An FO and a gym rant

As promised, here is the Garnstudio bolero which is free from the website. I used Catalina Alpaca which is *wipes drool* LURVELY YARN BTW. Soooo soft.

And of course, the rear view facing the back yarn and my neighbor's forest of trees.
And then on to the crochet detail of the bell cuff. For those of you that don't know, I crocheted since I was eight and that is a LONG time before I ever started knitting. Like oh maybe 20 years with hook in hand. Wow that is a long time. I only picked up knitting about three years ago so it was fun to crochet again. I lost interest when I felt that I could knit better fitted and shaped garments through knitting, that is until the wonderful Teva Duram came along and had folks drooling over her new book. She is a genius with shaping details but the patterns often call for a bulkier yarn than my fat butt will allow to put on. Specs:

Pattern: http://www.garnstudio.com/

Yarn: 4 skeins of Catalina Alpaca (Tangerine) and 2 skeins Catalina Alpaca (Ecru) all held double

Needles: Size 10.5 Circulars

Started: June 16, 2007

Finished: June 29, 2007 only due to yarn availability

Mods: Only did three rounds of the crochet pattern because the yarn was slightly thicker than called for when doubled.

Recipient- ME!

And now for the gym rant:

*steps on soapbox*

Ahem. For those of you who use machines at the gym, sweat like a pig and don't wipe off your machine when your done, go back and read your freakin' gym rule book folks. It's time for a remedial lesson. It's disgusting and doesn't show courtesy to your fellow gym-goers. The next time you see the firey redhead holding a dumbell, very upset her husband drug her tired, fat ass to the gym at 5:30 AM, don't get too close. You're in throwing range. Which do you choose? Rule book or deal with the redhead beotch?

*thumps older sweaty gym man in the head with gym rule book*

Ahem. Back to your regularly schedule knit programming.

Go on.

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