Don't You Wanta, Wanta, Fanta?
Jacob will not stop singing that song from the Fanta commercial. I don't actually remember the commercial, but the song is now stuck in my head. Don't you wanta, wanta, Fanta? la la la.
So, I had big plans for a fancy photo shoot with my new Grape Fanta but I got impatient and just took a bunch of pictures in the mirror. The ends aren't even completely woven in yet but I just couldn't wait any longer. At least the sun was shining in our room so it's bright enough.
purply fanta goodness. yahoo!
I made the ribbing a little shorter than the pattern called for because I felt weird about having lots of ribbing hugging my belly. so now it stops before my belly, and probably accentuates my belly more. ha. Oh well -- belly curves are cute, right!?!? More fanta pics:
Please ignore any piles of clothes you might see on the bed.
They're not mine, I swear.
front of fanta is fun!
The side seaming wasn't hard at all for this top. Stef's pattern is written so you have a nice lacy design when the two sides come together. **Note to self: next time you are really excited about seaming, and how fun it is and then you start getting cocky about how fast you are, do NOT forget about the armholes and seam both sides all the way to the collar. This is not a tube top. And pulling out mattress stitch is NOT fun. **
The shoulder seams were harder for me because I wasn't sure what to do. The lace makes nice curves at the top of each side, so I kind of followed the curves and I now have a matching lacy ridge on each shoulder. It looks like it's supposed to be there...is it? I have no idea.
At any rate, I love it, it's washable, I will make it again, definitely, and I'm so wearing it to Maryland. **Note to self: Maryland Sheep and Wool is less than a week away YAYAYAYAYAY. Note to everyone else: ARE YOU SO EXCITED? I'm so excited. **
I'm so proud of my teamies AM and High Energy Jenny for running a half marathon this weekend and kicking ass! Go congratulate them! They are rock stars, fer sure. To celebrate how cool they are, all three of us are going to go to Maryland Sheep and Wool! Yippee.
Well, that's all. I have some worky work to do before I take off this weekend so back to the grindstone.
Comments (50)
love the purple fanta! i just finished orangina myself this past weekend - not purple but fuschia! first time i've left a comment on your blog -- but just wanted to say i love reading it! always seems like you're having a great time! :D
Posted by chris | May 9, 2005 2:30 AM
Wow! Soooo nice. Makes me want to do another one! are you wearing a bra!!!?????
Posted by wendy | May 6, 2005 10:29 PM
Yo... I know I'm kind of a lurker on your blog, but just had to remark that I own that same black sweater from Target. It's pretty rockin' eh?
Posted by Amber | May 6, 2005 12:03 AM
Your purplina looks fantastic! You evil temptress!! Now I must make this top. What yarn did you use? What size did you make?
Posted by Nicole | May 5, 2005 3:51 PM
yay! super cute fanta! I can't wait to get started on mine now... you really knit that up quick...
Posted by Elizabeth | May 5, 2005 2:42 PM
Love your Fanta! Isn't this pattern so great and simple that it makes you wish you had designed it? I love it. Anymore Fanta's in your future?
Posted by Sharlyn | May 5, 2005 2:12 PM
OMG!!! Carrie! Superschmoo! It's SO EFFING great! Wow I love it and can't wait to see it in person!
hahahaha forgetting the armholes is funny!!! I mean, not REALLY.
Posted by jenny | May 5, 2005 12:39 AM
Super cute, Carrie! The color looks great on you. I'll be meeting you Sat at MDSW, so I hope to see Fanta in person. :)
Posted by Jen | May 4, 2005 3:46 PM
hey carrie! great grape fanta. i just started mine in another fanta color (strawberry pink)... we only need one more (pineapple yellow) and we can sing the jingle! lol (^_^)
Posted by joy | May 4, 2005 2:53 PM
You look so cute in your fanta. I am gonna shop for oranginga yarn at MSW. Must have direction or will go nuts! :-)
Can't wait to see you!
Stacy
Posted by stacy | May 4, 2005 11:11 AM
You are SO adorable. I can't wait to give you a squeeze. Lovin' Fanta, babe.
Posted by Rachael | May 4, 2005 4:52 AM
Va va voom, baby! That looks awesome on you! (Oh god, do I hate that Fanta jingle too. They've started playing it in movie theaters. There is no escape.)
OK, when you're at MDS&W, you must go up to every knit blogger I know and tell them I told them to give you a big ol' hug.
Posted by Em | May 3, 2005 7:57 PM
I DETEST the fanta commercial/jingle....it really gets to me for some reason. Your grape fanta does NOT get to me though. It is a work of art, and you look so cute in it!
Posted by sarah | May 3, 2005 5:58 PM
Grape Fanta looks great! But now I have that stupid jingle in my head...just when they've stopped airing it. Oh well.
Posted by Kelly | May 3, 2005 5:52 PM
Wow, that looks so fabulous. Now I'm starting to wonder if I want to make one....Looking forward to seeing it at S&W!
Posted by Jenna | May 3, 2005 4:42 PM
Fanta = 500 comments! Looks good and like it was fun to knit. Yay! I'm jealous of all you people going to MDSWF (is that right?) Have fun together!
Posted by BigLug | May 3, 2005 2:52 PM
too cute! Don't worry I didn't see any clothes on the bed. For the next photo shoot I imagine you sipping grape pop out an old fashioned glass bottle with a bendy straw. Maybe even with an old gas station in the background. and some dust blowing. oh wait... wasn't that a pepsi commercial with cindy crawford?
Posted by elizabeth | May 3, 2005 1:16 PM
So awesome! You are a speed demon knitter!
Posted by frecklegirl | May 3, 2005 12:54 PM
it looks great! I hope you are considering coming to our little meet up at the Wharf Rat... come one come all! please add all your buds to the list :) we're taking the place over!
Posted by kaitlyn | May 3, 2005 11:40 AM
I'm so excited to go to the MW&S Festival. Hope to see you there.
your tank looks FANTASTIC. Great job.
Posted by Lisa | May 3, 2005 10:48 AM
What an adorable little top! Nice job & great color!
We have got to meet up this weekend. How about sometime in the late afternoon as I have a family function to go to earlier. Let me know!
Posted by Eilene Brauner | May 3, 2005 10:19 AM
I love Grape Fanta. It really looks fantastic on you! =) Seaming up the entire side is something that I would do, so you aren't alone.
Posted by Rani | May 3, 2005 10:05 AM
Love the top. Purple is my fav color of the moment. I'm sooo soo sooo excited about MD!
Posted by Kate | May 3, 2005 9:42 AM
Goodness that Grape Fanta is cute! Also making me crave grape fanta for the first time in years. They should pay you for all that advertising! :)
I just realized that the yarn I bought for my 2nd honeymoon cami is that color. I've been so admiring the purple that my brain must have just decided that I had to have it!
Posted by Stephanie | May 3, 2005 9:33 AM
That was SEW (so) funny when you seamed up the sides without leaving armholes. Both sides! Anyway, Fanta looks fabulous and so do you! Everytime I see you, you look buffer than the last time...the gym is really paying off.
Posted by Anne Marie | May 3, 2005 9:26 AM
That is SO DANG CUTE. You will be the envy of all in that lovely shirt. Have fun in Maryland - I love that part of the country! xo
Posted by MJ | May 3, 2005 8:40 AM
Very nice! Did you use the Rowan 4ply yarn?
Posted by Lor | May 3, 2005 8:26 AM
Fanta = fantastic! love it. That pattern's definitely creeping up on the to-knit list.
I'm excited for Md., too! Woot!
Posted by Ann | May 3, 2005 8:23 AM
Your Grape Fanta is so cute!!! I swatched for my Orangina this weekend, so you've inspired me to get started.
And Fanta rocks!
Posted by Tara | May 3, 2005 8:16 AM
looks great dude! summery & fun!
Posted by carolyn | May 3, 2005 7:16 AM
I love your sweater and YES I can't wait til Friday and a MSW weekend! Jane
Posted by jane | May 3, 2005 6:35 AM
looks FANTAnstic! great color and it looks wonderful on you.
Posted by froggy | May 3, 2005 1:19 AM
That looks cute in all it's purple grape-y goodness!
Posted by Jenn | May 3, 2005 12:52 AM
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! (But I really do not like that commercial at all! Another one I dislike is the one for that blonde shampoo with the two blonde girls. eh!) I'm so going to try that pattern yo!
Have so much fun at MDS&W....what a blast!
Posted by Danielle | May 3, 2005 12:21 AM
Um, it edited my post. This is what it was supposed to look like:
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That's how excited I am!
Posted by Sarah | May 2, 2005 10:59 PM
Fantasterrific!
And how exited am I that I'll get to see it in person this weekend?
(that's how excited I am)
Posted by Sarah W. | May 2, 2005 10:58 PM
Okay, I'd better jump on the Orangina train, 'cos everyone who's made one so far looks TOTALLY HOT in theirs, and I want to, too!! :) I want to know if you had to do anything special at the neckline, like a crocheted chain or anything, or is it simply bound-off?
Cuuuute!
Posted by Karma | May 2, 2005 10:22 PM
ok for real? IT IS SOOO CUTE!!! I may have to make one now! How much of the Micro-spun did it take (since I have some, now that my Honeymoon has died)?!!?!
AND OMG I AM SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!
Posted by Lara | May 2, 2005 9:54 PM
Fanta-bulous! You look mah-velous! I'm so excited to hear about MDS&W -- I even posted in our Yahoo group about it, begging you all to tell me all about it -- and then I realized it isn't until NEXT weekend. You will have *so* much fun. It will be like a fanta-sy come true! :)
Posted by jen l | May 2, 2005 9:51 PM
Hey - I like your little pigtails. Cute!!
Posted by Casey | May 2, 2005 9:39 PM
Fantabulous! (fantastic was taken ;) )
Can't wait to see it in the flesh!
And I ALWAYS wanta fanta!
Posted by Cara | May 2, 2005 9:04 PM
Carrie! Grape fanta looks super cute. I just posted my finished Orangina photos too - how funny is that!! congrats on your new summer top! Isn't Stephanie talented.
Posted by kat | May 2, 2005 9:02 PM
very cute!! i can't wait to see it in person on Saturday!!!
Posted by kim | May 2, 2005 8:47 PM
I DO wanna fanta! Way cute on you, too
Posted by carrie | May 2, 2005 8:32 PM
Stylin!! I can't stand that commercial, now it'll be in my head too. Belly? What belly? Tiny little waist maybe :)
Posted by Vicki | May 2, 2005 8:32 PM
Your Glampyre Grape Fanta is just lovely. A lovely follow-up to the gorgeous brown Phildar sweater.
Posted by Gina | May 2, 2005 8:26 PM
Cute! I think I'll toast you with some grape soda to celebrate!
Posted by Christie | May 2, 2005 8:11 PM
So cute! I've been thinking about trying that pattern out for a while, and hey, I just might. Once again, cute top!
Posted by Alexa | May 2, 2005 7:47 PM
Whoa! I love that! It looks great.
Posted by isel | May 2, 2005 7:37 PM
oh, that looks fanta-stic! (couldn't resist). and i know that commercial -- highly catchy and very irritating. anyway, very impressed with the lace pattern and what a prolific knitter you are!
Posted by carrie m | May 2, 2005 7:26 PM