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October started out with a packed and full schedule that threw me off my game for a while. The good news is that the dreaded seed stitch and I parted ways for a whole whopping five days! That felt really good.
First, and this pleases me greatly, I am helping out at The Knitting Tree, LA for a few hours twice a week. The owners are devoting some time to setting up the (soon to open) online store and that requires lots of planning and thinking and strategizing and even a bit of down time.
Do you remember that fab and fad of a cardigan known as February Lady Sweater? I'm smack dab in the middle of teaching it. Well, actually the class is more about personalizing the fit of a top down sweater and adjusting things to fit a specific body. My students are amazing. Each seems to be working a different gauge, so there is even MATH involved. Just imagine, if you will, this old Cajun who claims to be a horrid practitioner of number things actually showing students how to work the math and get a desired result. We are having a blast with the pattern.
This past weekend involved volunteering within my local yarn community. Volunteering always makes me happy and lending a hand at Yarnosphere was a joy. Lots of friends from all over southern California attended. There were classes and shopping and demonstrations and book signings and free help and winding stations and beaucoup things to keep a person sick with startitis for quite a long time. One of my guilds had a booth and I helped out there for a little while also.
Even with all of this going on, I learned something new on Friday. Check out these pillows featuring a knot cable: #15 Cabled Pillow by Annabelle Speer. Talk about "out of the box" knitting. It is almost too simple and the effect is eye catching.
Because the brain needs exercise and the familiar, I returned to an old favorite pattern and am occupied planning a new crochet class using the familiar project as a teaching tool. The class will actually focus on extended crochet stitches and the relation between those stitches and chainless foundation crochet. It's gonna be fun to teach - - once I get organized and have time to focus on the materials.
What is the result of all this busy madness? Monday afternoons are now dedicated to staying home and getting to all of these UFOs.
First, and this pleases me greatly, I am helping out at The Knitting Tree, LA for a few hours twice a week. The owners are devoting some time to setting up the (soon to open) online store and that requires lots of planning and thinking and strategizing and even a bit of down time.
Do you remember that fab and fad of a cardigan known as February Lady Sweater? I'm smack dab in the middle of teaching it. Well, actually the class is more about personalizing the fit of a top down sweater and adjusting things to fit a specific body. My students are amazing. Each seems to be working a different gauge, so there is even MATH involved. Just imagine, if you will, this old Cajun who claims to be a horrid practitioner of number things actually showing students how to work the math and get a desired result. We are having a blast with the pattern.
Even with all of this going on, I learned something new on Friday. Check out these pillows featuring a knot cable: #15 Cabled Pillow by Annabelle Speer. Talk about "out of the box" knitting. It is almost too simple and the effect is eye catching.
Because the brain needs exercise and the familiar, I returned to an old favorite pattern and am occupied planning a new crochet class using the familiar project as a teaching tool. The class will actually focus on extended crochet stitches and the relation between those stitches and chainless foundation crochet. It's gonna be fun to teach - - once I get organized and have time to focus on the materials.
What is the result of all this busy madness? Monday afternoons are now dedicated to staying home and getting to all of these UFOs.
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