April 20, 2004
Have you seen Gigi? Go
Have you seen Gigi? Go to Bonne Marie's and have a look, she's gorgeous!
I got the pattern first thing this morning, which was excellent, because I knew the yardages and stuff before I headed off on my yarn hunt :)
Gigi has the same gauge as the Bottoms Up Bucket Hat, coincidentally. So off we went this morning, and I was quite pleasantly surprised when we reached Lincraft.
What a selection! Well, compared to Spotlight, anyway. Unfortunately there was no cotton to be seen at all. However, I did find a nice 100% superwash wool which was the perfect weight. Seeing as we're heading into winter here, and the wool was only $1.50 a ball (!!!), how could I say no??? So I got a pretty mint green colour, and a grey for the trim. It looks better than it sounds. Unfortunately the colour choices were limited, but how could I complain? They had just one ball of lavender and one of pink, so Em is getting a striped Bucket Hat.
We then went to the Original Bear Factory. I think it's called something else in the USA, but it was great fun. You pick out the bear you want (Em picked out a white bunny), you decide how firmly you want it stuffed, you pick a voice, pop in a heart (along with a kiss and a wish!), they sew it up, you pick out an outfit, and as you pay up and leave, you're handed a lovely little Birth Certificate. Emily is now the proud owner of a white bunny named Flopsy in a purple and white spotty dress.
Then it was off in the other direction to the LYS. I got a lime green ball of aran weight cotton, and 6 balls of Sugar 'n cream for bucket hats. Considering the climate we live in, I'm really disappointed about the lack of cotton yarns available here. There was nothing at all suitable for Gigi, all the cottons in the right weight were stiff, and the vast majority of the cottons were in the Australian 8 ply weight. (22sts/28rows - 10cm).
Everything else was novelty yarns. Over it. Big time.