The Knitting Fiend

Stumble it (and place in Knitting/crochet!)

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1. where do you find this stuff? such fun(ky) retro jive…thanks for your lovely blog, lucia.

   Comment by melanie swain draves (0 comments.) — 1/6/2006 @ 10:17 pm

2. Some of the stuff comes from my old stash of magazines. Others come from my mother’s friend Jill’s old stash, which I inherited. Between the two of us, we may have purchased every knitting magazine from the 80’s and 90’s.

   Comment by lucia — 1/6/2006 @ 11:06 pm

3. Looks like a bathing suit my mother made me when I was 9. It was made out of terry cloth and when it got wet, well you know what happened to it.

   Comment by Eileen Fontana (0 comments.) — 1/7/2006 @ 10:45 am

4. I can’t imagine anyone swimming in that. The shorts are already too large, when they get wet and heavy, they will fall off!

   Comment by lucia — 1/7/2006 @ 11:18 am

5. One of my favorite swimsuits was an 1940’s fine gray wool with red tie belt.It was a tightly knitted stockinette and kept me cool all day when I kept getting back in the pool. I want to make one, but need to find the right yarn. Any ideas?

   Comment by jo hutchinson (0 comments.) — 2/2/2006 @ 5:56 pm

6. Oh boy! I’m clueless on that. I have no idea what people used to knit swimsuits back when hand knit suits were popular!

   Comment by lucia — 2/2/2006 @ 6:52 pm

7. Hi Lucia,

   I got a kick out of your knitted bathing suit haiku! I wasn’t sure if you’d be interested, but I work for a magazine and we’re looking for funny/awkward swimsuit stories and I was wondering if you’d be interested in sharing a story about a knitted suit with us? If so, please email me: lmichonski@bauerpublishing.com

   Thanks!
   Laura

   Comment by Laura (0 comments.) — 3/15/2006 @ 10:10 am

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