Katherine won my Katrina Rib kit through Susan and Margene's Give a Little prize giveaway. You should check out Katherine's blog. There are lots of adorable pictures of animals, and her sheep afghan is precious. Well over $1000 has been raised by the Katrina Rib pattern so far. Commuknity is going to sell the pattern as well, and all proceeds will be donated to Katrina Aid. KFI, Commuknity's corporate sponsor, will match all donations. I am also excited that Elspeth is knitting the Katrina Rib in a bright red. That's going to be SEXY! :-)
Remember Gene? Well holy cow, he's quite the knitter, but I guess I already knew that. He sent me another picture of a Finished Object from Tricot d'Art. This one is called Mars:
The London Pride is officially on hold again. I made a major major major mistake when working on it at the Lacy Knitters Guild meeting this Saturday. I am horrified. Instead, I cast on another pair of stockinette socks as comfort knitting. I am in love with Socks that Rock. I keep staring at the stitch definition because it's so damn good. The hubby thinks this colorway is ugly, but I have to disagree. I am totally smitten by these socks.
Speaking of disagreeing with the hubby, K and I went to volunteer at the Lace Museum over the weekend. We helped them sort a bunch of patterns for their yearly garage sale which also meant that we got first dibs on anything we wanted. K and I both walked away with fairly hefty stacks of vintage patterns (mostly 80s) for a very reasonable price. So back to the hubby. We watch dvds fairly frequently, and a lot of the time one of us will say "Hey, isn't that the guy from ____?" The response is often "No way, I don't think so. They dont' look anything alike!!!" So then we go to IMDB to see who's right. I think I'm right 90% of the time. Of course, the hubby still thinks he's right more than I am. Well, settle a little dispute for us. I already know that K agrees with me. This knitting pattern is copyright 1986. Who do you think this is (and while I'm at it, can you believe this outfit??? and there's even a matching hat that's not pictured!):
And here's my favorite vintage pattern. It's looks like a cheesy spy movie poster. Look, they can pose as all sorts of people! And the wheat in the mouth, totally conceals his true identity. What a farm boy.
Oh, and if you want to go to the Lace Museum's sale, it'll be on October 15. I'm really sad about that because hubby and I finally booked our honeymoon, and I said "Well, I have to be back before October 25th because the Lace Museum's sale is late in October!" So we set the date for the first two weeks of October. And then they changed the date, so I can't go. :-(
Which reminds me, we finally booked our honeymoon!!! We are going to Turkey. If anybody has suggestions on knitterly places to go, send them over.
The female model must be Uma Thurman, but I'm at a loss to name the male model.
Posted by: Gina at September 12, 2005 12:48 PMOh, I'm so sorry for your lace mishap. However, you must be so proud of how well the Katrina Rib is doing. My mom has a ton of those cheesy spy pose pattern books, we laugh over them every time we see them. And I agree it does look like a young Uma Thurman.
Posted by: Hollis at September 12, 2005 2:22 PMWe all had a good laugh at SnB looking at K's knitting books. Maybe Jen will bring her '80s pattern books and we'll get to see all those oversized color block sweaters with matching headbands.
Congratulations on Katrina rib. Jordana started on as well.
Posted by: Janice at September 12, 2005 3:48 PMThose poses in the men's book are ludicrous! Oh my.
And yes, we laughed for hours at the patterns K brought. Good times. :)
Posted by: Abigail at September 12, 2005 6:00 PMWell, I knew Uma was a model, but I thought she had better jobs! I do somewhat recognize the guy but I'm not sure.
Where are you going to be in Turkey? A friend's husband is Turkish and they go back every couple of years (well, she does, he goes every year) and might be able to suggest some places.
Maybe you can help me with the provisional cast on in Katrina -- what supplies would I need? I'll bring them tomorrow just in case.
Posted by: Elspeth at September 12, 2005 10:22 PMYeah, it's totally Uma Thurman. Maybe she knits. Someone should ask her.
Posted by: Laura at September 13, 2005 8:20 AMI just stopped by to tell you that your Katrina Rib pattern is amazing. You're brilliant.
Posted by: Alyx at September 13, 2005 11:22 AMCould that guy be Antonio Banderas?? It sort of looks like him...
Posted by: andrea at September 13, 2005 1:05 PMAwww, little Uma back when she was modeling. I love seeing early modeling pics, like Cindy Crawford in the Sears catalog. Do they even make those any more?
Posted by: Toni at September 14, 2005 8:16 AMI am with you, I love the sock yarn. Who made the yarn if you don't mind me asking? I like the fact that it doesn't look like it is pooling at all.
Hope you have a lovely honeymoon! Sorry that you will miss the sale though.
Posted by: Kitty Kitty at September 14, 2005 7:06 PMThat is totally Uma.
I have no idea who the guy is, but he looks like Hugh Heffner!
Posted by: Adrian at September 19, 2005 6:13 AMThat looks like Uma Thurman to me. And have fun in Turkey. My Hubby and I went there for our Honeymoon too, but that was before I was a knitter so I didn't check out any yarn and have no knitterly suggestions. Sorry. But the country is amazing and beautiful.
~ Christina
Posted by: Christina at September 23, 2005 10:47 AM