This is probably the last post of the year, so I’d love to do a year in review thing, but looking at the photos I’ve taken over the last year, I don’t think anyone involved would thank me for it. New Year’s Resolution #1: Take more and better pictures of people and projects!
I’m working on the class schedule. Every year in December, I hope to have the schedule done by early December but it never happens. So keep an eye out for the email notice that it has been posted (like you don’t have enough to do, right?) because it will happen over our annual shutdown. This year, we’ll be open through December 23, then closed until Wednesday, January 3 – which will give you just enough time to rush in, sign up for classes, and get your gauge swatches done because we have two great sweater classes beginning on January 13.
I love our schedule so far, and I, as usual, am the holdup on finalizing everything. Deb and Karen are both teaching beautiful sweaters so I’m going to teach little things and even though I love to knit them, does anyone need a class for them? I’m thinking of a beautiful shawl but every time I decide on one, Karen tempts me by finding something even more wonderful! So, while I’m finishing up Christmas gifts and other things, I’m trying very hard to decide on class projects, with a Fear of Missing Out lurking in the background and my worrying that something fabu will come along and I’ll have committed to something not as fabu. Hmm, I just realized that’s the reason I have such a hard time getting my own classes together. Self-analysis via knitting blog.
Okay, so here are a couple of options. Email me at info@yarngal.com with your favorite (no obligation to take the class, of course; I would just like to know what you think:)
Here is Artus, a big wrappy woolly shawl in a bunch of colors. It uses a little stranded knitting, but the eye-catching part is mosaic, meaning one color at a time and a lot of slipped stitches to make the pattern.
This is Frosty Pines, another nice cozy shawl in a variety of simple lacy patterns:
This is All About That Brioche, a fingering-weight shawl that would serve as an intro or a refresher on brioche stitch:
Here is Harvest Fling, one-color fingering-weight shawl that starts at the bottom with the gorgeous border:
And while you’re emailing (info@yarngal.com) send me anything else you might be interested in learning. We all come across patterns that we love that might seem too challenging – let me know about them!
Meanwhile, everyone, please have a wonderful and safe holiday with lots of great stuff to eat and lots of time to knit (or whatever your idea of the perfect holiday might be!)
