Hand Knitting Blog & Knitting Patterns
There are quite a few events and displays out and about here during wool week. At Shetland College the Textile Facilitation Unit is open to the public for a sort of self guided tour, a great facility that made me want to go right back to school. The walls were lined with submissions for a school competition in Fair Isle design, graphic and poignant; Lisa Anderson writes: I would love it if they kept Shetland Wool to be always in fashion.
Family adventure to Eshaness, no clue driving up what the wind would be like! Just a gentle reminder to “watch the door”, which turned out to be nearly impossible to open! See Gudrun and I blown away by the scenery and nearly blown away by the wind!
See more over at Gudrun’s here.
Shetland Wool Week info here.
Fantastic events all week. Gudrun and I dropped into the Shetland Museum and watched Linda demonstrate Fair Isle Knitting using a knitting belt. She brought along some baby hats from her collection. The one on the right was worn my her mum in the 30’s and Linda wore it when she was a teenager, and styles were a close-fitting cloche.
Vogue Knitting Live was so much fun. I met my talented friend designer Kat Coyle in Real Life!
My book signing was right next to Sally Melville!!!
In the Marketplace, Anna had set up the divine Mini Mochimochi Land, complete with gnomes harvesting corn.
Jeanne DeCoster of Elemental Affects pure American Shetland Wool goddess and Kat and I ate at a Food Truck!!! Yay LA!
My high school friend Mary got the VK Live VIP treatment.
And my students were THE BEST!!!!!
I only took pictures on my phone, loser!
I met many many wonderful designers and yarn industry movers and shakers I’d worshiped from afar, too many to mention but I must include exquisite Catherine Lowe who took me under her wing. I love you Catherine! Next VKLive event is NY don’t miss it! I won’t be teaching but I might just show up and take classes. I love taking classes!
And now?
It was touch and go for a while there but my book 200 Fair Isle Motifs: A Knitter’s Directory is in stock and ready to sign, tomorrow at 12 Noon, Booth 34-35 at VOGUE KNITTING LIVE LA!!!!!!!!!! Yay!
Special thanks to the folks at Knitting With Sandra, who made a late night delivery to make it possible.
