There are only a few days left before we travel to Wonderwool Wales! I’ll be in Hall 3, Stand W16.
Late this afternoon and early evening I’ve been going through edits on Sugar Loaf Cardigan from my tech editor. It’s getting there! Sue did a fabulous job of modelling the cardigan outside at the weekend so I could take some proper photos and the pics were really well received on social media:
I made the sample in this size as it’s the size of my mannequin, but I hadn’t realised that the mannequin has no shoulders and therefore the cardigan doesn’t sit right on it. A real person shape complete with shoulders was needed for the photos, and I was sooo grateful that Sue agreed to be the model!
Note: The final thing I do when I write a blog post is to choose the title of the post. I initially chose “It’s All Happening” as that seemed to encapsulate the week. But I did my usual check in case I’d used that title before. And I had! On December 5th 2023 when I’d just cast on the sleeves for Sugar Loaf Cardigan! So, I tweaked the title a little to avoid a repeat, and because I like the link between two posts referencing the cardigan!
Even before we go to Wonderwool, I have a workshop tomorrow night – and there’s still time to book! Introduction to Brioche Knitting is the same workshop I taught at Wool-in Garden City and it’s a great one – and tomorrow I will be teaching it at Shaz’s Shabby Chic in Buckley.
You may remember that a couple of weeks ago I updated my website with pages that grouped my designs by yarn weight. I now have a new events page as well!
This replaces my “Where I’ll Be” page and hopefully will be a better way of seeing what workshops are available and which shows I’m going to be at.
See that ‘Beginners’ Knitting Workshop’ on the drop-down list above? That’s taking place at Ditzy Rose in Tattenhall on May 23rd.
It’s an afternoon workshop, 1-3.30pm, so it won’t suit everyone time-wise, but if you know anyone who would like to learn to knit, or return to knitting after a long break, then please point them towards this workshop! Nikki, who hosts all the many and varied workshops at Ditzy Rose, is lovely and welcoming and will be providing drinks and cake as part of the £30 price of the workshop.
All the details are on my Events page about it as well as the Facebook event page. If you’d like to book, email nikki@ditzyrose.co.uk
I have actually done quite a bit of knitting as well this week, but guess what? I can’t show it to you! I did, however, ball up a skein of gorgeous sock yarn that Sue chose from Weku Yarns when we were at Wool-in Garden City. It never ceases to amaze me how different yarn can look in a skein and in a ball. And different yet again when knitted up! Of course, if I was super clever I’d have made sure I’d got a photo of it in the skein before I wound it up, but I didn’t, so here it is all wound up.
I’m going to have to keep this one short today as my head is a bit mashed after driving down to Mum’s yesterday and then back again today (followed by the number crunching). It was a quick impromptu visit in advance of her birthday and it was lovely.
I’ll see you on the other side of Wonderwool and have lots to tell you next week. K x
P.S. If you come to Wonderwool, please do come and say hello!