february magknits

INVESTED

Frarochvia:  I’m not happy with the choice of yarn in this pattern. The choice’s poorness is very obvious in the zipper.  The yarn is mostly acrylic so she couldn’t block it.  Double stranded worsted or bulky wool would have been much better.
Tiphanie: Agreed. I’m sure that with wool, it would shine. I like the cable pattern.
Frarochvia: I like the idea of the vest.
Tiphanie: I would wear this to a renaissance fair. I love the chains! Very medieval.
Frarochvia:  I like how it’s all reverse stockinette.  No ribbing.
Tiphanie: I wonder why she chose to include the thick cable. Would it be comfortable sitting/leaning back?
Frarochvia:  No idea.  Don’t think it would be uncomfortable.  I can see making this sometime.
Tiphanie: I like it but I would pick a different yarn.

STRAWBERRY TEA COSY

Tiphanie: One of the most individual designs?
Frarochvia:  I don’t like it.
Tiphanie: Yeah. Already spotted several versions of a strawberry cosy.  I prefer a clownfish.
Frarochvia: You need to design it or I’ll come haunt you, my dear Ebenezer.
Tiphanie: Ha. I like humorous designs. I liked cosies in the Stitch and Bitch Nation book. A Smiley Face and an Eight Ball. I’m sorry but this is a boring design. I wouldn’t bother knitting this unless it was something edgy or kicky.
Frarochvia:  I don’t like it at all. Just don’t.
Tiphanie: Hm. I want a poison fruit.
Frarochvia:  Poison?
Tiphanie:  Not a poison pill.  A poison FRUIT.  I dunno what it would
look like.
Frarochvia:  I suppose a poison passion fruit.  Knit a poison bottle.
Tiphanie: poison bait. A poison ball. Pour yourself a cuppa poison, luv.

VERY CROPPED TOP HOODIE

Tiphanie: I like this but I wouldn’t knit this for myself. This is actually a nice pattern. Teenagers and tweens. Probably a young twenty something.
Frarochvia:  It is. But I’m not in the target demographic.

TORI

Tiphanie: I don’t like Tori. Looks like a wal-mart top.
Frarochvia:  I tried liking Tori.
Tiphanie: I mean, if the trimming was just kidsilk haze and no wool, I would have gone hmmm interesting and cool. But um, it looks like a furry trim.
Frarochvia:  There’s no wool.  Cashmere.   It’s two strands of Rowan kidsilk haze.
Tiphanie: Ah. Whatever. Well, it looked like fur trim.
Frarochvia;  No, I see why you said it.
Tiphanie: Yeah. Confused me. Because it looked like a Santa top. If the trim’s white. A Rockette top for a Christmas show. I mean, I think that it’s nifty to try combining kidsilk haze and cashmere to come up with an interesting top. But not this. A Rockette Santa top. Even if it’s red and red, not red and white.
Frarochvia:  You’re funny.   I want to like it for some reason.

GIUDITTA

Tiphanie: Giuditta’s cute. I want one for myself.
Frarochvia:  I don’t get it.  I thought it was a poncho.  Then it’s not.
Tiphanie: Heh. It’s a cape. A cute one. I need my own cape.
Frarochvia: You’re crazy but I like you.

SANTA CRUZ

Tiphanie: I guess that you’re going to knit this? It’s cute.
Frarochvia:  Yes I am.  Alpaca!  Warm!  It’s on my vast list of hat must-knits.
Tiphanie: You’re pathetic.
Frarochvia: I suck.
Tiphanie: Soon you’ll have to ban yourself from browsing and looking at patterns/zines/websites not until you knit twenty items something.
Frarochvia:  I’m well past that point.  But! I look anyway.  My eyes are magpies.  But just because I am well past the point of needing banning doesn’t mean I’ll ban. Because I won’t.
Tiphanie: You’re hopeless. Maybe I should try it anyway but with what?
Frarochvia:  But I’m cute.

PEEKABOO

Tiphanie: Nice idea. You would probably like it.
Frarochvia:  This is the project I bought yarn for.   Fingerless mitts under this.  This way I can hold bus money without dropping the money and yet not having frigid fingers.  This is a daily problem.  Perfect! And no the yarn is not pink.
Tiphanie: *passes out from shock* Let me guess. Purple? Blue? Grey?
Frarochvia:  No. No. Yes.

FALLING IN LOVE

Tiphanie: At least it’s not pink. Or I would go aiee saccharine saccharine!
Frarochvia: It’s a toe-up sock!