…and I am getting fat. Now to weave the ends in on the last-minute hat.” Can’t we all think of our own words to Christmas carols at this time of year? “O, Christmas scarf, O Christmas scarf, how long must I make you?” or “O, holey scarf, the light is brightly shining through all the holes where I dropped several stitches.” or “Good King Wenceslas went out on the Feast of Stephen, searching for a ball of yarn so his socks would come out even.” Et cetera!
We’re all over-committed and goofy right now, but I hope you got my (wrongly-titled) email about our being closed between Christmas and New Year, so that you know that if you need some knitting for your time off, this is the week to get it. I hope you do have time off, I know I’m looking forward to mine, though I have nothing special planned. We all need time to contemplate what’s working in our lives and what isn’t, what needs to change and how we can go about it.
I’m happy to report Jackson’s foot is all healed and life is back to normal. I think he’s missing all the extra attention, not to mention treats, that the little sock on his foot earned him.
Pathétique, no?
I’m hard at work gathering everything needed for the new class schedule, which I plan to have posted between Christmas and New Year, so we’ll be ready to sign you up on January 2!
Pantone has announced the 2013 Color of the Year, which is Emerald Green. Here’s a link to their site, and here’s a beautiful pile of yarns I threw together as inspiration:
I’ve been knitting, honestly, and finally got a few things accomplished. I did our Textured Cowl in Kumara, which I love so much. It’s soft and the texture really stands out. This strange kind of off-white is a favorite of mine (as are many of the soft colors):
I finished a pair of socks in the brightest color of Zauberball Crazy that I had in stock. Sometimes you just need to look at bright colors in the midst of a drizzly fall day!
Aren’t they neat? They don’t match, but they’re definitely related. Fraternal, not identical, twins.
And I finished this nice little jacket in Murano Lace. The yarn has a very slow color change which is enhanced by the mitered squares on the front and back of the jacket. It’s very lightweight and fun to do, all in garter stitch.
Karen Walter made this Light Waves shawl from Fresco (at the top, soft and cozy around the neck) and Kauni (bright colors and Shetland-y). The waves are “caused” by short rows, very much fun to knit!
A couple week ago, I showed Lourdes Rogers who is a beginner knitter modeling a scarf and said she was taking Janet’s cabled scarf class. Well, look what she accomplished, a beautiful hat and scarf set in this elegant off-white Baby Alpaca Grande:
Kudos to her!
Janet’s cabled mitts class has been very popular, and she designed a headband to match. Margaret D’Amico is modeling the one she made in class – so cute:
Marci Frey made this gorgeous soft, drapy shrug in Kumara – yet another beautiful soft wearable color in this lovely yarn. It has 5 buttons at each of the cuffs, and Marci made sure she learned the absolutely proper way to sew on buttons from Donna! It’s a lovely piece:
Okay, I know Marci isn’t centered but I really have an excuse. I look at other blogs, which have a couple perfectly beautiful pictures in each post, and wonder, how do they do that? So in an effort to bring you somewhat better photographs on this blog, I invested in a new camera which just came this week. I’m learning to use it – let’s all hope it makes a difference, right?
If I don’t see you, have fabulous holidays, everyone!!
Trish
