Today is a very exciting day. Yes, it's 10:50 and I'm just getting home, but what could be better than spending nearly the entire day knitting with close friends, and then knitting with a community of more than a hundred women (and men) who share a passion for knitting?
Tonight was the first time in a billion years I was able to get to the Atlanta Knitting Guild meeting. The speaker was Sivia Harding, which was extra special because I happened to knit the sample Aquataine Gauntlets that she will be using to teach one of the classes this meeting. I even managed to part with some of my pennies to get a few of her patterns, the Rosalind and the Shetland Garden Faroese. Maybe sometime in this lifetime I will finish with the pattern writing that I have on my plate right now to be able to knit them! For now they are going to be taped on the wall-o-wishing that has my Jeanie pattern waiting wishfully on it.
My 18 Pearls Wrap is also going places and meeting people. Farmhouse Yarns has decided to carry the pattern after I knit a sample in one of their yarns, and my original shawl has gone to visit Only Ewe and Cotton Too in Alpharetta, GA. This makes me doubly excited because Elyse Anderson, the owner, happens to be one of the nicest people I think I've ever met, and because this shop is one of my favorites in the area. (Even if it is on the other side of the world for me, which makes me sad because I can't get there very often). Elyse also carries Ester Bitran's Olmue, the yarn my original design was knit from, which was the catalyst for my new focus on designing and writing patterns. I liked this yarn for this pattern so much, I bought a skein from Elyse to knit another! It is also super-lovely out of most sock yarns, including long color change yarns like Noro's Kureyon Sock, which Elyse also carries! Please feel free to stop by her wonderful shop to meet a really special lady and have a chance to see my wrap in person. If you can't get by the shop, you can follow the happenings at Only Ewe and Cotton Too on Facebook.
Other exciting news for the day include the fact that I am now DONE knitting the gull lace on my February Lady Sweater, thanks to an extra long guild meeting, and can start the sleeves tomorrow. After this sweater is done there is just one more sweater of doom to repair, and a vest to knit before I can focus on my designs again.
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