H-Day
Today is H-Day, or Harlot Day, if you'd prefer. Tonight legions of knitters from the area surrounding Eau Claire will descend upon the sleepy town and laugh their arses off while trying not to stab themselvs with needles.
I still have not decided which lucky knitting projects will come with me.
It could be that I'll just end up knitting samples. Samples, you ask? Yes, samples, for a store, as I've taken a (as in "another") job as a knitting instructor at the Michael's in Crystal. It's not glamorous, but it will be fun. The biggest challenge is coming up with projects that utilize the yarns that Michael's offers. Thankfully, this particular store has expanded its selection within the past month or so to include more non-novelty yarn. Three new Patons yarns are on the shelve: SWS, a gorgeous wool/soy blend that felts really nicely); Rumor, which is mostly acrylic with alpaca and polyester, and is very, very soft; and Shetland Chunky Tweeds, which is mostly acrylic but still decent. They've also got Classic Merino Wool.
The first sample I've whipped up is a really quick little cabled bag made with Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick 'n' Quick. It's not something I'd normally make, and it didn't turn out quite to be what I wanted, as I was limited by the handle selection on hand, but I think it will make for a fun class where a lot of things are learned.
Sitting on top is a drop-stitch scarf I'm making out of Lion Brand Moonlight Mohair for the ubiquitous novelty yarn scarf class.
I am going to be buuuuuusy with all of the demos I'm required to do, on top of the classes, but it will be the good sort of busy. I might as well get paid (and I'll actually get paid well!) to talk about yarn and knitting, right?
In personal knitting news...
I'm a total idiot. My ruffle wasn't done. It was 200(!) rows short, thanks to my inability to count properly. I was to the armholes when I realized that something was very, very wrong, and then had to rip out all of the boring stockinette I had slogged through. I've only got about 150(!) rows of the ruffle yet because, of course, I haven't really touched it since. I have, however, picked up my Forecast sweater again. It needs a couple more inches at the bottom, two sleeves, and a button band, and we're ready to rock. It will also need a very aggressive blocking so it will fit over my ta-tas.
Tipper @ 9:20 AM * link
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