I don’t have a whole lot going on, but thought I better write something anyway. Sally is again on the road (or plane, as it were), so I am the Lone Blogger. I have been working on a couple of WIPs — the Woman’s Continental is progressing at a turtle-esque pace. I have the back done, both fronts and the start of one sleeve. All the fun stuff with this project is at the end so it will start to get interesting soon. Oregon is languishing for the time being.Â
I also started a small project just because. Here is the newbie:
This is the Pure Silk from Debbie Bliss. It’s very hard to get a good picture, but you can kind of see what it looks like and you can definitely see the luster of the yarn — wow. I love knitting with silk, but it isn’t looking that good in terms of the evenness of the stitches. I hope blocking helps :).
The other fun thing I did this weekend was teach a couple of knitting classes. On Saturdays I’m teaching a class on the Rogue Hoodie from Girl from Auntie at Amazing Threads in Maple Grove, Minnesota. What a fun project and a bit challenging — you graft the hood together at the top across all the cabling (see photo in Susan’s Gallery for detail). It was my Olympic Challenge project from February of this year. The knitters range from “this is my first sweater” to “been there, done that.” The newbie knitter is absolutely darling. Her mom is taking the class with her and is a fabulous knitter.Â
The other class is another of my favorite projects: the Market Squares bag from Knitters Magazine.  The students are my knitting peeps from Thursdays at Four — we meet at Panera’s (quelle surprise ;)). It is like a 2 for 1 special because I get an extra “knit night” per week. This may become a habit! There are pictures of both of these projects in my “Susan’s Gallery.”Â
That’s it for now.
That looks amazing. The (very slight) unevenness adds a dimension that makes it look even more interesting. That’s going to be a thing of beauty when it’s done.
Comment by Melanie — September 26, 2006 @ 11:07 pm
I am a veteran Rogue Knitter (I’ve made 3) and it’s the perfect combination of challenge/mindless that I like. Also the wearability. I tell you, we have some amazing designers up here in Canada!
Comment by Lorraine The Knitting Hammy — September 27, 2006 @ 9:30 am
The Pure Silk looks lovely. What is it going to be?
Poor Oregon! I’m waiting for you to work on yours. Then I might get motivated to keep pace with you 😉
Can’t wait to see what you’re going to do with the Continental!
Comment by Marina — September 28, 2006 @ 6:48 pm
I’m so envious of your students getting to learn the Rogue with you — I love the pattern! Especially the cardigan version of it. Here’s hoping I get around to it someday….
Comment by Mary — September 30, 2006 @ 11:27 pm