Knitting Events

My daughter Rose and I went to Knitter's Day Out in central PA a couple of weeks ago. This is a picture of our booth. I also taught a class, Knitter's Math. This was the first of many events Jill and/or I will attend in the next month. We're hardly at home as we travel about spreading knitting goodwill and educating knitters.

It's fun to go to a knitting event as we meet knitters and get feedback on our designs. We see old friends, make new connections and get inspired by all the knitting energy around us.

This week we're in Oakland, CA, overnighting at Jill's in SF, at the Knit and Crochet Market and Show sponsored by The Knitting Guild of America. Jill and I are teaching several classes and we'll have a booth to sell patterns and Shokay, the lovely yak yarn. A bonus for me is that I get to spend some time with our mother, who also lives in SF.

Fall Knitting

It's fall, but it's sunny and warm. I want to get away from this computer and sit out in the sun and knit! I am thinking about hands today. My daughter, Rose, wants fingerless mitts to wear in her cold office. She requested, "A color that will go with everything, either black or hot pink". Not too many people think that hot pink goes with everything. In her case, it does.

I've wound a skein of black cashmere--I think I'll do those in a rib. Then I'm going to work up some 220 Superwash, an odd ball I have in a fuschia, which I know Rose will accept as it's in the bright pink family. I'll do that pair in a lace pattern I'm eager to work on.

I'm also eager to work with Autunno (pictured here), a lovely merino wool from DiVe that stripes. I was thinking about mittens, but I'm going to try to make lobster claw gloves. I have a pair for cycling and I like them...and they are different. Stay tuned.

Sterling Lace Shawl

Kraemer Yarns is making this yarn as fast as they can. I have a few skeins left in the shop and anxiously await more. We're finishing up the pattern for this shawl--isn't it fabulous! The knitter who knit this for us, Shannon Rose, couldn't say enough good things about this yarn --soft, smooth and blocked perfectly.

Susan's Kool-Aid Socks

You're probably wondering what line of yarn this beautiful handpaint came from! This is Susan's Kool-Aid dyed yarn. I dyed the wool/bamboo Pro Natura from Zitron. It comes white and the rest is up to us! I prefer yarn dyed by others, but it's fun once in a while to apply color and see what happens. They smell good while knitting too--at least when using Kool-Aid.