Actual Knitting Content!
Dear Readers:
At Wool & Words we try to hold ourselves to the highest standards of blogging balance, if not in a political sense, then at the very least in a wool and words ratio sense. Lately, we've been remiss in meeting this standard, and have been focusing heavily on words. With this post, we hope to begin the march to equilibrium.
We begin with a recap of recent events:
Last Wednesday, Nicky Epstein, of Knitted Embellishments, Knitting on the Edge, and the Barbie books fame, paid a visit to Main Street Yarns & Fibers. I got to take an Edgings class with her, and it was great fun.
Here's a shot of Lisa Boone, shop employee and Local Laugh Riot, doing her best Vanna impersonation with the Barbie models:
And here's a shot of the whole gang. You can see Nicky up front, third from the left. It's a blurry pic, but it's what I've got till I can do some photo magic:
I had a blast at the class. We were making items that I wouldn't usually consider: corkscrews, knitted tassels, knit flowers. It was fun and I felt like I was at a kid's camp! Unfortunately, I also had a raging headache, I think from a bit too much sugar that day!
Sigh. I miss cookies.
I was absent from the shop until the following Tuesday due to Valentine's Day festivities. On Thursday and Friday, I diligently worked on the scrapbook I made for Steve, driving, I'm sure, my neighbor to absolute distraction as I pounded away at the cute little heart shaped eyelets I was using to fasten the vellum journal spots to the pages. On Saturday, Steve and I exchanged gifts. He made me the cutest little pair of pocketbook slippers! Pics to come as soon as I can get home and upload them! He also brought flowers and a bunch of heart-shaped mylar balloons, which, I must confess, I absolutely love!
On Sunday, he took me to La Boheme. I worked on (gasp!) a sock during the breaks. Yes, my SKFD is in full bloom. There are 3 pair in the works at my casa and more to come.
On my usual Tuesday shop visit, I was asked if I'd be willing to teach a lace class at the shop. How exciting! I've proposed two classes, a beginner's class and a shawl construction class, and I'm busy working up designs for both. I've also got a cotton floppy hat pattern in my head that I'm planning to work up within the next week or so. So much going on....
And I'm still knitting the Leaf Lace Shawl. I'm on the last leaf pattern repeat, which I should finish this weekend and then it's on to the edging! Whew! The Stripeosaurus is truly a dinosaur and I have a very hard time convincing myself that I want to work on it when there are so many cute socks around begging for my attention!