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November 07, 2005
Work
I know I said I wasn't gonna show work stuff but this one is rather different. A few weeks ago I was going to the shoe store and on the way I noticed one of the LYS just happened to be open. Sure it was day time and most yarn stores would be open on a Thursday afternoon but not this LYS. Over the years their hours have become more and more sporadic to the point where they are only open a couple of hours a few days of the week. And even the posted hours are not honored. It seems that every time I am in the area the shop is closed. Nevermind.
Since the shop was open I dropped in to check out the wares and maybe pick up a copy of Jean Frosts Jacket book. One of my fave people from the guild was working that afternoon and I ended up spending a few hours gossiping[no book or interesting to me wares] and selling stuff to the throngs of customers. During the visit an elderly couple dropped in asking about sweater repair work. Apparently they had traveled to Ireland many years ago and purchased some sweaters. Sweaters which had developed a few m*th holes and tears over the years. Above you see the lady's version. It is actually cream but my camara decided to make it ochre for some bizarre reason. My friend felt that she was unable to repair the sweaters herself and knew of nobody free to do the job. I was so on it. Anyway the lady's sweater has a tiny tear at the sleeve CO edge and another smaller one a few rows into the cuff. I think she caught it on a watchband or somesuch. Now that I have finished the sweater knitting that I was diligently working on last few weeks I will undo the CO and rip back a few rows on each cuff then BO. Here you get the before shot:
The man's sweater is gonna be a real job involving undoing all the seams, ripping back the body, and reknitting the sleeve top, shoulder strap, back of neck and buttonband. When I show you the finit woman's sweater I will show the man's. Til then~ happy knitting
Posted by Elka at November 7, 2005 11:05 PM