Planning my knit life

Remi is such a taskmaster. Nag, nag, nag. What are you going to teach? When will you write it up? ---NOT-T-T!!!! Actually she is always so "when you have time" oriented that it makes me a little guilty. Therefore I'm planning 6 months ahead this time.

I'm not going to announce all 6 months; can't be that locked in. But I will have something ready for her before she even asks. A-hah!! Feeling proud.

I love my new little two hour classes because they bring me together with so many new folks. They don't realize how old my jokes are. They bring new yarns and new problems for me to solve--I love both.

I think we know have a lot of sweater knitters who may be interested in learning how to custom fit their work rather than just knitting a medium. I'm going to offer a class on making a sloper and analyzing your places to tweak the pattern, and how. I'm also going to offer a top down tank class followed by a set in sleeve class.

I've been redecorating (as a pace that would stifle a snail) and I'm thinking home dec stuff. I love decorating pillows someone else made and stuffed--I know it's easy--it's just not really fun. For me. Spaghetti sauce on your pillow--Great--Knit a fix.
This one is just stashdiving and intarsia.

I also want to put my new brioche skills to work. Maybe a throw, maybe just a cloth.

My Matadorish sweater is completed, but needs some alterations. Kate taught me a neat way -- actually the coutour way-- to button a jacket waistband. It doesn't include a buttonhole. Stay tuned.

The Joy of Teaching and other things

This is Jean. Check out that smile. This is Jean seaming her first mattress stitch seam.
Jean grinned for the remainder of the class and swore she was headed home to take apart everything she had seamed to date. Jean was so-o-o-o happy. So was I. This is why I teach.
Debra and Sherry also had fun. I warned Debra she would be posted on the blog. Here you are, girl.


I taught the mitered class which used my Diamond Patch Hat pattern. Kate went right home and made this one for a new member of the family--well, a toddler. She will look stupendous. The tiny, fringy things were Kate's idea. She wanted to show off the star shape that begins this pattern. I just love the colors.
Flipper turns three. The most important thing for the boys was getting their birthday hats on. Who knew? My girls ripped them off even before the pictures.


This is the Eddie the Elephant (some TV character) cake sculpted by G-dad.

See Jane Teach

Yep, that's me showing my Knitter's Math class diagrams of necks and armcyes.
Everyone was transfixed. Well, Frances and Rose were. Robin is wondering what she's doing in this madness and Jeannie is sure I've lost my mind.
Dani, my computer mentor, is doing the geek thing--taking notes. But Corey--ah, Corey, she is a true knitter. She's listening, she's questioning, but most importantly, she's knitting.

I always take my knitting to classes in case there is some wait time or a break. Never waste a moment when there is knitting to be done. Ask turtlegirl76 about her socks for knitting in traffic.

Short Row Shaping Class

I can't believe I forgot to post this picture. I teased Aimee about it today and she said that she hadn't seen it. I think she thought I was too kind to put this on the web. Wrong! Actually these pictures are all about the short row shaping class I taught a few weeks ago. I made Aimee be my model for how to measure for short rows. And here she is--immortalized in pixels.
The rest of the class was normal folks . Judi , Kate, and BJ deserve the Great Concentration award.
Heather's got it and will help Mom (Joanne).

It wouldn't be class unless Lynda dropped by. Where was she Sunday?

Freeform /Scrumbling

This is my Dare to Be Red bag made from red yarns I've collected over the years. I took it up to Charlotte Yarn today and Remi drooled over it. I hope she will sit in on the class.
This is a perfect long term project for a young mom. You knit in little bits and keep them all in a bag until you have a bunch. Notice all the clearly defined amounts in that sentence. Then you sew them together or onto something else.
Some things look great in three dimensions.
Others can be a nondescript shape
Bits shaped like a leaf are always perfect in my mind.

I posted this on Ravelry last week and got a comment from Prudence Mapstone who has revived this art. Google her and look at all the wonderfully bizarre things she and her students have made.