Knit one...
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Oh knickers to it
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So now I've got a big surprise to hide. And secrets aren't any fun if you have to keep it completely to yourself. And all right, Alicia knows but anyway it's all Alicia's FAULT anyway and she's off on her holidays with her Mam and Dad and a bunch of her aunties on her Mam's side, and little Tabs of course, and because her Mam's a Muggle they're not allowed Owls in case the Aunts faint and they're in some odd little place called a Burren or something that has no internets and I wanted to ask you all anyway because I can't rely on just Alicia's advice in everything and I'm sure you'll all think I've gone mad anyway when you hear this and ANYWAY I've got to talk about it NOW!
I'm going to knit my wedding dress.
See, what happened was like this: Ernie and me have been engaged for a while as you all know, and we've decided to get married in the spring! And you're all invited! I'm not letting Ernie see this on account of that the post's about my dress and it's bad luck for anyone who tells Ernie about it because they'll feel the beam end of my broomstick in a tender place and I could do without getting into too much trouble. Specially with so much on my plate. Actually I'm eating off smaller plates right now so I don't have to use as much wool. Not that we're low on wool, of course, on account of the hundreds of sheep at Llareggyb Farm just that that'll cut the making time down a bit.
It's not just old plain bobble knit, just in case you were wondering - it's a really advanced pattern that's going to look a lot like lace, and the reason I'm going to knit it...soon as the wool arrives while Ernie's out by owl post or I should say owls post really on account of it needing lots of balls...is because Alicia tried to organise my dress design and make it all herself which I thought was really lovely of her before I found out she'd only gone and made the whole thing out of leather. LEATHER?? I can't be a bride in leather, I told her. It'd feel peculiar. Well that's not all I said only I probably ought to give the short version which is that I refused to wear it. So she's going to dye it and cut the train off and wear it herself as my matron of honour. If I haven't strangled her with a skein of two-ply
Anyway.
She said well what are you going to wear then and I said, cos at this point we were arguing a bit, that I was jolly well going to make my own bloody wedding dress and SHE said oh really miss clever pants, I suppose you're going to knit it and I said ALL RIGHT THEN YOU CO I WILL!
She's not really in a mood with me, much, that's just her way. Anyway I promised she could be my matron of honour and she gets to dress in leather, I'm thinking baby blue or pink might be nice for the dye and I hope she agreesSo I'd better get started! I'm good at knitting - always have been, there's no need to be modest about it. I can knit a baby's blanket as soft as swansdown and turn a heel on a sock in seconds. Even the ones I made for Professor Hagrid. I can knit. So I can knit a wedding dress. Can't I?
Actually I quite like the thought of wearing a really finely knitted dress. Our sheeps' wool is really lovely, and Dad has donated the finest fleeces, Mam is right now carding it and spinning it so well there'll be no differing it from what looks like pure silk! It'll be warm but breathable, just the thing for a spring wedding! Unless it rains in which case I'll be so weighed down by a ton of wet wool that Ernie will break his back twirling me in the first waltz, plus I'll smell of sheep which although I like it isn't everyone's favourite smellThe needles I've gone out to get today are tiny. I'm a bugger for losing knitting needles and I hope I don't lose those because whoever finds them won't be pleased with me as they're awful sharp, see. Anyway, I'd best get started, not sure where I'm going to keep it while I'm not knitting it that's the only trouble. Anyone got any ideas where I can hide it? This cottage is tiny and although I thought about reducing charms I thought it might mess with the quality of the wool and I don't want to end up looking like a bag lady in an old saggy cardi. So I need a really good, dry perfectly secret from Ernie place - any ideas?
I'm really looking forward to getting started on this! It's going to be so much fun!! That was good, Suse. You don't sound half as scared as you really are! And no telling Ernie about the dress because it's bad luck!
{Locked against Wizards and Ghosts}
{Locked to only Witches who aren't Ghosts}
Oh knickers to it
{Locked to everyone except Ernie MacMillan and Bellatrix Lestrange}
So now I've got a big surprise to hide. And secrets aren't any fun if you have to keep it completely to yourself. And all right, Alicia knows but anyway it's all Alicia's FAULT anyway and she's off on her holidays with her Mam and Dad and a bunch of her aunties on her Mam's side, and little Tabs of course, and because her Mam's a Muggle they're not allowed Owls in case the Aunts faint and they're in some odd little place called a Burren or something that has no internets and I wanted to ask you all anyway because I can't rely on just Alicia's advice in everything and I'm sure you'll all think I've gone mad anyway when you hear this and ANYWAY I've got to talk about it NOW!
I'm going to knit my wedding dress.
See, what happened was like this: Ernie and me have been engaged for a while as you all know, and we've decided to get married in the spring! And you're all invited! I'm not letting Ernie see this on account of that the post's about my dress and it's bad luck for anyone who tells Ernie about it because they'll feel the beam end of my broomstick in a tender place and I could do without getting into too much trouble. Specially with so much on my plate. Actually I'm eating off smaller plates right now so I don't have to use as much wool. Not that we're low on wool, of course, on account of the hundreds of sheep at Llareggyb Farm just that that'll cut the making time down a bit.
It's not just old plain bobble knit, just in case you were wondering - it's a really advanced pattern that's going to look a lot like lace, and the reason I'm going to knit it...soon as the wool arrives while Ernie's out by owl post or I should say owls post really on account of it needing lots of balls...is because Alicia tried to organise my dress design and make it all herself which I thought was really lovely of her before I found out she'd only gone and made the whole thing out of leather. LEATHER?? I can't be a bride in leather, I told her. It'd feel peculiar. Well that's not all I said only I probably ought to give the short version which is that I refused to wear it. So she's going to dye it and cut the train off and wear it herself as my matron of honour. If I haven't strangled her with a skein of two-ply
Anyway.
She said well what are you going to wear then and I said, cos at this point we were arguing a bit, that I was jolly well going to make my own bloody wedding dress and SHE said oh really miss clever pants, I suppose you're going to knit it and I said ALL RIGHT THEN YOU CO I WILL!
She's not really in a mood with me, much, that's just her way. Anyway I promised she could be my matron of honour and she gets to dress in leather, I'm thinking baby blue or pink might be nice for the dye and I hope she agreesSo I'd better get started! I'm good at knitting - always have been, there's no need to be modest about it. I can knit a baby's blanket as soft as swansdown and turn a heel on a sock in seconds. Even the ones I made for Professor Hagrid. I can knit. So I can knit a wedding dress. Can't I?
Actually I quite like the thought of wearing a really finely knitted dress. Our sheeps' wool is really lovely, and Dad has donated the finest fleeces, Mam is right now carding it and spinning it so well there'll be no differing it from what looks like pure silk! It'll be warm but breathable, just the thing for a spring wedding! Unless it rains in which case I'll be so weighed down by a ton of wet wool that Ernie will break his back twirling me in the first waltz, plus I'll smell of sheep which although I like it isn't everyone's favourite smellThe needles I've gone out to get today are tiny. I'm a bugger for losing knitting needles and I hope I don't lose those because whoever finds them won't be pleased with me as they're awful sharp, see. Anyway, I'd best get started, not sure where I'm going to keep it while I'm not knitting it that's the only trouble. Anyone got any ideas where I can hide it? This cottage is tiny and although I thought about reducing charms I thought it might mess with the quality of the wool and I don't want to end up looking like a bag lady in an old saggy cardi. So I need a really good, dry perfectly secret from Ernie place - any ideas?
I'm really looking forward to getting started on this! It's going to be so much fun!! That was good, Suse. You don't sound half as scared as you really are! And no telling Ernie about the dress because it's bad luck!