my good friend kat in tokyo is always talking about having to do interviews (or turn down interviews) for the japanese media on knitting in the big city. her tokyo s'n'b has received plenty of fame for doing something rather radical by japanese standards.. and the japanese are just eating it up! we here in NYC are the subject of much chagrin to felllow new yorkers. people walk by the point on a friday evening, look in the window, and point. some make such a scene that it's hard to concentrate on what you're doing. two or three weeks ago, some tourist thought that it was the weirdest thing he had ever seen and took four or five pictures to prove it to the friends back home that, oh my god, people knit! IN PUBLIC!
so it came as no surprise that a news crew showed up at the point on friday night.
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what did surprise us was 1) the news crew was from/for a spanish news channel and that they were hoping to elevate the craft of knitting in spain by doing this piece, 2) they avoided the spiders table till the very end. do we look intimidating or what?
i guess we do what with all of the craftiness going on at the spiders table on friday. veronique was almost done with her absolutely gorgeous lady elanor stole.
lady e: lookin' good!
we also had one of our largest turnouts including some new spiders who had not been able to make it out to meet us before: iraida of bronxie knits and carrie of every word's a purl. colleen of subway knitter fame also made it to the point for a little knitting with the spiders. colleen, it was great to have you there!
unfortunately the point was very hot that night due to above normal temperatures for new york and i was sweating too much to take more pictures.. that and the camera crew was making me very nervous. but they did eventually make it around to our table and interviewed amanda, lisa, katie, colleen and i. it was very funny and novel and i hope that it doesn't happen everytime we're there. it's quite distracting.
in other news, i've made great progress on my somewhat cowl. i've joined for the body and already tried it on!
it fits!
lookin' good. the body fits just fine but i think that the sleeves might be a little big. my arms are small in comparison to my trunk so i may do a few underarm decreases a round or two after picking up stitches. i'm also wondering if i should put in any waist shaping? has anyone done this yet?
i also finished the first embossed leaves sock so i won't post any more progress pictures of this until they are both done. this is your last chance to see them!
this is the first time i have completed something where i didn't screw up. this is also the first time i followed a pattern to the T and didn't find one mistake. not one! i love the toe on these socks. the roundness really suits the shape of my feet and i find it much more flattering than the short row or the boxy toe one. it's also nice because it doesn't require any grafting yet it's super comfortable. i'm in love! i just may use this toe on other socks that don't call for it.
another thing is.. this yarn. it's lovely. super lovely! sweetgeorgia, i am smitten with your yarn. you can guarantee i'll be back for more... and all of the spiders love it too! they all want to squeeze it whenever they see it. there's plenty of yarn in one skein to make a large pair of socks so i have no anxiety about possibly running out like i did with the socks that rock (and i almost did.. i had five feet of yarn left when i was through.) sweetgeorgia's colors are fantastic too! cripes, i see me breaking my yarn diet for more.
so, the last thing to mention here today is that i'm thinking about participating in yarn harlot's knitting olympics though i'm not sure what to do. do i attempt to make a big shawl? try a new technique like color knitting? thoughts anyone? i'm going to put the button in my sidebar and link back to here because i want your opinion of what to try before i make my decision.
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