Day 123: Seaming

I picked up a couple of basic skills in the knitting department over the weekend at Fiber Fest 2011.  Here is a sneak peak at a project that will likely be the next to reach completion.  I learned to make a nice little edge detail, and I learned to properly seam squares together.  Finishing touches really make the difference between feeling like I have made a great looking product and a product which is nice-but-just-a-little-too-homemade.

Seams between two blocks knit on the diagonal.....hmmmmmm

Day 122: Last Day of Fiber Fest 2011

I really had the BEST day today.  I had a long class with knitting Goddess Nicky Epstein!  I learned a TON!  Her class was a smish-smash of block constructions to make garments rather than "just blankets" and a drive-by knitting on embellishment which BLEW MY MIND!  I bought a bunch of books which I will lust over in the coming weeks as I hone my skills on more modest enterprises before picking a favorite place to start!  Really, after an entire day of knitting goodness, I went over to StevenBe's shop in Minneapolis for more festivities!  I was in knitting pose for the greater part of 12 hours.....and yes, my back will pay the price over the next several days!  Worth every penny and every second and what the hey!!!!!  I can just sit in bed for a couple days, read, knit, blog and recover!

I hooked together my four homework blocks made from leftover bamboo yarn....and I added a crochet edge and a knit flower embellishment which was sooooooo easy!  And here is my product for SUNDAY, DAY 122!  It can be worn with a nice wide neck and a lot of symmetry, points on the sides or points in the center, or a-symmetry seems to be the rage now....whatever.  I like the product and I loved learning!  So I win!

Day 88: Knit Blocks

I scored a couple of great hanks of hand-dyed, hand-spun, hand-loved wool yarn made by my lovely friend Jen Cuff (strawberrymoonfibers.etsy.com) for my birthday!  I have also registered for a four day knit fest in the Twin Cities (MN) hosted by StevenBe and the Yarn Garage with classes by Nicky Epstein (check out her book, KNITTING BLOCK BY BLOCK) at the end of April.  So I have some serious homework to do to prepare the blocks I am asked to bring to the classes. 

I am newish to knitting, and I love to learn!  I made my first 10"x10" block today just plain jane to start.  I will use it for an animal project outlined in her book.  I am looking forward to making new blocks every few days and working in new patterns also detailed in the book.  My goal is to get to the point with knitting that I can make my own patterns instead of re-creating the visions of other talented people.    One block down, more to go!  I am tired now, and happy to be blogging early so I can crawl in bed for the night right after putting my kiddos down too!  I love life!

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