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We celebrated a day early on Saturday the 18th. But we always have to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day. Julie kindly took a few photos of Kaye, Nathania, & Richard.
Here we are mugging for the camera. But wait there's more!
And here is the back shot!
As many of you know, Kaye, Sandi, and Nathania all do a lot of yoga. We really believe in the benefits. One of those benefits is in keeping your shoulders and upper body strong and supple so that knitting and spinning are easier on our arms, hands, and shoulders.
One of our favorite yoga instructors, Jeffrey Lang, is holding a Shoulder Surrender Workshop at Willow Glen Yoga this coming Sunday, September 26, 2010 from 1-4 pm. Kaye went the last time this was offered and it's worth it. This is appropriate for all levels of practice.
Emy spun up this beautiful yarn and gave it to Sandi! Here is the hat that resulted. More hats, yay!
We got the new Chic Knits patterns and had a great time matching up yarns with each patterns. Take a look at what we came up with. Let us know what you think.
This is Cerisara. It's a great comfy cardi pattern with some lace and some reverse stockinette. It is gauged for 5 sts/inch making it perfect for Cascade 220. It also makes it very affordable, at $6.80 per skein a 34 inch bust would cost $34 and a 52 inch bust would cost $60.
Here is Keelin. It's also gauged at 5 sts/inch making it a perfect fit for Cascade 220 Superwash. We chose a deep red and because it's Cascade and the colors match in many of the yarn offerings we chose Cascade Greenland for the Keelin Cap.
The colors match beautifully and the Greenland knits up at 4.5 sts/inch perfect for the Keelin Cap.
And here is the Fabulous must have Basic Chic V-Neck Cardi. It's going to be the snuggle cardi for this winter! We chose the Lorna's Laces Shepards Worsted in a soft brown.
And finally the one we've all been waiting for. Aleita - a beautiful wrap front vest or pullover. We chose the Classic Elite Portland Tweed in a medium red. It knits at 5 sts/inch - perfect for this sweater. It should showcase the subtle ribbing and will look super elegant for fall.
Come on in and see which one you're going to knit next!
Here I am ready to go to Mendocino with my Schacht Wolf Pup loaded into my Prius. See how nicely she fits right in? And she's warped up and can be set up and ready to weave in about 15 minutes.
Monday morning I report to the Mendocino Arts Center Weaving Studio and get my Pup set up. This is how it looked that first morning.
Got my warp measured using a warping board. Mine comes from Ashford. I tied it up for transport and headed over to my loom.
I'm standing just out of this shot. I'm holding all the warp threads ready to wind onto the back beam. As the winding begins I had to hold the tension tight.
Here I am threading through the heddles and reed.
As a good student I was great at making errors so that my instructor could show everyone the fix. I've made a threading error and had to pull a section of my warp threads out of the reed and heddles and rethread. A great learning experience for me.
My little Pup ready to weave. My warp threads are tied onto the breast beam and I'm ready to go.
Here is my lovely Triple Draught Bird's Eye Twill! I'm making a set of cotton napkins on an 8 dent reed with dk weight cotton knitting yarn.
I'm so happy with my Wolf Pup, she's the perfect size for weaving up to 18 inch wide 4 harness patterns. She has direct tie up shafts or harnesses for easy weaving!
