{"id":122,"date":"2003-11-28T19:04:50","date_gmt":"2003-11-28T19:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=122"},"modified":"2003-11-28T19:04:50","modified_gmt":"2003-11-28T19:04:50","slug":"hits-and-misses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=122","title":{"rendered":"hits and misses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Post-Turkey Weekend to all! In between fixing turkey, dressing, and other eats, I was able to sew up a couple more hats for Megan<\/a> (the pretty one is still to come).
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\nThe black one got a bit snug when I sewed on the ribbon, so hopefully it will still fit.
\nI also whipped up a batch of lip balm:
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\nThey are supposed to be grapefruit-peppermint, but they don’t really smell. The directions command that you only put in a few drops of the smelly oils, but it seems like you really have to dump in a heap to really scent the stuff. I erred on the side of caution this time, since I don’t want the peppermint to burn off any lips.
\nWork on the candy-colored bucket o’ chic continues, but I am having such troubles with the rolling brim that I am ready to just make a pillbox hat and call it a day (okay, so not really). The first time I picked up four stitches for every five rows and did a suspended bindoff (in the Vogue Knitting book). Rolling. The second time I picked up three stitches for every four rows and bound off on the purl side, thinking that maybe that would influence the brim to roll inward. I steamed it, and it seemed to roll even more! And I got the ruffly effect! So I had to rip that out. Now I’m on the third attempt. The yarn is tired and kinky from the steaming, but I refuse to use fresh yarn until I’ve got this brim figured out. This time I thought, “What would Claudia<\/a> do?” Ah, yes, SHE would pick up two stitches for every three rows, so that’s what I am doing now. I picked up and am about to start the first row, but I’m already feeling the roll. I MUST BREAK THIS CURSE!!!! Any suggestions or magic spells would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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