The Knitting Fiend

 

Fashionably pregnant.
When my bulge begins to grow
Everyone will know!

 

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I tend to dress casually– and badly. Still, I would have thought fashion editors would have avoided pairing this sweater with a ruffled maternity top. And young visitors, can you answer this: Are pockets on calves back in again? (If so, too bad I threw out the ones I wore in the 80s! )

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From Berrocco. This season they seem to be highlighting unusual shaping at the lower edges of sweaters.

 

King of the Forest,
with his magnificent mane:
He’s gone to the dogs!

 

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From Lion Brand

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My younger sister once said she knows there must be a special place in hell for kids who dress up their dogs in doll clothes. And she knows there is a spot reserved for her. When she was little every Saturday she would bathe Pancho, our chihuahua, and dress him up.

Still, he seemed to love it, and he loved her. So, maybe the spot in hell will be cozy?

 
 
Jaunty bright tassels
Encircle womanly hips.
Always flattering.

 
 

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From McCall’s Needlework and Crafts August 1991.

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Thanks to the people who emailed to ask how I am. I’m fine! There was the whole holiday period, then I went out of town for a while, and I just fell out of the groove.

I’m also low on material.

Well, not really — but previously, I could flip open one of my magazines and easily find 3 really weird things. Now, I’ve haikued many of the oddest ones — so I need to flip through several before I find “inspiration”!

I may need to check ebay for more 70 to early 90s material. It’s hard to beat that time span for baggy drop shoulders sweaters with accents in “just the wrong spot.” We also see– as in here– “the let’s knit something fairly classic looking, that requires some technical proficiency and then “update” it by slapping a day camp craft decoration on it.” (Not that there is anything wrong with that. If you have slim hips. And you like to adorn them with camp decorations.)

What am I currently knitting? A garter stitch faroese shawl in thin yarn. It’s going slowly!