While my computer was in intensive care (sigh...my baby is HOME but the Airport Extreme is still NOT working. I'm tired of fooling with it. One more wire won't make much difference. I need to BLOG.)
the Most Marvellous package arrived in the mail from my Secret Pal!
Isn't this CLEVER?
and just LOOK what was INSIDE:
some oh so yummy, delicious chocolate covered caramels from SF,
a SpongeBob bubble blower,
and BAMBOO!
I am so excited about trying this fabuloous fiber,
perhaps for the Branching Out scarf from Knitty.
Thank you, THANK YOU
Secret Pal...
you really brightened my blogless days!
As far as the knitting, I've nearly finished my version of Elspeth
from Rowan 37. I used Debbie Bliss' Cashmerino baby in the PERFECT
shade of red to match an adorable dress I fell for in Anthropologie...
but the edges are OH SO ROLY-POLY and I'm not sure crochet is the
way to go to stabilize this cutie.
Anybody out there have a successfull edging technique using a mostly
microfiber yarn?
Off to catch up on emails and blog surfing while I wait for the Air Conditioning
tech who is supposed to be here this afternoon at long last!
Mwah!
Ooo, I wanna touch your bamboo (don't that sound racy?)! Your fingers are flying and you've lapped me on the Elspeth ~ I'm still worried about my row gauge, but we'll see. Glad you're reconnected ~ we missed you!
Posted by: Maggi | June 22, 2005 at 04:09 PM
Ooo, I wanna touch your bamboo (don't that sound racy?)! Your fingers are flying and you've lapped me on the Elspeth ~ I'm still worried about my row gauge, but we'll see. Glad you're reconnected ~ we missed you!
Posted by: Maggi | June 22, 2005 at 04:11 PM
[sorry about the dupe there ~ computer error. Couldn't possibly be this operator's fault :)]
Posted by: Maggi | June 22, 2005 at 04:11 PM
Hmm, I used a crochet edging on some calmer, and it worked well, but that's only 25% microfiber so it might behave differently. What about sewing some grosgrain ribbon along the inside of the edge (or even the outside)?
Posted by: J Strizzy | June 22, 2005 at 07:21 PM
I'm knitting with bamboo right now and I really like it! I'm wondering though...do you think it would hold a lace pattern well? I'll have some left over yarn after I finish my bamboo project, so maybe I'll mess around with it to try to answer my own question...
Posted by: Michelle | June 25, 2005 at 04:28 PM