The Project: We got spirit yes we do Choker Scarflet
The Yarn: Koigu Kersti Merino Wool Crepe in 'Reds'. Pom poms made from Lamb's Pride Worsted in 'Red Baron'. Both purchased from Needlwork Unlimited.
The Needles: 3.5 MM Hyaku-en store bamboo needles
Started: September 11, 2004
Finished: September 24, 2004
I'm sexy, I'm cute! I'm popular to boot!
Bring it on (yes, I do love that movie) - the we got spirit yes we do scarflet is finished!
I'm rockin'! I smile! And many think I'm vile!
I finally sewed on the pompoms and finished this up last night. Being only 13 stitches across, the k1p1 ribbed scarflet knitted up very quickly. I did most of it while riding the bus to work and finished the scarflet section while watching Goodbye Lenin! (more on that below). I initially intended on making this a choker, but went a little longer to make it more comfortable.
I'm flyin', I jump! You can look but don't you hump! Whoo!
The pompoms were the most tedious part. As I said earlier, the pompom maker I purchased really sucked, so I ended up making them the old fashioned way. They turned out fine, but it took a fair amount of trimming to get them to look even. Oh well, no balls, no babies -- no pom poms, no we got spirit yes we do scarflet!
I'm major, I roar! I swear I'm not a whore!
The scarflet will be a nice accessory for this early fall weather. I'm shamefully tooting my own horn here, but I think it turned out pretty durned cute!
Okay, enough of the cheering, what's not to love about Goodbye Lenin!? I'll confess I was partial to the film before I'd even seen it, due to my weird fascination with all things Soviet bloc (blame that on Nadia Comaneci and Nelli Kim). I should train myself to become better at reviewing movies, but I'll simply say that the pre-fall of the wall GDR stuff was as my spoiled capitalist pig self imagined it would have been and the film exceeded my expectations by being somewhat sad, very amusing and quite sweet. There is even a cosmonaut in it!
make me one!
Posted by: molly | September 25, 2004 at 15:41
Of course I will! Then we can be twins. Kawaii ne?
Posted by: Amy | September 25, 2004 at 16:19
Turned out CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE even if the pompoms caused problems. I want to get a pom pom tree, but have yet to see one in the crafting sections.
Posted by: Jen | September 26, 2004 at 00:13
Thanks Jen! The pompoms weren't so bad, just more time consuming than expected. I bet a fancy pompom doohickey would work a lot better!
Posted by: Amy | September 26, 2004 at 16:19
If you love things Soviet, have I got buttons for your next project! Go to American Science and Surplus, and check out the "Militaria" section. They're selling packs of Red Army buttons for amazingly low prices: http://www.sciplus.com/category.cfm?subsection=9
(No affliation, but I always thought the buttons were cool).
Posted by: kbsalazar | September 28, 2004 at 08:29
Thank you for posting those! I love American Science & Surplus, but never saw those before.
Posted by: Amy | September 28, 2004 at 18:47