I'm Back!
Well, I am back. Back to work and back to knitting. I have been in a blue funk this month and had pretty much not done any work or knitting. But, it is a new month and I am determined to move forward and catch up with all the things I need to do. (It helps when your boss has a little "talk" with you!).
Anyway, Day 2 at Newtons was wonderful. Believe it or not, I won three more prizes, but I donated one back to be raffled off because I had won a similar prize the day before. I also cashed in my $75 gift certificate and bought lots and lots of wool yarn in basic colors to knit and felt for my May boutique. I was inspired by the hands-on felting class held in the morning. I wore my little cell phone/ipod holder to work for a week afterwards to show it off! Everyone LOVED it! It was nice seeing all my old knitting friends at the seminar.
Although I did not make my deadline to knit all the stuff I wanted/needed to knit, I did do SOME knitting. I made a green shawl (I may have talked about it earlier) that now needs to be blocked and fringed, a red shawl that I need to rip out and do over, and a purplish shawl that I've ripped out and will re-knit. I also knit 6 ultra-lash scarves as party favors for my friend's daughter's birthday party at Knott's Berry Farm. I just used whatever colors I had: three different purple scarves, two all gold, and a purple and gold L.A. Laker's scarf for the birthday girl. Also, I knit a long fairisle scarf and hat set in dark blue and light blue for my godson. Gee, this sounds like a lot of knitting, but really, all the knitting I've talked about here is only 1 day and 2 evenings' worth of knitting. Quick and easy. I LOVE machine knitting!
I want to finish my brown suit. I couldn't wear it for the wedding in January, but my birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks and I would like to have SOMETHING NEW to wear. I just need to finish the sleeves, hem the skirt and do crochet finishes all around.
I bought a couple of knitting books: Rhigetti's Knitting in Plain English and Sweater Design in Plain English. I've been reading the Sweater Design book because I want to learn how to design my own sweaters and also how to chart them. They are both good books.
Anyway, Day 2 at Newtons was wonderful. Believe it or not, I won three more prizes, but I donated one back to be raffled off because I had won a similar prize the day before. I also cashed in my $75 gift certificate and bought lots and lots of wool yarn in basic colors to knit and felt for my May boutique. I was inspired by the hands-on felting class held in the morning. I wore my little cell phone/ipod holder to work for a week afterwards to show it off! Everyone LOVED it! It was nice seeing all my old knitting friends at the seminar.
Although I did not make my deadline to knit all the stuff I wanted/needed to knit, I did do SOME knitting. I made a green shawl (I may have talked about it earlier) that now needs to be blocked and fringed, a red shawl that I need to rip out and do over, and a purplish shawl that I've ripped out and will re-knit. I also knit 6 ultra-lash scarves as party favors for my friend's daughter's birthday party at Knott's Berry Farm. I just used whatever colors I had: three different purple scarves, two all gold, and a purple and gold L.A. Laker's scarf for the birthday girl. Also, I knit a long fairisle scarf and hat set in dark blue and light blue for my godson. Gee, this sounds like a lot of knitting, but really, all the knitting I've talked about here is only 1 day and 2 evenings' worth of knitting. Quick and easy. I LOVE machine knitting!
I want to finish my brown suit. I couldn't wear it for the wedding in January, but my birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks and I would like to have SOMETHING NEW to wear. I just need to finish the sleeves, hem the skirt and do crochet finishes all around.
I bought a couple of knitting books: Rhigetti's Knitting in Plain English and Sweater Design in Plain English. I've been reading the Sweater Design book because I want to learn how to design my own sweaters and also how to chart them. They are both good books.
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