Saturday was my class with my newly found Guild, The Nutmeg Knitters. It was taught by Candace Eisner Strick and was a great class. The first part of the day was dedicated to "25 Slick Tricks of the Trade" and covered things like different types of cast-ons that I always read about and for some reason never try, knitting and purling backwards, cabling without a needle, a neater one row buttonhole and many more slick tricks. The second part of the day was "From the Bottom Up", which concentrated on necklines and hems. I learned so much my brain felt like mush when I got home. The all day class was only $20 which seems very reasonable for the amount of material it covered. Candace was a great teacher and is coming back in November to teach a class on the twisted stitch patterns of Austria. I don't know if I will attempt that one yet as it is geared for the experienced knitter.
I've been working on my camo socks and got both heel flaps and one gusset done in the drive down and back to see my Mom. (I wasn't driving ;)) It was a nice Mothers Day. My wrists are killing me again tonight so I don't think there will be much knitting accomplished here this evening. I am thinking I need a little break again from socks after I finish this pair...although I really should finish the second of my lace socks. We'll see I guess.
Happy Knitting!
Posted by Karen at May 10, 2004 08:15 PM | TrackBacksounds like a great class & I can see how it's so hard to take all the information in! I know you're ready for the experienced class! Go for it! and besides it's 6 month's away.
Posted by: janet D at May 11, 2004 07:44 PMAh Janet... you have much more faith in my knitting skills than I do that's for sure! :) I will wait and see how brave I am feeling when sign up time comes along... thanks for the rah rah's though! :)
Posted by: Karen at May 13, 2004 06:24 PM