May 24, 2004

May two-four

This weekend marks the traditional beginning of the Canadian summer. Victoria Day is the traditional open your cottage, bbq in the backyard and drink beer in the garden weekend. It is also Toronto's safe planting date, the risk of frost is past. (This celebratory weekend was of course the planets opportunity to have a good laugh by besetting us with rain of biblical proportions and coming as close as possible to frost without actually having a frost.) Despite the nasty weather today is a National Holiday, and we are celebrating with a new tank top.

ribbon-tank

What you can see in this picture is that it's just about exactly what I wanted. The armholes armseye armscye armholes are perfection, and the decolletage is good. My bra straps don't show (as an aside, I want you all to know that I went on a special hunt for it, just for this picture) and it fits really nicely. The only thing that I wish I had done differently was to put a little more shaping in the waist. I don't know why I persist in thinking I'm shaped like a tree trunk. Admittedly, my 30-something, post-3-baby body isn't what it used to be, but I could take a waist measurement instead of somehow assuming that I go straight from hip to bust.
What you can't see in this picture is that I am wearing an uncomfortably clammy, damp tank top, (in the cold) since I couldn't wait for it to dry to get a blog picture. (Must feed the blog...must not come empty to the blog) This could have something to do with why I look so miserable despite my sincere and enduring love for the tank top. Oh..and for those of you who asked why my stitches are so lovely and even despite knitting with a foul ribbon yarn, I give you these choices, you can pick which you think it is:
1. Miami is not the flattest of ribbons. This slight roundishness may improve stitch evenness.
2. I am knitting at a slightly tighter gauge than suggested. This firm fabric leaves stitches less room to screw around.
3. These are pretty crappy pictures. The stitches are just as twisty and annoying as any other ribbon.
4. I am a knitting goddess. I have magic powers of non-twistyness over ribbon yarn and never suffer as other knitters do.


Despite having a bizarre amount of work to do (really...like 50 hour weeks) plus the kids and the house (and my blog mistress) as well as having promised two sweaters for gifts, I somehow decided that what I should really do with my evening last night was start a new tank.

cottontwisttank1

This yarn (cotton twist) is driving me nuts. It's a pretty thing, but it's beauty may not be enough to convince me to look the other way about it's evil splitting ways.
This yarn and I may be splitsville.

Posted by Stephanie at May 24, 2004 12:08 PM