Dear mom,
My Denise Interchangables came today! And not a moment too soon--N sent me a new knitting book with my mail, Stefanie Japel's Fitted Knits, and I happened to have yarn in the stash that matched one of the sweaters. I had cast on and knit the first three inches watching tv Monday night (it's bulky, can you tell?), and the two size 11 circulars I had were not the right length. One was way too short, so the stitches were jammed on so tight I couldn't count them, and the other was so long that it's only working temporarily. The sweaters are mostly knit from the top down, and I haven't taken off the sleeve stiches yet, but I already switched over to my new Denise so I'm ready. I had to rip back a few rows because the directions aren't written so the cables on the front are mirrored (like they are in the photograph), but I fixed it and have moved past.
I have good news, too. One of the places I recently sent my catalog responded that they are interested in my work. Yay! I'll be in Chicago! http://www.habitchicago.com
Love,
Ruth
p.s. C'mon, that baby sloth is cute. It has what cute overload calls Eye Capsules. And it looks like its elby-bones are on backwards.
3 comments:
Dear Ruth,
I think a line of jewelry called Contagious fits perfectly in a shop of designer clothing called Superficial! You both have the one word monikers that work great. It is a nicely done website, too. Congratulations !!!!! I hope everything you send sells out quickly and they reorder because they are so smitten. And I hope Contagious spreads a sculptural virus all over Chicago and beyond.
I'm glad the Denise came... and that you are already using them. I had bought a set at Webs for Karen and me, and we both have loved them, so after doing quality control I bought the set for you. Only tricky part is learning how to attach the needles--- gotta turn it till it really clicks into place---but I'm sure you figured that out immediately. Some of the joints might be a bit tighter than others, but by and large, we found them really user friendly with a nice feel. Cables are nice and flexible too. And the thing I love the most about them is the case they come in! Keeps everything handy, tidy, easy to exchange. And the cables can be used as holders--just take needles off, put a stopper on cable ends and put another cable on the needles you were using. You won'thave to put anything on a holder anymore. Isn't it keen that things are still being invented for knitters???
Nora Ephram says that if our elbows were facing forward, we would all kill ourselves. She is concerned about her neck in her new book "I Feel Bad About My Neck", a book you will not be drawn to yet. It is a best seller now among the older neck- sagging group.
Ok, the sloth is cute. We had Slow Loris in Indonesia, (altho they may have spelled it Sloe Loris), and the thing so fascinating about them is how slowly they move. Very similar to possums. I watched a possum move very slowly along a tree limb one time, just like a Loris.The limb was at eye level, and the possum wasn't going to rush just because I was staring eye to eye with it. I admired its fierce determination not to be rushed, even when faced with a huge monster who was impolitely staring it in its eye. I could never be that brave.
If you decide to get a sloth, I will still love you.
Love, mom
Dear Mom,
Only you would watch a possum eyeball to eyeball. Okay, you and me.
Do you ever find that some yarn sticks to the cables on the Denise needles? The yarn I'm using, bulky superwash (I just wrote superwarsh), doesn't slide itself around. It's no big deal, and I bet different yarn feels different.
Love
ruth
Dear Ruth,
My merino cable sweater, on a size 6 needle, sort of sticks on the needle wire too, but I thought it was just because the yarn isn't the slickest of yarns, and I have a lot of stitches on it.
All I can say is, don't do anything about it until your next package arrives.
Love, mom
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