I had a golden skein of Elspeth Lavold Silky Wool that was destined to become a scarf for my grandmother. It took more than a year to decide to be an Argosy. And it's birth was slow. Finished within days of her 82nd birthday, but delayed as it was in need of fierce blocking. This Thanksgiving weekend was the time to just giv'r.

my blocking partner

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Pixie's birthday present took off after I broke up with the Quick and Dirty Fishnets and rebounded with the Lolita Stockings from Knitty. I knit both stockings at once and I bought some pretty ribbon for the lacing weeks in advance. What can I say? We were in love.

However, the honeymoon came to a screeching halt when I tried these stockings on for the first time. It's such a regular pattern that the two places I made mistakes are really, really visible. I wish I hadn't bound off before trying these on. I have the feeling that Pixie will never wear these oddball beauties.

Just for the record, they're made out of two balls of Cascade Fixation, colour #2706 (turquoise). I had some trouble keeping a decent tension with this yarn, and I came up something like 10 rows short at the top. So that's not cool, either. In fact, the only cool things about these stockings are that I knit the best music of StanFest into their fabric, and they're knit fishnets. Other than that, I think we need to see other people.

Update: October 28, 2007!

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