June 2006
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Thu 29 Jun 2006
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Remember Great Expectations that good ole Mrs. Havisham who trounced around her apartment in her old wedding dress after she had been jilted at the alter? A terrifying vision in yellowed silk and ripped tulle.
Well, I had a little Mrs. Havisham moment when looking for a wedding dress.
With my general disdain for all of those popular strapless wedding dresses that would make me look like I was smuggling a loaf of challah across my chest, I was determined to by a vintage wedding dress from the 1930s/40s.
Surely they would all be stunning and make me look immediately like a star from a Warner Bros. Musical, right?
Er, yeah, no.
Thanks to my eBay savvy-ness, I purchase four pre-1950s wedding dresses off of eBay for $50 and tried them on in hopes of finding my dream dress. Hmmm… Not a good sign when one of them looks so tiny that my size 4 friend couldn’t try it on. I didn’t look like an innocent bride–I looked like a trainwreck in them!
As you can see from these charming pictures:
Check out these evil puffs of doom? And don’t get me started on the pointy long sleeve thing.
Here’s my bride of zombie immitation–who wouldn’t want to marry THAT? That tiara looks like a steering wheel. Looks like the last bride decided to wear it to a bar-fight.
OK–back to knitting, I promise. I actually have a good deal of that Kim Hargreaves sweater that I’m rocking on to show you.
Stay tuned–and thanks for putting up with my lack of posts.
Thu 29 Jun 2006
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Uh, yeah finished them ages ago and gave them to the mothers who were both tickled pink with them.
And they were both so cute and not a single picture was taken.
Very naughty of me indeed!
I’ll go stand in a corner now.
Sun 11 Jun 2006
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You see, I do do things other than knit!
Like plant herbs and dwarf citrus trees.
The dream is that next summer, I’ll just mosey outside to pick some fresh limes of my tree and a handful of mint to make some mojitos any time I want.
Let’s hope my green thumb remembers to water these babies every Sunday to keep my mojito fueled dream alive!
Oh, but look at my herb garden and tomatoes below.
And the best part is that Eric put together our spanking new bench. A very cheap purchase for next week’s housewarming party. Hoorah!
Mon 5 Jun 2006
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Seriously kids, I’m going on a yarn diet. Since I’m starting to renew my vows to Weight Watchers and working out, I thought I would also do the same for yarn.
I don’t know what happens. I enter a yarn store and BAM–I leave anywhere between $20 to 200 poorer. And that doesn’t bode well when I need to be saving up for a wedding this year. All I need to say are two words: Knit. Cafe.
Yeah, EXACTLY!
So, anyway, I’m going hardcore. I’m not even going to buy sock yarn. OK-WAIT that’s just not fair. I mean, at least with WW I can have sweets… OK–I can buy sock yarn, but THAT’S IT!
Well, if I need needles, I’ll just have to do with my Denise Interchangeables. No cute little doodahs or needle holders, etc. And if someone wants to reproduce, let that baby be swaddled in a sweater made from my stash.
And my stash can handle it. I know my stash is not as bad as some knitters–I still think it’s pretty shameful. I mean, I have yarn to knit three sweaters for myself: The Knit Cafe one in green. That Kim Hargreaves one in brown cotton. And lastly, “Remembering Honey” out of some gorgeous plummy cotton. First the Kim Hargreaves and then we’ll take it from there.
So, you have my word on it, people. No more yarn purchases until my wedding. That means November. Ooh, I’m shuddering just thinking about it. NO! I’ll be strong! Yeah!
And tomorrow, I should have pictures of not one but TWO completed baby sweaters. I know! Crazy!
