Weeks 3-5: The End

Welcome back to our "regularly" scheduled broadcast. We find our heroines scantily clad in chapel dress, still pondering the nature of yarn, the universe, and $82 yarn.

SEWING::

Our heroines have completed theultimate challenge -- creating the perfect little white dress (LWD*). on June 10th, tune it for a special live event that will showcase these LWDs.

Julia has transformed red, brown, and sherlock holmes plaid fabric into a 15th century Irish cloak.

KNITTING::

Solana has completed her lovely not-so-spring afghan.

Rachelle has included a lining and two wooden dowels to her rawr-tastic red tote.

& Julia completed her shawl a few days after our previous post.

We interrupt this broadcast for an emergency announcement:

We apologize for the lack of sarcasm and sass. Our heroines have actually grown to love one another -- against all odds.**

CROCHETING::

Rachelle, after many long and lonely night with nothing but The Nanny and cups of tea (at least it's not Lifetime and Ben & Jerry's), finished her apocalypticly divine afghan (many of our readers may be wondering though, how rachelle is still alive after constantly describing her SALMON*** afghan by mispronouncing the colors).

In Other News...

Our heroines have adopted three lovely 'bears' all with their own special quirks and varying birth defects.

JK JK We Kid****

Many Thanks To:

MoonRiver, Ms. McArdle, Madame, Wonderflex, and the lovely ladies of Stitch House Dorchester, Disney, Pixar, the cast and crew of How I Met Your Mother, and the inventor of the video camera.

Now signing off on their last broadcast, our heroines say Good bye.

* see little black dress

**and the sass is back

***pronounced sam - in

**** see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De-3zE-JAVo

Week 2 : The First Full Week

and now they've experienced it all...

as our heroines sit around - camp-style - discussing summer camps, past fads* that should have never happened, and the reasoning for chin surgery,** they write to you about this past week of their artistic shenanigans.

After their first knitting class, our heroines braved Dorchester's crazy streets and knitted their way to adventure...and beyond***. On busses and trains and cars and planes, our heroines encountered passer-bys who were too surprised to see 17 and 18 year-olds knitting. Our super heroines - made of sugar, spice, and everything nice, and splash of Chemical X - have been counting such encounters (of another kind.)
Tkhe**** Knitting Konversation Kounter : 7*****


On Sewing ...
much progress has been made with our heroines, including these lovely crops tops

On Crocheting...
Julia created a environmentally-friendly mug cozy and a dangerous daffodil

Rrrrrrr-achelle is currently working on her salmon*^6, coral, peach, and off-white squares that will form a 7 x 9 afghan -- total of 63 squares

and solana made a purple holey*^7 hat - completing one third of her senior project*^8

On Knitting...
Rachelle has almost completed this portion of her senior project, her red knitted tote bag, and an extra project:  her green leg warmers

Julia has been patiently knitting her boneyard shawl for the past week and has only 2 more balls of yarn to go (out of 5 balls total.)

and Solana has completed her red and gray cowl. and started her afghan, after 4 failed attempts, she is finally getting the hang of a cable needle.

In Other News...

Our heroines had a guest knitter at their Thursday knitting class, Wonder Flex, SUPERPOWER: Literary Skill.




Stitch House has some pretty awesome knitting supplies. check it out

A yarn bowl that helps keep tension
and de-tangles as you knit/crochet

"The Knit Kit" -- enough said.
available in black or red

for the loyal reader's enjoyment: A Yarn Scene, time 0.26 seconds

and lastly, here are some quotes that brightened our week.

"every stitch brings a smile to my face"
"a boss in a cowl"
"it's longer than 36 inches"
"She has two balls to go"
"i'll make the v-square."
"i can ruin your college career before you even get there"
"it's pronounced 'water,' but in less civilized states..."
"i'll stab you with my knitting needle" "but if i use my crochet hook" "this is a circular needle"
"like brain floss"
"i hope you drop a stitch"    speechless... "things like that can ruin a friendship"
"your wobbly knees"

See you next time on The Knitting Journal; same time. same place.

* double denim
** apparently she had no chin
*** see Buzz Lightyear
**** the 'K' is silent
***** one woman who said nothing, but stood an inch away and stared at the knitting projects rather intensely
*^6 the 'L' is not silent
*^7 the 'L' is silent
*^8 see later post for clarification

Week One

Our Heroines had their first foray into Boston this past Thursday, where they met the lovely ladies of Stitch House in Dorchester. In their first sewing class they made adorable totes, took each others measurements (Bust, Waist, Hips), and generally had a smashingly swell time.

After devouring 2 large cheese pizzas at the Avenue Grill, our Heroines returned to Stitch House for an afternoon of Knitting and yarn adoration. Solana began her red and gray curvaceous cowl*, Rachelle began her green luscious leg-warmers, and Julia began her blue shag-tastic Shawl (oh behave**).

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On Friday, after some bus troubles, particularly for Rachelle ;), our Heroines returned to Stitch House for Solana and Julia's first voyage into crocheting. Solana and Julia spent the hour learning basic stitches and discussing how to go about their personal crocheting goals.

Later, Ms. Anissa, the owner of Stitch House, led Solana and Julia on a fabric excursion.

Meanwhile, Rachelle remained at Stitch House knitting away happily.

At the end of the day Solana and Julia returned to Stitch House victorious with their fabrics for their dresses.

It was all in all very successful "week" for our Heroines.

*or Cow-a-bunga; Interjection; a yell of exhilaration, mainly used by surfers.

** See Austin Powers

As the Adventure Begins...

We find our heroines in a tangled mess of yarn, needles, and thread. 

Day One: THE KNITTING JOURNAL - An Exploration of the Needlecrafts

Solana, Julia, Rachelle, and MoonRiver , an anonymous knitter extra-ordinaire, find themselves in their secret lair contemplating the nature of life, the universe, and $82 yarn.  

Welcome to The Knitting Journal

xoxo Solana, Julia, Rachelle & MoonRiver