You’re doing better than some in our country are.
My good friend, Jennie (Jennie The Potter) is working on Powderhorn Empty Bowls, a fundraiser to help stock a donation food pantry and fund a hot meals program for kids in the Powderhorn area of Minneapolis.
If you’re in the area please do stop by and pick up a beautiful, hand-thrown bowl and get some delicious home made soup. You determine the donation – and you get to take the bowl home! How can you lose?
If you’re not in the area but would like to make a donation or learn more about the fundraiser, please click here.
High Time
Gerry’s response when I opened this fortune after our take-out Chinese dinner?
“I Agree!”
For knit design, that groove includes math as well as inspiration. It’s important to think of a project from a math perspective; how many panels would be needed for a certain fit, how will the row/st repeat impact the shaping – lots of stuff like that. If I can start off with my mind in this direction, it makes it easier when I eventually write it all down and do the pattern calculations. Now on to the snake goddess.I spent the day today nursing a chest cold-ish thing, it’s been hanging on for a bit, and to be honest I think I used it as an excuse to stay rooted in my chair so I could get some decent knitting finished.
I’m almost done with a cute little cardigan – the sleeve openings look big to me, but that may be in contrast to the very fitted sleeves which have become fashionable. Fitted sleeves are great – but not always the most comfortable.
It’s far enough along that I’m starting on the worksheet which will allow me to figure the different pattern sizes. It has a nice, easy lace repeat that is 22 sts wide, so I’m trying to figure ways to divide that repeat so that from size to size I can accommodate many variations.
The yarn – Chameleon Colorworks Evolution – is a little on the thick side – the dk feels more like worsted to me, and the worsted almost like bulky – but it’s SUCH amazing yarn to touch that I’m making this top in my size – with any luck it will be good for next summer…
It’s been windy here – and I was looking forward to Virginia, thinking I’d be down in the sunny South. However, the weather comparisons for St. Paul and the zip where I’ll be teaching don’t show much difference.
Good thing I love the chilly weather!
My experiment in Denver was to pack as lightly as possible – and it worked. I think I’ll try the same to Virginia – leaving more room for books. I hate taking books with me – I’d rather ship them – but I’m afraid that the books requested by the shops won’t arrive in time, so here’s more to carry.
My back, by the way, is wonderful. Thank you again, Ruth! And I won’t resort to the Giles Corey school of packing any time soon, I promise…