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October 21, 2004
Princess Tam Tam
My friend Anne is French and has been knitting for 50 years, but she's rarely used a pattern and never one in English. She wanted to knit the shadow tam that was in the fall IK and needed my help translating it. I figured it would be easier to make it with her, rather than just looking at the pattern. Plus, I had never done any shadow knitting before. I probably never would have made this hat otherwise. It's kind of fun and the pattern seems complicated at first but it's actually pretty logical (which allowed me to quickly find 2 mistakes).
I think I almost like the inside better. I'm probably going to give it to my friend Monika because she told me she thought it was, "chouette" and that she needed a hat in the colors of the Polish flag.
Haven't gotten any further with the Michelin Man sweater. I'll probably take it to Paris Tricot tonight since it's mindless knitting. I'm looking forward to going because this is the first meeting in a while and I know at least one other American will be there, so that's cool. Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who knows who Mr Rogers is and what a cranberry tastes like - among other things.
Posted by kate at October 21, 2004 07:54 PM
