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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Knitting for dummies......101



It's done! It is finally done! I made a sweater and you wanna know what? It actually turned out so cool and it fit and I was so proud of it and one sleeve wasn't longer than the other and I was able to get the ends of the sleeves to match in color along with the ends of the sweater and........



Question: How come sheep get wet all of the time and they don't shrink?



Cuz now my sweater.....is now my daughters.........

New use for knitting needles! They make great kindling.......

11 comments:

  1. It is awesome, Rachel. I've always wondered about the whole sheep & shrinking thing too. If you figure it out let me know. Inquiring minds want to know...

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  2. She looks thrilled to be modeling it.

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  3. oh, nice! can't you just say you meant to knit your girl a sweater??? and aren't you lucky you only have one...because i promise you...there would have been a knock down drag out fight over that sweater if you had two of those cute little things runnin' around...

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  4. Wow, it is so cool! But what happened? Did it get caught in a rainstorm? Or accidentally washed? Or did somebody dump gatorade all over you when your team won?

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  5. Natalie, I wish my butt was made out of wool........

    Sarah, more like cold......

    Jody, I'd steal it!!! If it would fit.......Brian spent over an hour trying to stretch it back to the original size......no go! So I sit and look at it in K's room without the option of stealing it.

    Auntie Jo-Jo is sending my baby girl something? She is going to be waaaaay excited!!! And I am too. Got the next letter and you have me sooo intrigued! :)

    Misty, totally! That is EXACTLY what I meant to do. Phew! So glad it worked out cuz if it hadn't shrunk.....I'd look like such an idiot walking around wearing my daughters sweater!

    Ginna, you would NOT believe what happened. I was walking around outside, and someone threw Gatorade on me. I wasn't too worried at first because it started to rain so I figured the rain would wash out the Gat. only it didn't.......so I put it in the washing machine on a COLD RINSE and when I pulled it out......it had shrunk!

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  6. Rachel, I was walking behind you and Mr. Z this morning, so I had time to check out your behind. Not that I do that on a reg. basis, but let's get back to the matter at hand... If your little behind shrunk any more you would have nothing to sit on!

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  7. Natalie, LOL! It's my butt acting all epileptic when I walk that disgusts me.

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  8. Cute! Sorry it shrunk!

    My girls would be fighting over it.

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  9. Chastina, I'm sorry to but Miss K has been making me feel better by saying she loves it and wearing it. She keeps telling me how comofortable it is so....all is not lost.

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  10. Wow. It turned out great. It's really beautiful. I want to come touch it, though. It hangs well, felt and all. And I'm not sure I believe that you and K are not the same size. And Ginna - that is NOT what happened. Rachel- tsk.

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  11. Kristen.......it made a good story though! Much better than the original!

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