I had such a lovely time teaching the knitting technique of Stacked Stitches at WoollyAway this past weekend. This is the technique that is used in a lot of designs by the amazing Xandy Peters.
The retreat was so well organised by Deb and Diana that for me as a tutor I didn’t need to worry about anything once I arrived – there were even pre-printed lanyards with everyone’s name on which had the schedule for the weekend on the back which is a genius idea and meant we all knew what would be happening when.
I met some fabulous knitters and crocheters and was delighted with how well they learnt to use this technique. This is what they had all achieved by lunchtime.
And then yesterday was my birthday which I also enjoyed greatly! My lovely wife made a super cake with sprinkles on it.
I am lucky to have had some lovely gifts, including a trip to see a touring production of Pride and Prejudice at Theatre Clwyd last week. It was wonderful, with many of the cast playing two roles. It took me quite a while to realise that Mr Collins and Wickham were being played by the same person as the characterisation was so very good.
Unfortunately today I have come down with a cold, so I am very glad that this is a written blog and not a video! Hopefully it will be gone soon as I am meant to be teaching again tomorrow evening (today’s teaching has been cancelled). It does mean that today’s post is likely to be shorter than usual.
I think I told you about the introduction to tech editing course that I was taking last week. It really clicked for me and I’ve signed up for the full self-study version. I’ll let you know how I get on! I’ll be tackling the first assignment soon.
As there was some social knitting time at the WoollyAway retreat I have made good progress on my 4-ply version of What Do Points Make? I’ve finished the second front to the correct length – I realised while working that front that the first side was one repeat short. So, I’ve undone the first front back to the corner, added the extra repeat and begun the final decrease section. I’ve realised that these 3 skeins of 4-ply won’t give me quite enough yarn as they are only 365m long each rather than the full 400m of most 4-ply yarns, so I’m wondering whether to make the two front corners match with the little bit of the fourth colour that I will need to use, as I matched the position of all the other colour changes. I think I will. I will also need to calculate just how many extra metres the 4-ply version took than the laceweight one. It won’t be much, but it will be because this yarn is thicker than laceweight it will use a little bit more to get around the needle for each stitch. It’s a tiny amount per stitch, but multiplied up through several thousand stitches it becomes measurable and an amount that makes a difference! I will post a picture of it next week – I think I will have finished the knitting by then.