Knitting in German
He he. Well, the pattern book is German, in German, from Germany. Ditto the yarn, Gedifra Modern Cotton in 3219 Pink, a dee-licious shade that I instantly fell in love with the moment I opened BF's mom's Christmas package. The yarn is fairly similar to Patons Katrina, which I've worked with previously. It's composed of thin threads wrapped around a thick core. The yarn is quite elastic, which makes it perfect for form-fitting garments; it has stretch, great texture, drapes well, and is silky soooooft.
This is what I'm knitting, a pullover with eyelet sleeves. BF helped me with the pattern translation which I then translated into knit-English. (If you've ever translated a German pattern yourself, you'll know what I mean.) I knit the back in 5 days, and I've started on the front. I didn't like the rolled edge that the pattern called for, so I made 3 rows of eyelets instead. Much nicer, ja?
Real estate prices in California have been skyrocketing for the past 2-3 years now that even a starter/fixer-upper is about $400k. This is especially true in the beach cities, where I live. There's also the trend of developers buying up old houses, tearing them down, and building, not duplexes, but triplexes on them. All share at least one common wall. Isn't that sad, no room for a garden, just concrete. And on my daily commute I pass by a housing community in progress, called "Fusion: A Statement in Living". Statement is right: to its left is the Metro yard, behind it an electrical plant, to the right a federal building, in front the road, and opposite is an aerospace company. The lot it's being built on used to be part of the yard. Are people so desperate enough to willingly move into an area like this? Maybe it's the sun frying their brains...
Via Kottke, here's an interesting article on how a company is trying to patent a crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Well, it's about the bread seal, but come on, it's a fricking pb&j!
And, an interview with Harriet Klausner, Amazon.com's #1 and most prolific reviewer.
I love that sweater! It looks light and airy and perfect for warm weather areas. I can't wait to see your completed picture!
Beautiful sleeves on that sweater! You knit lovely such things.
what a cool sweater! beautiful color for it.
What a cute sweater! You're making good progress and I liked the eyelet rows in exchange for the rolled edge!
My DH is a Southern California beach town boy and oh, how he's lamented (for YEARS) the "loss" of beach towns like the one he grew up in. We'd be living there now if it was anything -- ANYthing -- remotely close to what it was. Very sad.
Yuck, no yard. No greenery. And people wonder why the air quality is so bad in places. And I didn't realize that you could read German.
Hi! I love that pattern! The color you picked is much prettier, though, IMHO. Ditto on the eyelet.
Yes, real estate prices are INSANE. Shannon and Karman just bought a condo ... which is basically a very nice apartment ... in North Hollywood for $365K. I about died. Home ownership... the dying dream of my generation. There's a little tee-tiny house (@bedrooms, 1 bath) that sits practically on the on-ramp of the 101 at Laurel Canyon. Asking price? $460K. Ouch!
Those Uncrustable sandwiches are damn good tho.
hi mj!
Thanks for your comment the other day, i am trying to get back around again!
Love your sweater, particularly the neck line, should look fab!
and your finished clapotis was just lovely...
Hope all's well,
Becks x
Hi MJ, unable to reply to your letter. Please send me an email so that we can discuss how to meet up in LA!
Hey, I will get some containers this weekend;0 the stash is gonna get crazy in the couple of months! I really want to do that Latifa scarf, here is a link to knitpicks look at the green pink and browns. do you think this would do? the silke-tweed is way out of price range:)
That purple is beautiful! your off to a great start. the bottom looks perfect!
Wow, that's such a pretty colour and the yarn looks really interesting too! That sweater pattern looks lovely and you're so lucky to have someone translate for you :-)
I absolutely love this pattern, and it looks especially nice with your yarn. Can you tell me how to find a copy of this pattern?
I also finding knitting eyelets to be a nuisance. The end result is really worth it, but I usually rip out more than I knit!
Your lilac sweater really is lovely.