HAPPY NEW YEAR

This has been making the rounds of the blogs and lists and now here. It is too good not to earn yet another comment and question. Why can't more of our utilitarian everyday realities of life be this attractive and thoughtful? It so reminds me of my grandmother's tatted lace.

Have two FO's, one needs blocking and the other is languishing on the board drying. Will have to take photos later.

This year my xmas gift to me was a four-harness used table loom. It has been sitting lonely and unused in the living room since I brought it home from Acton. This weekend I am off to Meara's to see the babies (This is the longest I have ever gone without seeing her--two months almost) and take a class with Deborah Jarchow and learn how to dress the darn thing. Stay tuned.

TWO OUT OF THREE

Two of my three projects for the Conference gallery are finished. I still have two weeks to do the last one which fortunately is in its last stages.

The mitts were knit from handspun, hand dyed Corriedale. The pattern is one of Kathryn Alexander's which appeared in a 2001 issue of Interweave Knits.

The scarf was knit in handspun Columbia from a fleece bought several years ago at the Powell farm in Ramona. The pattern is one of Nancy Bush's Estonian lace that also was in an old Interweave Knits. I am not sure of the year.

MORE FROM SOAR

This sampler is the result of a three-hour retreat session with Nancy Bush. She talked a bit about the history of Estonian lace and then we started our sampler. It is done in a Jameison laceweight and wasn't too difficult. I finished mine on the rather crowded and endless plane ride home. Her book arrived in the mail this week and has several patterns that I would like to try.

BABY KNITS Part 1

Lots of knitting happening for the new baby (Ultrasound tech said that there was a 90% chance of a girl. It was difficult to tell as "it" was not cooperating like Zora did. Since it is not conclusive and they have been know to be wrong, I guess that I will be knitting in gender neutral colors.) The blanket was knit from a pattern called Estonian lace and the kimono sweater came from the Organic baby book that I reviewed for Spindlicity. They are both done in a superwash wool. While the green is a very soft one, taken inside a dark living room makes it a tad grayer.