craftgrrl | Finished projects! (Reply)

I posted this in another community and my private lj as well, but I'm so happy that I'm practically singing from the mountaintops.

I finished an adapted version of the Skully sweater from the original 'Stitch and Bitch' book, knit with good ol' Lionsbrand Wool and a lot of patience (I ended up killing off the sleeves and turning it into a vest, and the other skull, which I thought looked too garish). Word out to all my profs who didn't complain at me for knitting in their classes!

Also, a couple of years ago, whilst doing the junior-year-abroad (in my case, Denmark), I went to Ireland and found the cutest little knitting store near Ha'Penny bridge in Dublin. I bought two skeins of cute red-pink yarn, and knitted it into a bag. I then tried knitting a strap with....Red Heart! Naturally, it looked ugly and ended up tearing on me. Serves me right for attempting to mix Dublin's finest with awful cheap yarn!

But I went to Joann's quite recently, and found a couple of cute straps to fix the issue. All better! God, do I love Joann's. I even got compliments from muscle guys at the gym last night when I wore it out! (Not what I expected, but hey, a compliment's a compliment, right : )?)