up so quick and also because you can see every mistake and the way your decreases and increases look very clearly - it's kind of scary actually. It's like looking at your knitting with a magnifying glass. I finished all of the knitting last night so I just need to seam the sleeves and set them in. It's bulky and that's got me worried, but it is oh so soft and cuddly. We're going camping on the weekend so maybe I'll take my new cardie for a spin in the hills of Tochigi (or not considering how much I paid for the whole darn kit).
UPDATED to include:
The KNITTY Calendar is up for sale in the KNITTY shop! Congrats to all the winners (that includes me, Jo and Jenn too - woohoo!)! Go buy one now! Our free copy of the calendar will be given to our wonderful, beautiful and generous photographer Martine!!
What a great cover - I agree with Amy that looking at it feels like a big warm hug!!! BTW, we're MARCH - a fine month heralding the end of winter - how perfect!
Dude, that is too cool.
I was looking around for a calender at ebisu the other day, guess my search's over.
Posted by: pinn | October 19, 2006 at 10:38 PM
How awesome!! Many congratulations -- I love it!
Posted by: Janet | October 19, 2006 at 11:52 PM
Woo hoo! Awesome pic. You would do Philippe Halsman proud.
Posted by: jennifer | October 20, 2006 at 12:37 AM
great! i was hoping it would be the jumping shot :)
that big wool cardi is very cute. *sigh* if only my stomach weren't gorwing exponentially!
Posted by: gleek | October 20, 2006 at 02:22 AM
Hooray! That picture makes me so happy - you guys are totally having the best time.
Congrats calendar girl!
Posted by: Carrie | October 20, 2006 at 04:14 AM
that is so cool - Martine's picture makes me smile every time :)
ps i love the Dolly transfer and fingers crossed you get it!!
Posted by: nicole | October 20, 2006 at 10:16 AM
What a happy picture! Congrats!
Posted by: Aimee | October 25, 2006 at 08:05 AM
That picture of you guys is so cute! I love the location, the jumping, the knits, everything.
Posted by: frecklegirl jess | October 28, 2006 at 12:19 PM