I’ve been looking longingly at the clean, fluffy, nicely-folded sweaters that I put away last spring. Today I finally pulled one off the stack and put it on, and it felt wonderful (instead of too hot or heavy)! Cozy, soft, warm and welcome. I do love it when the seasons change, especially from summer to fall. The shop is stuffed with wonderful yarns to knit up into great styles and life feels abundant with good things to cook, knit, wear, and do. Jackson and I have been taking long, wonderful walks through the neighborhood and down to the Museum, and just enjoying ourselves immensely. I miss our sweet old Geordie in many ways, but the extra speed and mileage we can walk now are doing us both good.
I’ve been knitting, I promise, although I keep forgetting to get pictures of anything I’ve finished. But I do have wonderful pictures of projects below. First, though, let me remind you all that two classes are starting this coming weekend, and both have spaces. First is our Allspice class.
You can see it on this slideshow at Berroco’s website. This class was designed so that people who have never made a sweater before can make this sophisticated and stylish piece and learn a number of advanced techniques. We’ve structured in a lot of class time so that the tricky bits are done while in class. The knitting that must be done out of class doesn’t take too much time because it’s done on size 17 needles. You’ll have a wonderful sweater to wear before the snow flies!
The other class that starts this week is the Crocheted Wingspan.
This style of scarf or small shawl is one of the most popular on Ravelry and looks absolutely wonderful in a self-striping yarn, like Taiyo Sock as shown here, or our Crystal Palace’s Sausalito or our new sock yarn called Fame Trend:
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The pattern is fun to make and is a perfect gift item!
On to customer projects:
Marci Frey finished her baby moccasins just in time for the shower – just too cute!
Rhonda Dobbins came in for yarn to make a very elaborate Sunflower afghan, done in Tunisian crochet with cross-stitch embroidery, from an old Bernat book that she searched for high and low. (We do get obsessed sometimes, don’t we?) She brought in this amazing peacock design that she did years ago.
Martha Van Kouwenberg always makes the most imaginative things, making her knitting into works of art. Look at this amazing little ballerina dress, made for a grand-daughter! What little girl wouldn’t love this?
Marilyn Seiders finished her Square Peg poncho, just in time for the cool weather. I love this caramel color, or is it café au lait?
And Virginia Griffith made this adorable baby sweater from a Dream in Color kit, with attached i-cord trim to pull all the colors together. Donna’s blocking added a finishing touch.
David also made one of these pretty sweaters; see his post below.
Lory Fleischer whipped up this romper for her grandson in funky colors, to use up leftovers from his dad’s sweater. Isn’t it cute?
I told you about Selena Horning winning the blue ribbon at the Oley Fair for her handknitted socks. Here are the beautiful socks and the ribbon:
Deb Schlarb made this funky vest from Pur, a randomly self-striping wool:
And she finished her Vodka Gimlet. (If she wouldn’t kill me, I’d show you all the photos I had to take before I got one with her mouth closed.) Love this jacket on her:
I promise I’ll get some pictures of my FO’s soon. All these wonderful projects put me to shame, including Rachels’ fabulous Celtic Knot Stole, done in the tiniest, skinniest, slipperiest silk lace you can imagine!
See you soon…
Trish
