the blue blog archives: end of spring and my feet are still cold

Memorial Day's almost upon us, the unofficial begin of summer, time for a check on the spring flingers!

Marg posted a picture of her spring fling top, which she wore at her daughter's wedding. Lovely! And Dava just finished a beautiful pink purse, which totally says spring to me! Poor Jon seems to have had a small edging accident while working on his polka purl dot top. Go send him your sympathies. Hey, Lynn just finished a version of my spring fling tank. It's exciting to see it done in another yarn. And she'll kill me for pointing it out, but Amy also made a "fuzzy green thing". I think it looks great, but she wasn't convinced. Elsewhere in knit-along-land, Sarah has finished the back of her linen drape tank. Oh yeah, summer's almost here!

Despite all the warm weather knitting that's been going on, it hasn't been all that warm here in Boston. My feet are cold. Remember my old "swift", um, slippers? Well, they have suddenly given up the ghost. So I've decided to make myself a new pair. Crochet myself a new pair, to be specific. The turkish slippers from Simple Crochet looked so pretty and simple is in the title, so I'm game!

And I'm not the only one who's been knitting warm recently. Blog-reader Melanie sent me a picture of the mittens she made from my plaid mitten pattern. Yay, Melanie - they look great! But I have to admit, I hope it'll be a while before you get a chance to wear 'em.

posted by alison at 9:18 am | in accessories

Comments

I love these slippers as well!!!! They're just the prettiest little things! I haven't learned to crochet yet though, so i'll have to hold off for a bit. But I keep finding myself drawn to that book at the bookstore so maybe learning isn't too too far away!!! hehe ^_^

Great blog you have here! I've linked you from my page! Hope that's okay! ^_^

Posted by: Lana at May 27, 2004 9:47 AM

I thought only we folks at high altitudes (3500 ft above SL here) have cold springs! I don't crochet...could you do me a pair of slippers? ;-)

Posted by: Marg at May 27, 2004 10:23 AM

P.S. Thanks for the compliments on my SpringFling Top. :-)

Posted by: Marg at May 27, 2004 10:24 AM

Wow! I love those slippers and wish I could make them. Right now, my crochet skills haven't advanced to reading patterns yet. Can't wait to see them when they're done.

Posted by: lynette at May 27, 2004 10:51 AM

No, I'm not going to kill you :) I'm just going to be doing alot of blushing! I like the pattern very much. I'm just too...bosom-y...to do it justice.

Posted by: Amy at May 27, 2004 2:50 PM

Great pics. I just posted your spring fling tank too. I just love it. And those slippers are great. My crochet skills are not up to it yet, but I definitely see them in my future.

Posted by: froggy at May 27, 2004 4:16 PM

Hi Alison!

Quick Q about your cardi-raye... did you contact Phildar to ask them about the grosgrain ribbon for the front closure, etc?

I ask because I downloaded the pattern from the Phildar site but only now realized there are finishing details available from Phildar? And yet I thought Phildar didn't handle sales or whateffer to individuals?

Thanks for any input!

Miranda II

Posted by: Miranda II at May 27, 2004 7:19 PM

I love those slippers!! Have you seen her knit version in her other book Simple Knits with a Twist? They are knit in ribbon and soo gorgeous! I'm quickly becoming a big Erika Knight fan!

Posted by: Libby at May 28, 2004 1:11 PM

I'll finish my spring fling project one of these days. I promise!

Posted by: Jon at May 30, 2004 10:15 AM