Intarsia and I make strange bedfellows

Up for your perusal...This is what the back of my work looks like when I do intarsia. I love the motifs you can do, but my stranding sucks! I just don't see how everyone keeps it all untangled. Yeah, I probably shouldn't have stranded the pink across the white, but whatever! I'll still love my cardi and wear it...I've always wanted to try my hand at fair isle, but me thinks it ain't gonna happen. Isn't there a yarn out there that I could do a faux fair isle with?

For awhile now I have been lusting for these shoes.... These are my ideal Mary Jane, but I can't find them locally. Oh sure, I tried ebay and the etailers, but with shipping...too much $. After all, we are only talking about polyurethane! Not leather! I also resent the fact that they are considered "goth". I love a platform and I love cutesy shoes. Buying shoes has always been somewhat of a burden to me. I stand on my feet all day, so I'm looking for comfort but with cutsey thrown in. Tonight I stopped at the super budgety $9.99 and up shoe store and found these... Still pu, but at a reasonable price...with tax..$13.90. Sure beats over $50.00...still a platform, still a Mary Jane, and still with a velcro closure! And comfortable....YES! For some reason, expensive shoes never fit right. I usually have better luck with the cheapos! Call me crazy, but I gotta have comfort!


And in other news...it appears I have a lot today...I've thrown over the vintage cable cardi to do this intarsia. My cabling didn't resemble the pattern at all, and it gave me great dissatisfaction. I'm still concerned over the fit, too. I started knitting the sleeves, and then threw in the towel! I will come back to it, but I'm thinking I will frog the back and start over! Egads! Did I just type that out loud?? You read it here first. I've committed to a frogging party! BTW, can you guess what the pink number is going to be? One hint...Mary Maxim. I'm staying vintage!