Fall Classes – Nearly there
It’s a beautiful crisp morning and feels lovely after a couple days of high humidity. I feel pretty good, too, because the 12 “weekend” hours I’ve spent on the computer getting the fall class list straight is nearly at an end and I can go back to work, thank goodness! The updated page should be up by the end of the week, just a couple details to verify and a photo or two, then I’ll send out the e-mail. I love our schedule for the fall, we have projects to interest most levels, that are beautiful, and most important of all, will be fun to do. I’ll talk more about them next time, because, frankly, I’m sick of looking at this screen.
Thanks to everyone who came to our little end-of-summer sale. It puts a nice period to the season, and this week we’ll be putting summer things away and beginning to bring out fall yarns and new models. I’m ready! We received 2 new yarns last week from Classic Elite. Moorland, a wool, alpaca, mohair blend is just a beautiful soft and misty tweed that could be knit at any gauge from 4.5 to 6 stitches to the inch, depending on the fabric you want. I sold out of 3 colors on the day I received it, and of course have more coming this week:
And Montera now comes in heathers and they are really beautiful – this is my next sweater project, just cannot get enough of this yarn:
And thanks also to everyone who sent birthday greetings – if you sent an e-card and didn’t hear from me, it’s because all the dire warnings from my computer prevented me from opening any. (“Warning! Clicking on this link could me the end of civilization as we know it!!” and so on.)
One reminder – we’ll be closed on Sunday, August 31 for Labor Day Weekend (open Saturday as usual) – and now on to some awesome projects:
First, Deb Hawk and Janet K finished their Surprise Jackets this week. Deb used a bunch of different yarns as most of us did, and Janet used just one – Noro Taiyo – and don’t they both look wonderful!
Katie Perkins (with sister Margitta Pfleger) modeled this wonderful sweater with chunky open cables on the front and sleeves. She made it from Ethno, a beautiful and (sadly) discontinued yarn that we’ll all miss. I’m going to dream about this yummy soft sweater on cold mornings this winter:
Lauren Turgeon brought in her first lace project – it turned out beautifully! Done in laceweight Zephyr silk and wool, it definitely wasn’t a piece of cake; she really challenged herself:
And Rochelle Mann designed this lovely shrug for her granddaughter, who wanted – and got – pink! It’s another masterpiece from Rochelle:
That’s it! Expect the class e-mail in a day or two, and I’ll see you soon…
Trish
