Hey Goddess...
Do you want to be a goddess? Well you can either take this goddess assessment quiz, or you can knit up a Goddess of your own. After seeing Rachael's lovely Goddess version, I had to have one. I went to the stash bullpen and came up with some suitable yarn. For those who want the lowdown on this top:
Pattern: Vogue Knitting, Summer 2004, Model #6
Yarn: Filatura Lanarota "Luxor DK"; 50% cotton, 50% acrylic
Color: 75 (Fuschia/Magenta)
My Mods to Pattern: 1.5" shorter (of course)
Also, this yarn doesn't knit to Goddess pattern gauge, but easy enough to rejigger with a calculator. Well, maybe I should wait and see if that's still true after I wet block it...Oh yeah, what goddess am I, Athena of course.
Hey! I was going to make that! We won't be twinsies if mine is lime, will we?
Posted by: claudia | May 20, 2004 at 03:55 AM
Yow! You're WAY more Goddess than me, darlin'. You look hot! Oh, and the tank is nice, too.
;)
Posted by: Rachael | May 20, 2004 at 04:51 AM
GORGEOUS. I love the color! All these dang goddesses running around ...
And what, are you knitting a sweater per day?
Posted by: Mariko | May 20, 2004 at 08:18 AM
Just said in Claudia's comments that that's on my list, too! It's shaping up to be a stockinette tank summer.
Posted by: Ingrid | May 20, 2004 at 01:29 PM
Wow !
Fab colour !
Fab fit !
You look stunning in your stylish new top.
Ha,ha re :r2. What a load of rubbish.Very naff art school.Just my opinion.
Posted by: Emma | May 20, 2004 at 02:08 PM
Mariko - yes I'm all hopped up on Peet's caffeine and am now knitting a sweater a day. I should start a sweaters without sleeves club...
Ingrid - start knitting, it'll be warm overnight.
Emma - I agree, the R2 concept--big money for "deconstructionist" sweaters misses the mark. I do like their professional art direction, something sadly lacking from many knitting publications. Uh, yes editors, we do want elucidating, stylish, in focus photos.
Posted by: Silvia | May 20, 2004 at 06:44 PM
OH. MY. WORD. I can hear the catcalls from here, darlin'. You are smashing in that tank! Love the color, and how it looks on you. Va-va-voom!
You knit like the wind, both you and your mah-velous sis. It must run in the fam...
Posted by: Becky | May 21, 2004 at 10:37 AM
It looks great! And you just whipped it up from some yarn in your stash? I am impressed.
Posted by: Melissa | May 22, 2004 at 08:26 AM
That's the pattern I bought the issue for earlier this week! And I am amazed you made it work in the Luxor DK--I love that yarn, I used it for my Kyoto earlier this spring, but it is definitely not the recommended yarn. It's beautiful!
Posted by: Lizzi | May 22, 2004 at 09:40 AM
So cute! great job!
Posted by: Alysia | May 24, 2004 at 10:21 AM
I can't keep up with you, Athena! Yet another sexy, summery top -- it looks great, and I love the colour. Woo! (The "R2 version" made me laugh.)
Posted by: alison | May 25, 2004 at 07:09 PM