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And Behind the Scene

There has been much talk about spinning in the last several posts and indeed it has been taking a bite into my knitting time.  But fear not, there has been a bunch of knitting going on behind the scene.

First, I think the chunky cowl for Jami has finally been done right.  She always asked for a 29¨ cowl, but because there was so much leftover yarn (yarn that she purchased) I felt the need to use more of it.  So I either made the cowl too wide or too long or both.   (Want to see the first misstep?  Check out that past post here.  The other two were not documented.)  Finally, I did what Jami wanted and created a rather thin 29¨ cowl.  With the extra I created a matching tam.  And here they are all together, Jami, the cowl and tam.

Jami was being distracted as I took the photo last night

Second, I wanted to use my Bucky Badger toque and mittens as a part of a Day of the Dead Badger Fan costume for Halloween.  I knew that was one costume I could carry off with enthusiasm.  (I wore a 1994 Rose Bowl Championship sweatshirt, along with the toque and mittens.  The story line is I have died waiting for another Badger Rose Bowl run.)  Only problem was I needed to get both mittens complete by Saturday, Oct 31 for a 4 pm gathering.  About a week ago I was able to complete the first mitten in six days, so I knew it would be close completing the second with all the spinning I was also doing.  But by noon on Saturday the pair was complete.  And here´s me in my Day of the Dead Badger Fan costume complete with the toque and mittens.

From the front (and I am not smiling because I am supposed to be dead)

And a shot from the back showing the badger claws on the mitten
BTW, Paul dressed as a sheik, Jami, a butterfly and John, a cowboy.  We tried to determine what the significance might be that Jami and I picked an animal and insect and the guys dressed up like other men.  This was never resolved.  We took this show to some local craft breweries where as you can image the four of us made quite a scene upon entering the establishment.  And we found a new third local brewery that had been open less than a week.  All lent to a great and happy halloween.

The foursome 

More about the inside of the mittens and how I created Jami´s cowl in my next post.

As a complete aside I have to say all that black above and below my eyes certainly hid the wrinkles.  If only I could use that technique on a daily basis I´d look years younger.

Comments

  1. Unknown1 November 2015 at 10:43

    YeeHaw! The sheik and I knitted together our own cartel.
    I hope next Day of the Dead includes a variety of knitted masks.
    The evening was a blast.

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  2. JFlag1 November 2015 at 11:00

    It was fun. Let me look into knitting for next year´s event. It poses an interesting challenge.

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