On this bleak November day, before some torrential rain hits, I have a beautiful home day to sit and knit. The commission is moving along nicely (after the necessary gauge swatches) and I have no pictures. I sent off a design submission this morning, and am generally having a grand time with knitting.
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| Fringe |
With writing up material for a knitting class, not quite so much. It is SO much easier to show someone a technique in person than it is to explain it in writing, especially given the wide variety of knitting methods. Latvian fringe is something that I've been doing off an on for around a decade, and there are still fiddly little things that I learn about it when I put my mind to designing a swatch in which to learn the technique. I've gotten two of three swatches for the course knit, and directions written for them. Next up is to knit them from the directions and fix the directions so that they work! After that shall come the difficult part -- communicating the 'how this technique is done' in writing. I hope to snag a child to take some pictures for me over Thanksgiving break. It is very difficult to take pictures of one's self while knitting. Although perhaps, with that knitting belt....
Filia and I had a nice time together on Saturday. She got her test taken, found out she passed it with LOTS of room to spare, and we found the Fiber Festival with no problem. On the way, we found a little place in a small town that had specialty coffee, tea, soup, sandwiches, smoothies, baked goodies ... and promptly decided that would be a lovely place to have lunch. Mmmmm! We managed to make it out of the festival without buying anything, more due to willpower and not having any specific projects in mind than due to the lack of things to buy. There were some gorgeous yarns there. And fibers. And tools. And books.
Yesterday saw me driving Mom's taxi and getting not exactly 'lost', but not exactly following the path Google Maps planned out for me in Minneapolis. Filia had a good interview, then we headed back home for a class (her) and teaching a class (me). After class, I headed to my mom's house to pick up my pooch, who I learned had a Very Full Day. It went something like this:
- 7:30 AM Begin hunting rabbits
- 11:00 AM Come inside for a drink of water, short nap, and lunch
- 12:00 Go outside to continue hunting rabbits
- 4:40 PM Come inside for a drink of water before going home.
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| Pooped Pooch |
He'll have another chance to explore there on Friday. Mom says her dog had a hard time getting off the couch this morning. They keep each other in good shape!
Knitting plans for this week are to finish the commission - perhaps by Saturday, but that may be pushing it. I'm chewing over what sort of goals I ought to set myself, and starting to think about Christmas music for the harp and piano. And having children home for Thanksgiving, and Christmas break, and homemade caramels, and hot spiced tea, and .... many good things ahead.
Until next week,
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