tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9521610.post-80719421158928579612008-03-24T15:57:00.004-04:002008-03-24T19:17:54.915-04:00<div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">My sister, Alaine, got married in Stowe, VT on February 29, 2008. It was a very small and beautiful ceremony. Alaine and Keith were married in front of a fireplace at the Green Mountain Inn. At the reception, my brother said a short prayer, we toasted with hot apple cider with cinnamon sticks, there was a hot chocolate bar, and we ate filet mignon and lobster. For dessert: maple creme brulee. </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><div align="justify"><br /></div></span></span></span><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.ellenalexandra.com/pictures/alainekeith.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Alaine &amp; Keith<br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.ellenalexandra.com/pictures/alainedad.jpg" /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Alaine &amp; Dad </span></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.ellenalexandra.com/pictures/alaineellen.jpg" /><br />me &amp; Alaine</span></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.ellenalexandra.com/pictures/weddingparty.jpg" /><br />The Wedding Party </span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">And, for those who read for the knitwear content: the Wrapped in Tradition poncho from Wrap Style. I gave this to my sister on her wedding day.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.ellenalexandra.com/pictures/knitting/2008/LacePoncho.jpg" /> </span></div><div align="justify"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Wrapped in Tradition Poncho</span></strong></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Source: <em>Wrap Style</em> (Interweave)<br />Yarn: 2 skeins Jade Sapphire Silk Cashmere</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Color: Latte</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Needles: US 6 addi turbos lace</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Time: June 2007 - February 2008</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Most of this pattern is pretty easy if you are experienced with lace, have good, pointy lace needles, and use lots of stitch markers and "life lines". It would hve only taken me a month or two had I worked on it regularly. The hardest part was the bottom edging. That part is worked flat in a long strip and is "lace on both sides". In other words, there is no resting every other row, which makes it tough if you mess up (which I did a lot on this part). The rest is knit in the round after grafting the ends of the edging together and picking up stitches all the way around.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"></div></span></span></span></span>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07906885517747748266noreply@blogger.com