Yep. Too much fun.

But you made me smile, and after the last six days, that’s a feat!!

Funny….

Ooooo purty. Purty purty.

~470 yards knitted now, 70 to go, and yes, Lisa does a gorgeous job putting her art degree to work!

Hi Alison,
This is going to seem random! Just popped over from Lene’s blog because I loved your brilliant comments on the chair! (Why did they ever go out?) Doesn’t the fact that it’s collectible make you want one again?

I peaked at your recent entries. Kudos on that upcoming book! I’ll admit, lace frightens me. Maybe I should challenge myself. As for charts or text (last post) I like charts for color and simple decreases but text for everything else.

If it helps any, I have one shawl pattern in there where the entire thing is one six-stitch-long lace repeat. It’s wonderful for showing off a handpaint yarn, and you don’t have to count endlessly like you do for feather-and-fan patterns. I designed it specifically to help beginners get started with something that I think is really cool looking.

Oh, and, as for the Eames potato chip chairs (okay, Dad, close your eyes here) they were pretty kid-proof–we had six kids in our family, and the fiberglass version–but there’s nothing supporting your neck, I seem to remember that the arms get in the way of your elbows if you knit (priorities, you know) and my memories of them can pretty much be summed up with the word “hard.” Not a snuggly seat to cozy down into.

For all that, I still think they’re really cool. And they were great for flipping over and pretending you’re a turtle.