Alexa: Gourmet Crafter

A Little Snuggle

December 7, 2010 at 10:16 am (Uncategorized)

With the cold cold weather around here I am suddenly convinced my pending child needs all the warm woollies he or she can handle. I know it’s not really that cold but I’m a born and raised Vancouverite so it’s darn cold to me! I have been coveting this knit from the purlbee since I first saw it (here), long long before I was even thinking about having a little snuggler of my own. The retro colours and design speak to me.

I not only had to knit this but I had to knit it in the EXACT yarn and colourway. It was kind of an obsession. Even though I work at a yarn store with many acceptable and beautiful substitution options, I just really wanted the ones in the picture. I also wanted to make up some bibs with purlsoho’s organic cotton terry cloth as well so I ordered it all with a smile on my face. They were out of the terry but getting more so the lovely customer service ladies were extremely helpful via email and a week or so later my package was on its way.

When it arrived, however, disaster struck. Even though my awaited package was IN MY HANDS the wonderful gents down at Canadian customs had assessed the package as $1200 in vitamins with a hefty duty charge to match. I had to tic the little box that sends my package back for re-assessment. I wondered whether I would ever see my pretty pretty yarn again. Luckily, it actually came back to me only a week or so later, I was shocked but thrilled. The yarn is as nice in person as it was online.

The next problem, which I have decided to live with, is that instead of casting on provisionally or with waste yarn to be sewn up later, I went with Judy Becker’s Magical Cast on. This cast on is awesome and I highly recommend it. The only problem is that because I cast on this way my work has 2 corners. Not really a problem, these corners would have been created when I sewed the bottom up anyway. The problem with MY corners is that they cause the pattern not to line up perfectly at the bottom. It’s no longer symmetrical.

You might think that the gal who HAD to knit this up in the exact yarn and colours would rip it all out and re-do but in a moment of sanity I decided it really didn’t matter and probably no one would notice if I would just stop telling people about it. I’m onto the dullish stockinette stitch in white but it shouldn’t last too long before there’s some interesting hood shaping. Then I tackle the zipper!