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Is it cold where you are yet ?!? I am finding
myself reaching for wool socks in the late evening and early morning. And
yesterday I pulled out all the mittens and hats from last winter to see where
the household stood. I dusted off the Snowy Mittens, which have become my go-to pattern for mittens,
and the Flip Top Mitts,
which have become the new house favorites. Both are knit with Lamb's Pride
Worsted, and work up quickly. And both are based on EASY MITTENS, which will be one of the FREE CLASSES for the Solstice week workshops that start on the 26th.
Each year, I knit like a mad woman throughout December and especially on the last week of the month anticipating the New Year's Day Annual Rip Out. All personal knitting projects that are not done (except for one I am working on) are ruthlessly returned to their rolled yarn state. All needles are polished and cleaned and returned to their needle cases. All notions and patterns are organized. It is incredibly heartbreaking the first time you do it, but exceptionally LIBERATING once you get past it. |
| COUNTRYWOOL WEEKEND RETREATS 2010 |
| Rip Van Winkle ANNUAL SOCK KNITTING RETREAT February in the mountains,
Round Top, NY Rip Van Winkle FORENSIC KNITTING March in the mountains, Round Top, NY Cape Ann KNITTING SEAMLESS ICELANDIC SWEATERS April by the ocean, Rockport, MA Cape Ann SPINNING FABULOUS SOCK YARNS April by the ocean, Rockport, MA Rip Van Winkle SWEATER YARN SPINNING: woolen & worsted September in the mountains, Round Top, NY Cape Ann ONE, TWO & THREE SKEIN KNITS October by the ocean, Rockport, MA Rip Van Winkle GLOVES, MITTS & MITTENS November in the mountains, Round Top, NY |