the blue blog archives: knit night

Yesterday, I got to meet up with some other Boston area knitbloggers - Kim and Amy - to do a little knitting (what else?). Kim had the idea a couple of weeks ago and when we settled on the day, I hadn't realized that it was my wedding anniversary. Ooops! But hubby let me go out to meet my new knitbuds and we saved the cake for when I got back. To make it up to him, I started working on his brown butter vest, but I barely managed to get half an inch knitted. Chalk it up to too much fun chatting and too little accurate counting. And the fact that a man's vest is like gigantic! I think my sense of scale has been all thrown off working on the baby stuff so much. Size warp! Maybe I'll try to work on this vest once I get all my current baby stuff to the finishing stage, so I can readjust.

posted by alison at 7:23 am | in brown butter

Comments

Saw your comments 'bout my hat. I wondered if it was the same colorway as yours. I really like it! Corynna's main winter coat is pink, so she should be stylin' once I send it to her.

Posted by: Teresa at January 30, 2003 10:02 AM

In my household, the sizing is the other way around. My husband is 5'5" with a 38" chest (and a 7" drop), while my measurements are a bit (cough) larger, so I much prefer to knit for him. (no children to knit for, so can't compare that).

Posted by: Cindy at January 30, 2003 11:52 AM

Most of the sweaters I make are for my daughter. I do make things for myself from time to time. Sometimes I give my sweaters to Lisa. They're a little big on her but not bad. So anyway, I'm used to the larger number of stitches required so when I make a shop sample (usually an extra small) it seems like nothing at all.

Posted by: Larry at January 30, 2003 1:53 PM

Happy anniversary! I can't think of a better way to spend it than with knitting buddies!

Posted by: kerrie at January 31, 2003 2:25 AM