The Launch
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posted by Bookish Wendy at 9/04/2004
Saturday, September 04, 2004
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- People Will Talk (1951)
- Houseboat (1958)
- That Touch of Mink (1962)
- Darling Lili (1970)
- Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
- I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
- She Done Him Wrong (1933)
- The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
- Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
- Roman Holiday (1953)
- Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
- A Catered Affair (1956)
- Gilmore Girls: Season 3 (2001)
- Scrubs: Season 5 (2006)
- Love in the Time of Cholera** by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
- What's a Girl Gotta Do? by Sparkle Hayter
- The Code of the Woosters by P G Wodehouse
- Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
- Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
- The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
- Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell** by Susanna Clarke
- ** = Books Read for Bookclub
On the Needles...
Retro Rib Socks in Interweave Knits Winter 2004/05
Designed by: Evelyn Clark
Knit For: Me
Yarn: Brown Sheep Company Wildfoote Luxery Sock Yarn (75% Washable Wool 25% Nylon)
Color: Crystal Pink
Gauge/Needles: Size US2???
Designed by: Alison Hansel
Knit For: Me!
Yarn: Sirdar Breeze Cotton-rich DK (60% Cotton 40% Acrylic)
Color: 0048 (Disc color)
Gauge/Needles: Size US8
My Own Design
Designed by: Me!
Knit For: Me!
Yarn: Rowan All Seasons Cotton (100% Cotton)
Color: 201-Dim (Disc color)
Gauge/Needles: Size US7
Designed by:
Knit For: Me
Yarn: Lion Brand Homespun (98% Acrylic, 2% Polyester, plastic, yum!)
Color:320 Regency
Gauge/Needles:
In the Knitting Queue...
Finished Objects...
Designed by: Iris Schreier in Exquisite Little Knits
Knit For: ??
Yarn: Artyarns Supermerino 105
Color:
Gauge/Needles:
Designed by: Kate Gilbert (free pattern)
Knit For: Secret Person
Yarn: Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Bulky (85% soft wool, 15% mohair)
Color: Limeade, Brite Blue, and Periwinkle
Gauge/Needles: Size 10 1/2
Designed by: Bonne Marie Burns
Knit For: Someone Special
Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease (50% Cotton 50% Acrylic)
Color: Sugar Plum (144)
Gauge/Needles: Size US8
Designed by: On Knitty Gritty (free pattern)
Knit For: Gus!
Yarn: Berroco Suede (100% Nylon) & Berroco Plush (100% Nylon)
Color: Suede in Hopalong Cassidy and Wild Bill Hickock; Plush in White
Gauge/Needles: Size 6?
Designed by: Bonne Marie Burns of ChicKnits (free pattern)
Knit For: Me
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk (80% Baby Alpaca, 20% Silk)
Color: Celery (25007)
Gauge/Needles: Size 11
Designed by: Jenna Wilson in Knitty & Knit Wit
Knit For: My sister
Yarn: Araucania Nature Wool Chunky
Color: 111 RO 06-0200 9 (Rose)
Gauge/Needles: Size 10. My gauge: 3.5 sts/in, 5.5 rows/in
Susan
Designed by:Knit For: Mom
Yarn: Interlacements Periwinkle Petite (99% wool, 1% nylon)
Color: #218
Gauge/Needles: Size 11
Designed by: Adrian Bizilia of Hello Knitty
Knit For: My Daddy-o
Yarn: Reynolds Turnberry Tweed
Color: 77 (Brown)
Gauge/Needles: Size 8
Designed by: Susan Mills for Reynolds
Knit For: Rob
Yarn: Reynolds Lopi (100% Virgin Wool)
Color: 0378, 0098, 0332. 0389
Gauge/Needles: Patterns calls for Size 10 1/2 dpns, 13 sts and 18 rnds to 4" in st. st.
Secret Scarf
Designed by: Me!
Knit For: Emily
Yarn: Lion Brand Landscapes Yarn & Berroco Plush
Colors: Spring Desert and Cream
Gauge/Needles: US 11
Key Hole Scarf in Moss Stitch
Designed by: Me!
Knit For: Laurelyn
Yarn: Jaeger Matchmaker (100% Merino Wool)
Colors: 0762 & 770
Gauge/Needles: US 8
Designed by:Crystal Palace Yarns (free pattern)
Knit For: My Bridesmaids
Yarn: Crystal Palace Deco Ribbon (70% Acrylic, 30% Nylon)
Colors: 2 in #9237, 2 in #9236, 2 in #9234, 2 in #9235
Gauge/Needles: Size 8
Designed by: White Lillies Design (free pattern)
Knit For: Me
Yarn: Southwest Trading Company's Beyond (100% Cotton)
Color: Rose
Gauge/Needles: US 5 & US 7
Designed by:Jenna Wilson in Stitch 'n Bitch
Knit For: Robby
Yarn: Green Mountain Spinnery's Mountain Mohair (70% wool, 30% yearling mohair)
Color: Moss
Gauge/Needles: US 10 & US 7
Designed by: Me!
Knit For: Jess
Yarn: Paton's Divine (not even 1 skein)
Color: Rose
Gauge/Needles: Size 11, 5 stitches per inch,
Designed by:
Knit For: My Wedding
Yarn: Austermann Cocktail, 5 skeins
Color: 0006
Gauge/Needles: Size 11
SpiderWeb Poncho
Designed by:
Knit For: Me
Yarn: Three strands of Cascade 220 & One strand of Plymouth Yarn Colorlash (3 skeins of Cascade and 1 of Colorlash
Color: Black
Gauge/Needles: Size 35
Zigzag Modular Scarf
Designed by: Iris Schreier
Knit For: Carlie
Yarn: South West Trading Company's Bamboo (100% Bamboo)
Color: Bougannivillia
Gauge/Needles: Pattern calls for size #7 needles. I used Size 6
Umbilical Cord Hats
Designed by: ??? in Stitch 'n Bitch
Knit For: VB Twins
Yarn: Muench Tessin, 1 skein/hat
Color: 65806
Gauge/Needles: I used US 8 needles and my gauge was 16 rounds per inch and 22 rows per inch
Designed by: Bonne Marie
Knit For: Juli
Yarn: Sugar 'n Cream (100% Cotton) approximately 1 1/4 skeins
Color: Buttercream
Gauge/Needles: US 6 & US 7
Designed by: Irina Taytslin
Knit For: Gus!
Yarn: Muench Tessin
Color: 65806
Gauge/Needles: Size 8, 3.66 stitches per inch
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