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10/21/2007 8:52:05 AM
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Billie
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Cough up, young lady!!! This is too incredible to sneak by without more details from the creator. My first thought was "OMG, how long would that have taken??".
Did you make it for your coworker (looks like a great fit)?
It`s truly artwork, Pat! Way to go...!
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10/21/2007 9:05:12 AM
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Shui Kuen Kozinski
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I can`t believe my eyes, that beautiful!. SK
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10/21/2007 1:13:11 PM
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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10/21/2007 4:43:18 PM
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benne
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Pat, that sweater knocks me out! It is beautiful, intricate and fabulous knitting. I am in awe!
B2
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10/21/2007 5:17:30 PM
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ScullyKnits
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That sweater left me speechless. Wowza! Art one can wear!
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10/21/2007 6:12:11 PM
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Oh my goodness! The colors are smashing. This is really incredible, Pat. Congratulations on a work of ART.
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10/21/2007 7:00:19 PM
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evelyn
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Absolutely amazing !!!! There`s a genius among us !!!
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10/21/2007 8:25:17 PM
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Sandra D
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PatW,
I`m echoing the others...WOW, beautiful! What an impressive feat, I`m just imagining all the bobbins of different colors that you handled on the back side. And the outlines are as precise as needlework! Lucky co-worker :-).
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10/22/2007 12:06:31 AM
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AmyB
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Just gorgeous!
Amy
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10/22/2007 1:17:55 AM
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ecasey
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That sweater is truly amazing! What a lucky chap your co-worker is, does he love it?? It`s just breathtaking!
Eileen.
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the STARS!" (Oscar Wilde)
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10/22/2007 5:13:52 AM
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bets
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Wow Pat
That looks absolutely beautiful. I think your intarsia work is just stunning! So many colors in one row!
Betsy
(who secretly wishes she was a co-worker!)
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10/22/2007 5:38:35 AM
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jeanflores
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Holy cow, Pat! Beautiful intarsia work!
Peace,
Jean
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10/22/2007 6:44:55 AM
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Daryl
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That really is incredible, even more so that you made it in Lara. I would think the cotton would be much less forgiving of any variation in tension as you change colors. Very, very impressive.
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10/22/2007 7:37:29 AM
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suzann
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Dear god, what everyone else says Patw. It just takes the breath away. We need larger pictures and more info
Suzann
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10/22/2007 8:08:05 AM
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OH MY what a wonderful piece of ART!!
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10/22/2007 11:05:14 AM
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patw
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Thank you all for your kind words. First let me set the record straight. This sweater was made for my wonderful DH. My co-worker John just modeled it for the picture. Another worker has the digital camera that I do not own yet, so that`s why the picture was taken at work.
It`s always hard to say exactly how long it took me to knit this sweater as I work on multiple things, but I would estimate about two months. The hard thing about this sweater was after it was sewn together, DH could not get his head through the neck ribbing, or his hands through the wrist ribbings. I had to unsew all the pieces and stretch by wetting and blocking the wrist bans, but nothing would help the neck ribbing. I had to unravel all of it, and pick up the stitches again, picking up more than called for stitches and using one size larger needles and then resew the whole sweater back again. I told my husband it is a good thing I love him. Also, it makes it harder for him to grumble about my yarn purchases!
As for knitting with Lara. I have to say that this yarn splits so you have to be careful while knitting. I was also working about the ends, so I used a dab of Frey Check on all of the ends that looked bad. Frey Check is a "glue" used in sewing and can be found at JO Ann`s and other fabric places.
For the cost, Lara is great and as you know comes in so many colors. I now want to make several Kaffe Fassett sweaters that also take a lot of colors. The next one will be for me!
Patw
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