My birthday was last Friday. And where did we go on vacation? To the home of glitz, for Viva Las Vegas. Where else can you find an Egyptian pyramid, a castle and the Eiffel Tower on the same street?
About four days before we left, I finally finished my first (and certainly not the last) short-sleeved sweater, Maude. I love it. LOVE IT. Love that is worth shouting in capital letters, even.
It used a lot less than two full balls of Wollmeise 100% superwash in the Petit Poison Nr. 5 colorway, dark intensity. The pattern was overall pretty easy, except you have to figure out on your that there is an uneven number of repeats for each side of the center section of this chart. I cleared that hurdle before I started and away I went. It was difficult to accurately determine gauge on this, and I decided halfway through the lace that the medium would be too big, so I opted for kind of a small/medium combo which worked out well. I have a ton of notes on my Ravelry project page.
Oh, and just so you don’t feel like you’re missing out on all the fun we had in Vegas, here are a few photos.
Me at the Car Show.
Umbrellas hanging from the ceiling inside the Bellagio.
Inside the world’s cutest vintage trailer.
Wearing a vintage Hawaiian dress that my mom probably thrifted in the 80s for a buck.
Oh, and did I mention that the first photo of my Maude involved me carrying around the top in my purse in Vegas, trying to find a nice place to photograph it, then throwing it on over my dress?
I HAVE to know where the red, and the white, shoes came from!! I’m your mommy, you HAVE to share with me!!
comment by Tasha's Mom on April 16, 2009 at 09:30 am