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this just shows I'm the crafter of my family! xd
so when I got up today, I knew that my mom and her sister were going to go do somthing today, and my ant had left some fabric for my with a knote asking if I could make her some curtains for her offace. xd
first time making curtains, and I don't think they cmae out all well as they could, but there not bad.
well I'm off to go knit down town in a coffee shop.

whee! glad they turned out ok.
knit + coffee... sounds great.

Perhaps its the women who make the patterns that think men want sweaters like that. Personally, I think this sweater is the kind of sweater a man would want. Not only is it simple and elegant, but very slimming. I like the rolled collar and the cuffed sleeves. If I were a guy... I'd make this one. xd

BTW.. great job on the sweater! I have a machine made sweater that has the loose cuffs. It's a bit of a pain because they drip in everything. Maybe one day I'll remove the sleeves and knit them up proper-like. xd

Sorry I didn't make it back to this thread until now. My daughter's dance recital was this weekend and we spent the whole week getting ready. I didn't get much time to work on my project either, I kept getting drafted to help out.
I think that one of my next projects will be to get pictures of what I've made up in a photo album somewhere so I can show off a bit.

Lee, congratulations on your first sweater! It's a very good first sweater. I still haven't attempted one yet, not even in crochet.

firrantello, that's a great hat even though it turned out a little big. I'm sure it will be appreciated.

The studio where she takes classes teaches almost everything from ballet to hip hop. They've got a musical theater class too, and they've just started offering instrument lessons. My daughter takes a hip hop/jazz class, she had been taking ballet too but dropped it in January. She's got friends who take ballet, jazz, and tap classes as well as the musical theater class.
For the recitals they tell a story with acting and dance, this year it was Aladin. Each class has their own dance that gets blended into the story and the theater class has spoken word interludes to tie everything together.
On a craft note, I'm completely finished with 3 pieces of the wedding gift. And I've almost got the aplique sewn onto the 4th piece. I still have to sew an aplique onto the second oven mitt and decide aplique placement for the dish towels so I know how many more skulls to make.