The Knitting Fiend/ Diet Diary

Ipanema girl
with a beautiful body
dares to wear crochet!

Every early spring, I dream I looked like this so I could book a flight to brazil and then trot out my hot body on the beach.

Actually, right now, I’m more than dreaming about looking like this. I’ve decided to get back into shape. This shouldn’t surprise people, after all my domain name is thedietdiary.com! But, the truth is, I’ve let myself get terribly out of shape in the past three years. So, last week, I decided to join “Curves”. I resolved to work out 4 times a week for the next month. (After that, I’ll set a new goal.)

To motivate myself, I also started a diet blog. But, I’m not posting links yet, because I’m testing out some features that let me catch feeds on diet, nutrition and exercise news, and repost some so I can find the articles later. I also want to organize the format the way I like, and figured out how to get some google ads inserted in a nifty way. But, what with all the experiments with feeds and inline adds, if you looked at it right now you’d say “Lucia has started a diet and exercise splog!”.

Anyway, I do plan to diet and exericse enough to look like this soon.

Getting real… I’m 47. So, we know that won’t happen. And, instead, I’ll console myself with the knowledge that hand knit and crocheted bikinis fall off the minute you jump in the salty water off the coast of Brazil!

Still, I think you can see fashions in fifties issues of McCall’s Needlework and Crafts were wild!

Designer A: “Don’t you think the mantel looks bare?” Designer B: “Very bare.”

Designer A: “Christmas stockings?”

Designer B sketches. . .

“How about these?”