Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Car mess


Yesterday my car broke down, in the hurry to the car garage I needed something to knit while I waited right? So I came all the way home to pick up my knitting the problem was... that I did not want to continue with my Victoriana top because I am not getting gauge. The pattern calls for needles size 4 or 5. I was using an Addi Turbo size 5 but I got a gauge of 6 St instead of 7. So, I need to frog it all and start all over with a size 4. Great!

So, I pick up another project to work on while I was waiting for my car. I have plenty of awaiting projects in my closet, but I decided to grab the last yarn I just bought. It is to make a project from Rebecca Magazine, the blouse in the cover of this issue. Isn't it beautiful? This will be my first Rebecca project. I did not buy the GGH cotton-acrylic yarn that it calls for, I bought a beautiful cotton-silk yarn from Classic Elite instead. I love this yarn!

Ayer se me descompuso el carro y vine a la casa a recoger algo para tejer mientras esperaba. Lo malo es que no podia seguir trabajando en la blusa Victoriana porque ya me di cuenta de que no me esta dando el tamano de puntada correcto, entonces tengo que desahacerlo y volver a empezar con un tamano de aguja menor. Ni modo. Asi que busque en mi closet y cogi otro proyecto de la Revista Rebecca, es la blusa que se ve en la portada. Verdad que esta preciosa? Este es el primer proyecto que hago de Rebecca aunque tengo una buena coleccion de estas revistas. No compre la lana de algodon y acrilico de GGH que piden en el patron sino que compre una lana de algodon y seda de Classic Elite. Me encanta esta lana, es de mucha calidad y me da la misma medida de puntada!

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Rachel's pictures
















Rachel has been taking pictures today. I really think it is amazing how good her pictures are. Maybe she will be a photographer one day.
Rachel se la paso hoy tomando fotos. Creo que es impresionante lo bien que fotografia. Tal vez un dia se convierta en fotografa. No me extranaria para nada.

Here is a picture of her fish tank, her teddy bear, the living room, the kitchen table flowers, and of course a picture of herself!
Aqui se ven las fotos que ella tomo de su pecera, su osito de peluche subido en mi mata de seda, la sala, las flores en la mesa de la cocina y por supuesto de ella misma...

Victoriana Top



I am so exited I casted on the Victoriana Top. This is going to be a time consuming project, but that is OK. I have some stuff to finish up but in the mean time I am working on this. This project is from www.elann.com. The yarn itself was about $30. The Victoriana top can be purchased already made in the designer's website for the amount of $ 370. Yes! you heard well, $370 which is a good price if you consider the amount of hours of highly qualified workmanship required. I am just happy I can make it myself for 10% of its retail value. The yarn is silk and cashmere. Very soft and silky. I love it.
Lo mas emocionante de terminar un proyecto es poder usarlo, pero tambien la emocion de empezar uno nuevo. En este caso se trata de la blusa de encaje "Victoriana". Este va a ser un proyecto dificil ya qua la lana es muy fina y el diseno es complicado pero no importa. Tengo varias cosas que terminar pero mientras tanto estare trabajando en este proyecto. Es de www.elann.com un website canadiense. Esta blusa esta a la venta tejida a mano en Peru por el comodo precio de $370, si como lo oyes, $370! Yo estoy feliz de que puedo hacerlo por el 10% del precio de venta. En realidad no es tanto dinero si consideramos la cantidad de horas de mano de obra con experiencia que se necesitan para terminar esta pieza. La lana es seda y cashmere. Es super suave y sedosa. Me encanta!

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

HAPPY VALENTINES !!! FELIZ DIA DE SAN VALENTIN


HAPPY VALENTINES TO ALL!

FELIZ DIA DE LA AMISTAD Y EL AMOR PARA TODOS !


The mail is here!


I am so exited I got my copy of PATONS CABLES. I think I want to make everything in this book. I had to order it from a Canadian in-line store because for some reason no body else had it. This is the last book of Patons and I love it! All the designs are intermediate. They are all gorgeous. I really like the design of the book itself because the size is small enough to carry in your knitting bag and a cool feature, size and changes are color coded to avoid confusion. Great idea!

Estoy emocionada de que recibi en el correo mi copia de Patons Cables. Es el mas reciente libro de disenos de Patons. Tuve que ordernarlo desde Canada porque aqui nadie lo tiene. Por alguna razon parece estar muy escaso. Me encanta! Creo que voy a tejer todos los disenos que trae este libro. Tambien me gusta mucho el diseno del libro en si porque es suficientemente pequeno para caber en la bolsa de tejer y las diferentes tallas y medidas vienen codificadas con colores para evitar confusion. Que buena idea!

Rachel's birthday

Pinata time!



Last Saturday it was Rachel's birthday. She turned 7. We had a lot of fun. Some of her friends from school came over. El sabado pasado fue el cumpleanos de Rachel. Cumplio 7. Algunos de sus companeros de la escuela vinieron.


James and Colleen
Here brother and sister chatting.
Aqui se ven los dos hermanos conversando


Here is grandma Jean taking a break to eat some cake. Thank God she helped me so much with the party. Aqui se ve la abuela Jean tomando un descanso para comerse un pedacito de queque. Gracias a Dios me ayudo bastante con la fiesta.

The Crayola Jacket


Date Finished: February 14, 2007
Design : My Own
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Denim Cotton in Purple, Yellow and Red
Yarn Source: Herrschners

Christian character award



During the first days of February my little Rachel won award at school. The award was given to her during Chapel in front of all the school. It was for Christian character. I was a very proud mom sitting there in the audience.
Este mes le dieron a Rachel el premio del caracter cristiano. Yo me senti sumamente orgullosa.

Margery



Many things had happen during this time I haven't post. Among others, I finished Margery, my first Elsebeth Lavold design. I love Elsebeth and collect her books but I have never done any of her designs until now. I must say this sweater was a delight to knit. The rather thin wool/silk yarn knits up rather quickly. I was also surprised of the great yardage of the silky wool skeins. This project only took a little over 6 balls, although the pattern calls for 6 balls exactly. I used quite a bit of the seventh ball. It is all ready to get assembled and I can't wait to wear it. There is a matching skirt in the same book that I plan to knit as well since I still have 3 1/2 balls of yarn left. I love the color I chose it is called "Lava" and it is a pretty plum color.
Durante este tiempo que no habia vuelto a escribir muchas cosas han pasado. Entre otras cosas termine Margery, un diseno de la disenadora sueca Elsebeth Lavold. Yo siempre he coleccionado sus libros pero esta es la primera vez que tejo algo de ella. Me encanto porque se teje rapido a pesar de que la lana (combinacion de lana de oveja y seda), es mas bien delgada. Tambien me sorprendio cuanto rinden las bolas de SILKY WOOL ya que solo me tomo un poco mas de 6 bolas aunque el patron dice que con 6 alcanza. Yo si use un poco mas de 6. El mismo libro trae una enagua que tambien la pienso hacer en el mismo color para hacer el juego. Me encanta el color que escogi, se llama "lava" y es un lindo tono de morado.

So long, no see...

Dear friends, I apologize for not posting in so, so long. Part of the reason is that I did not think anybody care for my blog. Surprisingly aunt Connie, send me a beautiful Valentines card to say hello and let me know that she does read my blog frequently as she herself is a knitter. This totally inspired me to continue posting, since now I know at least one person in this futile world cares! LOL! Thanks Connie!

Queridos amigos, me disculpo por no actualizar mi blog por tanto tiempo. En parte no lo habia hecho porque no crei que nadie lo leyera. Sin embargo, en esta semana la tia Connie (hermana de la mama de James) me mando una tarjeta de San Valentin para saludarme y decirme que ella tiene mi blog salvado y siempre lo lee ya que a ella tambien le encanta tejer. Esto me inspiro para seguir adelante con mi blog ya que me di cuenta de que almenos hay una persona que si lo lee. ja ja ja, Gracias tia Connie!