Holiday Gifts Week 6

It was a special treat celebrating Linda’s birthday and having the opportunity to watch an old classic TV show, “The Avengers;” the episode was, I think, “The Girl from Auntie” which included a group of knitters using the continental style. We continued working on mittens this week, and they are turning out pretty good.

Special Message To Everyone from Linda
"I can't begin to tell you how overwhelmed I was by your kindess in throwing a surprise party for me. No one has ever done anything like that for me before. I was frankly dumbstruck. Thank You! I am really wrestling for the right words to express my deep gratitude."

Next Project
The cornucopia begins next week, and the patterns will be distributed at that time. Linda showed us the ones she knitted (prior to felting): the cornucopia, gourd, and pumpkin. A list of supplies is under last week’s blog; however, you do not have to use Lite Lopi yarn. The cornucopia will take one skein; the rest of the veggies will not take as much. Diana brought in a wonderful book by Nicky Epstein called “Knitting Never Felt Better: The Definitive Guide to Fabulous Felting.” There are many more veggies and fruit in this book to create a lovely centerpiece. Bea is working on getting more patterns for us. Linda says this project goes very fast, and we will be done in two weeks.

Sooo, she asked us what we would like our project after that to be. It was voted to do the game set since it takes longer and we could work on it during the Thanksgiving holidays. For that project only two contrasting colors of yarn is needed (one skein each), and acrylic is okay such as Wool-Ease. By the way, Wool-Ease is on sale at Joanne’s this week for 2 for $4. Linda used pink and brown colors on size 8 needles.

News
The Auburn community festival was a hit; both Diana and Vicki did very well selling their items. They were happy to see many from the class. In addition, Diana was asked to teach knitting to teens and adults by the Auburn Recreation District. :)

Have a fabulous week. Keep on knittin’.