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One last note: Calling all Portland Knitters - has anyone else seen this site? http://knitting.meetup.com/. There are 4 people from Portland signed up and a meeting planned for 3 weeks from now. I know there’s already a pretty strong Stitch n Bitch group here but I thought I’d see what this was all about too…
What a great idea - I can’t wait to see the mass of people gathered around with their baskets, bags and to-go projects milling around the square. Here’s the scoop:
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Pioneer Courthouse Square Sunday September 29, 2002 Noon - 4:00 pm |
Marti if you’re reading this, give me a call and Eva and I will pick you up on the way! 
Also, take a look at This American Sue. She’s another Portland knitter, and although her blog isn’t necessarily about knitting, she is wickedly charming and I laughed out loud more than once reading her blog.
Because Rebecca was kind enough to comment on on the floppy sweater, I will revisit the madness of it’s floppy-ness.
The colors of the floppy sweater don’t photograph very well - the red in the picture is actually more of a rust (called “Chile” in the Mission Falls line) and the green is more subdued. They are definately fall colors. Hopefully when it’s finally finished I’ll get a better picture.
Reasons it’s too big:
When I started knitting this I was a very tight knitter, as most beginers are (I’ve only been knitting since November 2001). But as I’ve been knitting this sweater off and on for the last 5 months my personal gauge has loosened, just in the natural process of becoming more comfortable with the needles. Consequently, I had to block the back to meet the front and the whole thing is at least 1 size too big. I knew it was going to be a little big because I was also reckless in my size estimation when I first measured my gauge - it was a little big (because the Mission Falls is thicker than the Handknit DK), but I figured my tight little stitches would keep it close enough!
If I could go back in time and send a whisper of advice to myself, I would still use the Mission Falls (I’m telling you, that is the softest, best quality cotton) but I would knit at a size below my measurements. I could have adjusted the pattern to fit my gauge, too, but with the stitch design, it wouldn’t have been exact.
Anyway, after discussing it, I’m feeling a little better so maybe tonight I will retrieve it from it’s banishment in the “ugly basket” and finish up the neck, just to be finished…
Fellow Stitch n Bitcher’s, though I am not one of you yet, I long to be, and will someday drag myself to your Monday night meetings! Uh!
My cold is worse and rather than spreading my tidings of good will tinged with germy good tidings, I’m staying home tonight and watching American Idol. My marathon knitting continues. I have it down to a science - 10 minutes a row, 18 rows in a repeat, 30 hours to go…
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