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I have decided to knit a pair of socks, so I have a mobile project to take with me to my doctor´s or dentist´s offices. It really gets on my nerve, having to seat and waaaait to be called. Knitting makes time go by faster.
These ones I took from Tricôs e mais Tricôs and the caliber of Sandra´s work is really impressive. I love everything she has knitted. I only hope, one day, I can be as good as she is!
Also, she has introduced me to the Blythe´s world! OMG, I am in deep trouble now, the little doll has become the object of my desire. In a nut shell, I so cannot afford them!!! They go average for U$300 a piece, and I was not even looking for the limited edition. I have fallen for Rosie Red. She is sophisticated, chic, simply plain cool. Actually, she would be a doll version of my fashion diva, Rachel Ray. I can totally picture her wearing little fur vests, mini sequin hats, bell bottom pants and tons of shoes, bags and belts. Rosie comes with a cute black fur coat to validate what I am saying. She is not blondie though. Totally bananas! Would Rachel approve my crazy dream of consume? Like she cares!
Thank you very much Sandra, now I got bitten by the Blythe´s bug and there´s no vaccine against the bug but buying one. My husband is about to kill me and set fire to my clutter. Seriously! During dinner, I made a casual comment about it and the response was instantaneous: -“Yeah, these people (Blythe´s people) have no life. Besides, you are a grown up woman to go around playing with dolls, don´t you think?” I changed subject quickly.
Decidi tricotar um par de meias, daí eu tenho um projeto portátil para levar ao médico e ao dentista. Ė enervante, ficar ali esperando para ser chamado. Além disso, tricotar ajuda a passar o tempo, e é produtivo.
Essas eu tirei do Tricôs e Mais Tricôs e o calibre dos trabalhos da Sandra é realmente impressionante. Eu amo tudo o que ela tricota. Oxalá um dia, eu tricote tão bem quanto ela!
Na mesma nota, ela também me introduziu ao mundo das bonecas Blythe! Minha Virgem Santa, estou em apuros agora, a boneca virou meu sonho de consumo, mas eu não posso comprá-las mesmo!!! Com todas as letras, sem tirar nem pôr! Elas custam em média US$ 300 cada, e elas não são nem mesmo edição limitada. Eu me apaixonei pela Rosie Red. Ela é sofisticada, chique, simplesmente manera. Na verdade, ela é uma versão em formato de boneca da minha diva fashionista, Rachel Zoe. Eu posso visualizar a cena; ela usando coletinhos de pele, boininhas de lantejoulas, pantalonas e toneladas de sapatinhos, bolsinhas e cintos. Para validar tudo que estou falando, Rosie já vem com um casaquinho preto de pele. Très chic! Mas ela não é loira. Uma loucura! Será que a Rachel aprovaria esse meu sonho de consumo? Ela não daria a mínima, isso eu sei!
Bem, agora fui mordida pelo bichinho das Blythes e o único jeito seria comprar uma. Mas meu marido já está para me matar mesmo e queimar toda a minha tralha. Sério, na mesa jantando, eu mencionei a boneca, e ele respondeu rápido: -“Esse pessoal (os que compram bonecas) não têem mais nada prá fazer. Além do mais, vc já está bem crescidinha para brincar com boneca, não está?”
Eu mudei de assunto.

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This beret is the cuttest thing!!!

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I totally dig into knitting hats. I´ve just knitted one more to my collection. This one is called "Falling leaves". Well, fall is already here, and this hat is perfect to be worn in the beginning of the season, rather than winter.I had to do the blocking technique, cause the yarn was not the right one for this type of project. It´s the second time, I mess up with the work cause I don´t choose the right yarn.Worsted weight is so not the right one for this pattern! Most of the detailed and textured effect is no longer there after blocking. I have gone bananas trying to figure out what yarn forward tension (gauge)is all about.
The pattern I took from this site.

Some tips on the owl hat

I had lots of fun knitting this owl hat.
I gotta tell you, it was my first time knitting with a circular needle, and everything went quite smooth.

I decreased the stitches on my circular needle but on the 4 round in the pattern, with 63 very tight stitches on a 16"inch diameter needle, keeping decreasing became very uncomfortable for me. For this reason, I knitted them off to three dpn (double point needles) using the three double needle technique that I picked up on the internet.

I divided the stitches evenly (21 stitches in each one). You knit them as if you were knitting with straight needles. You should take every stitch off a double point, onto an empty dpn. Believe me, dpn was my life saver! Mission impossible is to keep on decreasing with a circular! I had to do something… I did some google search and I stumbled upon Crazy Aunt Purl and by the way, the author and developer of the site, writes out hilarious stuff!
Yarn used: 60% pima cotton, 40% modal – shine worsted weight- From Knit picks
Circular needle: 5.5 mm.
Beginning: 09/20
Ending: 09/23
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Foi muito bom tricotar esse gorro de corujas. Eu tenho que confessar que para minha primeira vez com a agulha circular, tudo correu muito bem.
Eu fiz as diminuições com a circular e na quarta volta, com 63 super apertados pontos e realmente não conseguindo tricotar mais, eu passei os pontos para as agulhas de duas pontas. Eu dividi os pontos por igual (21 pontos) para cada agulha, e continuei diminuindo como se estivesse usando uma agulha reta. Você tira ponto por ponto de cada adp (agulha de duas pontas), para a agulha adp vazia que você tem na mão direita. Ė sério, as adps foram minha salvação, quando eu comecei a diminuir. Diminuir com a circular seria impossível. Fica tudo muito apertado! Eu tinha que pensar em algo... Procurei no google e deparei com este sítio chamado Tricô da tia maluca, além disso eu me diverti com sua autora. Ela é hilária!
Linha usada da Knit picks
Agulha circular: 5.5 mm
Comecei: 20/09 Terminei: 23/09.
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