Bohemian Bluestocking

It can be soooo nice to see your stuff on stage. And this week it's even doubly nice, since it's a knitted item on stage. I knitted a wig for a current show at Shakespeare & Co, the regional theater I work at. And here are the pictures:(courtesy of their website/Kevin Sprague/Studio Two) And it actually looks like a wig, though slightly flat on top, the curls were a little tight to get into that small circumference. I am pleased, and as soon as I can get some close-up construction photos, I'll post those.

I want to like this pattern. Really. Really I do. For the most part, I like Knitty stuff. But this one is harder to love. There are a couple of things that I can't call quite knitter-ly.

1. The whole thumb thing. A gusset is not that hard to figure out. Come on, people! When I made these, finally, it went right in the purl "ditch."
2. That whole picot edge thing doesn't work. You want the picot eyelet to line up with the purl stitches, which is doesn't. But it does on mine....
3. And the stubby little thumb looks stubby. If there is a gusset, the thumb doesn't look stubby. End of story.

So here is my version of Fetching, looking much more fetching, I think. Though the photo is not great, I admit.

At long last, there are some photos. And a tale of three mittens. Three pairs of mittens. There are the Berkshire Mittens: They have a 3-color twisted cast-on, and up to 3 colors carried across the inside. The thumbs are a standard interior gussett, different patterns on both sides, and they have a flat grafted top. One mitten has the month/year on the cuff, the other the location and a little diamond medallion. 

Tawashi Swag is great. RhondaB is great. Chocolate is great. Caffiene is great. Ravelry is great. This is what I got: 2 citrus slice tawashi, a very kawaii matchbook of fashion-y post-it notes, and some japanese candy-chocolate trees. Yipee!