A Wing and A Prayer
Time flies. Been so busy there's not a stitch to report. I think I am actually back to knitting a wash cloth.
Hoping to start some Spring projects some time soon.
Thankfully the real work has been very busy, and that has also given me little time to focus on my other project of Gettin' Knit Together. I've guess I've learned it's pretty hard to support two kids on your own, have a real job and try and launch a product in your basement- AND STILL HAVE TIME TO KNIT ALL THE TIME, FOR GOD SAKE!!
So, the GKT biz is going to have to take another tack. After mustering up the nerve, I pitched it to a notions manufacturer and PRAISE THE LORD - they've agreed to take it over to their corporate headquarters in Japan to check it out. It's winging its way there as we speak. I heard they even bumped the YARN MINDER up to first class! All I can say is "DOMO ARIGATO, MR. ROBATO!"
Who knows, right?
Oh, I know it's the Ides of March and Et Tu, Brute and all that - but the Red Letter of the day for me is the completion of my red cashmere gloves to match my red cashmere sampler scarf. I really took my time with these. It was a 4 ply cashmere and I knit them on size 4 needles. I swear, they almost look like store bought gloves. And they are soooo warm.
I wrote an article for an upcoming issue of Yarn Market News, (with much of your input) called "I'll Have What She's Having" - about being inspired by the people around us - or in my case, never having an original idea so I just make whatever my friends are knitting. So, since Regina has been making these small capelets, I've been making these small capelets. And since Regina's been using Noro Silk Garden and running Kidsilk Haze with it, I've been using Silk Garden and Kidsilk Haze. So, there you have it. Its very easy and fast. There are capelet patterns all over the internet. I'm going to work on Regina to create a pattern with these two yarns so email me if you're interested. I added a little double crochet along the bottom.
I also made one up in Brown Sheep Nature's Spectrum which is warmer and pretty but the drape isn't half as nice.
I usually don't indulge my personally life, too much, but I wanted to capture for posterity - with the blog date, the beginning of Beautiful One's second decade! Here she is with the blue topaz, diamond and white gold pretty (small) ring her mama bought her to mark the moment and match her eyes. Ain't she a looker?
I've been so crazed with work these last two weeks - I haven't knit a stitch! - And one of the things that I'm buried with is an article I'm writing for the next issue of Yarn Market News. It's about whether knitters care what's happening in the world of fashion. I've been doing a lot of research and I've learned that lots of designers like Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney and Michael Kors are putting more luxury sweaters in their collections because women want more unstructured, comfortable garments. And because more designers are creating these fashions, more mills are making lux yarns and that means that eventually luxury yarns will become more affordable. I didn't know that. But I certainly can't wait for THAT to happen.
