From the Desk of Fruitychick
Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Dear Miss S,

It has been a pleasure to have you as a tenant for the last few months. You've been quiet, considerate of others, and a source of great amusement to both me and Mr. Fruitychick. However, during the past few weeks, I have grown to realize the space is just not large enough for the both of us. I have checked with the authorities and you are hereby evicted from the premises as of tomorrow morning.

I know this may come as a shock to you as we will be 8 days shy of our agreed upon lease of 40 complete weeks. Because of the early termination, I have already arranged for you to have temporary as well as permanent accomodations in which I am sure you will be more than comfortable.

You will also be provided with other amenities such as your new brothers, Benny and Petey, who, despite their current state of sleepiness, are very excited to have someone new to lick.

You will also be presented with my best knitted accomplishment to date: your very own Dale of Norway sweater. After many months, its finally finished (even after a mishap that caused the sewing machine cord to have to be repaired at the last minute.) It won't fit you yet but you'll be ready for it by fall.

The Specs:
Pattern 13901 from Dalegarn book 139 (9 month size)
Knit in Baby Ull on addi size 0 and 2.
Changes: I made the sleeves a little shorter by skipping some of the bottom ribbing and I used snap tape instead of buttons.
Comments: This sweater was many firsts for me (snap tape, steeking, colorwork, etc) but I think it came out really well. The yarn started out soft but became incredibly soft after a good blocking (which also evened out my somewhat uneven colorwork tension). I like it so much I already have the yarn for another Dale.

I hope you like it.

Posted by fruitychick at 12:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I think I may be being smited (smote? what is the past tense of smite, anyway?) by the knitting gods. I still have no baby and I think its because of this sweater. I ordered the yarn and started it back in February for Yarn Harlot's Olympics. I didn't officially join since I didn't think I would actually get it done in the alotted time (I'm not exactly a monogomous knitter...16 days of working on a single project seemed a little too daunting).

Anyway, I finished almost all the knitting months and months ago and then realized what lay ahead. If I finished the knitting, I would actually really have to cut the sweater up. With scissors and everything. So, I did the only rational thing a knitter could do, right? I put it in its bag and hung it on a doorknob and never spoke of it again. I didn't even count it in the current list of projects.

But now, its back. I have realized the baby is not going to come until this sweater is done. I have been to the hospital twice and each time, I've been sent home. Its like when we lost power for four days in subzero temperatures. It wasn't until day four that I realized I had a pair of Thrummed Socks about 85% done. As soon as I finished kitchenering the toe together on the second sock, the power (and more importantly, heat) came back on. I knew knitting mojo was strong but even I was surprised.

So, it can only be that I must finish this darn sweater before I can have Miss S. I finished the last two inches of the last sleeve this morning and now, I'm ready to steek and finish.

I cannot believe I'm actually going to cut this sweater right up the middle. I hope you're watching this, Miss S.

Posted by fruitychick at 04:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)