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I had a lot of white angora yarn, but not enough for an entire sweater.  I finally decided to create this sweater using the 100% angora for the bodice and 100% linen for the off-the-shoulder sleeves.  To give it some more panache, I added the knitted bobble clusters of grapes made out of the linen with angora leaves and vines.  It looks fabulous with a long black skirt and a strand of pearls. Click here to see the whole thing.
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In the House > Pikachu Pillow - 2005 (2) > 100_4012.jpg

My son Jack is a Pokemon-aholic.  For his birthday this year I secretly knit him this pillow.    He loved it from the moment he received it. 

I knit a red background and duplicate stitched the Pikachu rather than actually knitting it as part of the pattern.  I wanted to make sure that it would hold up to child's play.

Because it was made for a child, I decided to use inexpensive cotton yarn that I purchased from Pat Catans.  The red background, black outlines, and yellow "Pokemon" word are Lily Sugar 'n Cream 100% cotton yarn.  The Pikachu was stitched from Reynolds Frisky 60% cotton, 40% nylon yarn (from a specialty yarn store) to give him a more furry look without overdoing it (fun fur would have been too much fur).