Locqueen Knits 2

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all about me
Yarn obsessed
Urban Fashionista
Bead lovin'
Fro Wearin'
SCORPIO
Mad about Puma's
Addicted to cool eyewear
And Foreign Fashion Mags
Fabric Fiend
My religion is the church of being creative
Indivuality reigns supreme so I design my own clothes
Self employed loctitian
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- Faithful sidekick

Yohji the oh so stylish Maltese....




What I'm vibin' to
Dwele
Madlib
Ms.Dynamite
Best of Barry White
Lisa Stansfield
Anastascia
Floerty
Goapele
India arie
Funky house mix tapes
Sex in the City DVD's
La Femme Nikita reruns
Women's Basketball




on the nightstand
all the cool knitting mags and books
Sacred Woman-Queen Afua
Raw Foods
Business plan for new gig


works in progress
FreeForm shawl
ramblin' rows afghan
fiberARTS
Cashmere fingerless gloves
Koigu Wrap(on Hold)
Black sweater4me
beaded cuffs
Good Times sweater for Yohji


Happening Now
Knitting Wire and leather




Wednesday, September 24, 2003

Lately I have been feeling very experimental...I have knitted/crocheted some shapes..and then felted them to see what would happen....they all started out as freeform scarfs...but once felted..they became surprisingly sculptural..I have them hanging from the ceiling now...as soon as I get a camera I will post some picks..I think this idea is one worth exploring further...I received from Amazon..the book "It's my party and I will knit if I want to" by Sharon Aris...it's a cute read about the whole knitting explosion and the politics that it entails...lol...now I don't know about the rest of yall knitting/fiber obsessed folks....but I find the more I get into knitting the less healthy I feel,lol..I have decided that from now on...that I will only be allowed to knit..after I have engaged in some form of physical activity..albeit aerobic or weight lifting for 30 min...If I don't do the physical stuff then I can't pick up the needles....I mad serious yall,lol....this situation warrants drastic measures!!!lol
Today I walked 1 mile in the park with Yohji ..then I popped a "Firm" weight lifting tape into the vcr...now I'm free to knit...lol


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Tuesday, September 16, 2003

TALK ABOUT MULTI-TASKING!!!.....While listening to Erykah Badu and watching Oprah interview Madonna .I whipped this up.. a scarf..with the intentions of felting and dyeing it...but after playing show and tell with the creative folks on my floor..the vote was to leave as is...I have to admit it is rather funky and very freeform...sort of a wicked stole...


was not totally pleased with the results of yohji's painted sweater below..so I overdyed it..with very artful results...now I'm pleased..lol


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Yeah!!..Erykah Badu's new EP dropped....I love me some erykah!!...on the knitting front...I'm working on some expermental type stuff,lol...will post picks next week....


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Thursday, September 11, 2003

Feeling Experimental....I knitted up a dog sweater in white cotton......
and then I painted the finished garment....

ooooh the possibilities,lol...lately I have been into dyeing fibers...one of my recent faves a cotton yarn in "rasta" colorations...red,gold and green....Yohji's going to be sooo styling this winter...I'm suppose to be knitting dog sweaters to sell..but it's hard to let them go because Yohji looks sooo fly in them,lol...


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Wednesday, September 03, 2003

Detour #2....I completed this boa today...pink and black..this will be displayed in my new fave yarn shop..Knit Happens...they dig all things "girly"..and this should fit right in...ok now I need to work on one of my many works in progress,lol...I have sooo many ideas.and not enough time to work on them...I need to find some Foundation that will pay me and all my living expenses...while I sit back and create,lol...I know there must be some wealthy folks in need of a tax break,lol...


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Detour...I completed a hat today...I was inspired by a suit Donna Karan designed......Tweed with sequins on scattered on the surface..my take on that...a black tweed yarn..with a silver sequin yarn over top.....
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Today I visited my new fave knit shop..KNit Happens...and was offered a part time job.....I'm thinking about working my off days(well not the whole day,lol)...they asked if I would be interested in teaching classes..I have no idea what I could teach,lol...I just do it...and I'm sure I'm not techically correct..but I guess teaching others would force me to be....


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Monday, September 01, 2003

Too many choices of what to knit lately...I feel like I have been bouncing back and forth between projects..and we all know that when that happens...nothing gets completed..just a whole lot of knitting going on,lol...so now I'm trying to dedicate myself to finishing my freeform shawl .. out of yarn Stefanie of Glampyre handpainted for me...I LOVE this colorway..which has me all fired up to dye some yarn..which prompted me to order fiber and dye to play with,lol...


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