A number of people have asked me about the Viv Hoxbro kit which is yet again on hold! I finally found a picture of it through the Wayback site but it doesn't seem to want to be found again! It was model 2313 last seen in May 2003 ( for anyone more able than I in keeping track of it!)
I do really want to complete this but it has not proved an ideal project when one's brain is mush from pain and then the stress of returning to work.
Even less the sort of project you want to consider during the Olympics - so I think this will have to be a March project.
I've been working on the top in DB Alpaca Silk and have just one arm edging to do, block and sew up so there is still progress on the UFO list. I won't get it finished in time to take it to Brighton with me at the weekend though.
The list of things to take to Brighton is endless, the small case is overflowing so I've moved over to the larger one and still have no room for clothes - it's all those toys I have to take! I think some rationalisation is called for and I need to take at least 2 of the knitting projects out of the bag - after all I'll only be gone for 2 nights, will have my lace travel knitting with me and should be starting the Olympics!
Posted by Yvonne at February 8, 2006 11:22 PMBut you DO have to take more than you can knit in case
-you don't feel like knitting it
-the weather is too hot/cold to knit that yarn
-you forgot something you need to knit it like stitchholders or ribbing sized needles
-you took the wrong sized needles
All these things can be overcome by having other projects packed!
Just thought I'd leave you a 'hello' - I still remember popping in to one of the Liberty meetings when I was down in London several years ago.
Posted by: LornaJay at February 11, 2006 06:24 PMLooking forward to seeing you in Brighton. We can check each other's Olympic progress - and make sure that Dawn hasn't gone for the easy option!
Posted by: Mary at February 9, 2006 11:20 PMI did manage to find it on the Wayback Site, but under the entry for June 2003. I like the look of it!
She challenges the reader to guess where the jacket is started, and I have no idea, but guess it has to be at one of the corners!
I knitted her Bumblebee design for my daughter, and while I enjoyed knitting it, and my daughter loves the jacket, I have to admit that I was a little disappointed with the Harrisville yarn. You are lucky to have one of her original designs, using Shetland yarn.
I think she said it had become too expensive.
In any case she obviously has her eye on the US market, so I guess it makes sense to market her kits using domestic yarn (though Hanne Falkenberg does well here with her designs, and, as far as I know, she still uses Shetland wool).
Sorry to hear that your life is hectic - hope it settles down to a calmer pace.
Enjoy your week-end in Brighton!
Love,
Charlotte
http://web.archive.org/web/20021010082320/www.viv.dk/Modeller/m2313a.htm
(that's a picture and Japan's showing under the name Japan as well!) I think Japan might be my next UFO.
So will I see you working on your Olympic challenge at brighton? Expect Jill, Mary and myself - we'll be down about 11 I think!
Dawn:)