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Yarnissima Zum Dirndl Kit w/Wollmeise yarn


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I have been stalking Yarnissima for awhile now, just waiting for her latest creation to become available the "Zum Dirndl", and now I finally have it!



I missed the sign-ups for the test knitting, so I had to watch from the sidelines of the Zum Dirndl Test Knit group in Raverly. 8-( But, I got my email from Yarnissima a few days ago regarding the release of the kit, and I quickly Paypal'd for it.



The Natural colored Wollmeise yarn is just divine, and the pattern is so classy, I really want to cast these puppies on.

I already have an outfit in mind, wearing these stockings with these black stilettos:


A classy black skirt, and a Natural color sweater to match.. ooh can't wait!

While I was at Purlescence last Saturday, I picked up the softest lace yarn from BMF the LACI series in the "Typhoon Tina" colorway. It is so soft, and has pretty deep tones for fall. I'm thinking I might use this for MS4, if it swatches good.





Ok, I'm done salivating....onto my Crochet project.

I've been meaning for awhile now to learn crochet, primarily for embellishments, and have become fascinated with Amigurumi, which you obviously need to know crochet to do. You can do it with knitting, but I think it's better to use crochet for this.
I went and invested a full set of crochet hooks, in a ton of yarn at Michael's, I know, I know, under any other circumstances I would NOT buy yarn from Michael's, being the "yarn snob" I am, but I didn't think it was right or even made sense to use quality yarn for my Amigurumi projects, don't you???

Ok, didn't mean to scare you there... I only use quality designer yarn for my projects, with Amigurumi being the exception. I also bought the adorable "Creepy Cute Crochet" book, Crochet for Dummies, & the Amigurumi World book.

Last night, I put down my knitting, and picked up my 3.5mm crochet hook, and tried to read a Crochet pattern.
STOP HERE... these pattern charts are crazy, it was like looking at a different language????
Look at this:


You see that circle on the left, with all the characters, that's the chart I'm supposed to read!?! For a brand new crocheter like me, this was just ?#?*@!??? But I didn't give up, I looked through my books, did some YouTube browsing, and after some research, I was finally able to make a Magic Ring, and understand that Crochet Chart. Now it doesn't look so freaky to me. After about an hour I was on my way to completing the body of my little "Grim Reaper".



I learned to Magic Ring, Single Crochet, Double Crochet, Decrease Crochet, and so on. I got my little body done, and was ready to fill it, when I realized I couldn't find my filler! I searched high & low, nothing, so now it sits on its crochet hook until I go to Michael's and stock up on some filler.

Here's what the body looks like so far, you can't tell too much now, but tonight it will be filled and then given an head.



I was so proud last night, for a minute there I didn't think I was going to figure it out. Hopefully the rest of the body goes smoother.

Happy Friday Everyone!!!
8-)