Shepping Nachis*

My gal Jennifer was back visiting from Seattle this weekend - and I have to say...
WHAT THE F? HAPPENED?? She's gone less then 3 months and she returns having completed a men's size cashmere sweater that she knit on size 4 needles, with perfectly inset sleeves and a cast on/bound off (didn't even know about this one) collar.  They must be drinking more than Starbuck's out there! She leaves New York a humble scarfmaker with a giant red tote and returns a frickin' Jedi Master. What? Do I sound jealous?  Just because my seams look like something out of a horror flick - and I haven't had the guts to knit on anything smaller than a 10 needle, not to mention I am not nice enough to knit anything for anybody bigger than a 5 year old (if I knit for anybody besides myself in the first place) or have the courage to buy cashmere for fear of having it end up lost in my stash somewhere never to be found again.
Truthfully, I am so damn proud of our girl - all grow'd up out there on the West coast. Truthfully, she's become an amazing knitter - to match her incredible spirit. I think I just forgot how much I like and miss her.
Come back soon, Jen. I could use a few lessons.

* Fool and amaze your friends with this little Yiddish phrase for "Being proud"

Comments

[suzy]

you're more than welcome to join k2tog if you are in seattle and also master the jedi ways :] we would loooooooooooooooooooooooooove to have you! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k2tog/

[Daniel]

We love Jen! We will release her from Seattle after we have taught her to do fairisle with 3 colors per row and she felts without fear. The bind-off in question, as far as I know, has not been published in any book. I had to come up with it myself for another project and knew that it would be the perfect thing for her collar. I'll post how to do it on my blog before the end of the month. XOXOX