Just after I finished editing and putting out my latest tutorial video I wondered where my first video was. I used to carry it around in my laptop bag and play it at shows, it’s 13 minutes of an overview of making a sweater in my studio on my knitting machine.
Well, I found it and managed to get it uploaded to YouTube. It’s not a tutorial but educational, I remember speaking with a woman at the Chicago One of a Kind show where she thought (and she was not alone) that got the fabric from somewhere and created a sweater by cutting and assembling….. I put her straight by showing her the first few minutes of this video and she said she would never assume again!
Also, sometimes I just don’t have the time to take photos and that was the case recently on my second trip to Chicago to conduct a workshop in making one of my jackets. What fun I had and what a lot of work…which I love, my only regret, but couldn’t be helped, was that we couldn’t add an hour or two to the days the Interknit group of Chicago. I’d love to have gone longer to get the ladies further along in their projects.
InterKnit Machine Knitting Guild of Chicago
However, I saw wonderful knitting happening, from some who really knew what they were doing to those who valiantly struggled along with this new (to them) craft….I praise them all!
Mary and me at the end of Navy Pier on a hot Fall day.
Mary picked me up at the airport and we spent the afternoon on Navy Pier, which I had only seen lit up an night before. We went on the Ferris wheel and looked at a wonderful display of stained glass.
Can this be knit?
Speaking of stained glass and women’s work, an excellent read is ‘Clara and Mr Tiffany‘ written by Susan Vreeland from letters written by Clara Wolcott Driscoll, a key woman behind Louis Comfort Tiffany’s glass work.
The workroom we used for the Chicago jacket workshop.
Working hard.
Giving a little help.
Thanks Valoria for the photos of the workshop.
Well, speaking of woman’s work, I’m off to my knitting machines!
My little booth at Just for Us Well, I’ve three shows under my belt at this point, the One of a Kind in Toronto, Just for Us also in TO and Originals in Ottawa. After missing the Chicago show as I was still in chemo the Ottawa show was down so this year has sort…
I can’t believe I haven’t posted anything since early Summer! It’s not like I’ve been away from the computer…I’ve spent a lot of time on my laptop….teaching myself WordPress to rebuild my web sites (my former platform providers have closed shop after 20 years) and build new sites. My web builder name it Two Hats…
This little one I was knitting this one while I was at the One of a Kind Christmas in Toronto (…trying to avoid US economy!) trying to get it done in time for my stepdaughter’s Toronto baby shower. It was the Yoda coat and a little hat and some booties worked from some wonderful…
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Well, I’m back from my wonderful family vacation to Antigua. The first and only time we wil have this opportunity…10 1/2 of us went (my niece is pregnant). This is a shot of me with this lovely young woman in the market in St John’s where I bought a carved calabash bowl from her. Her…
Whew! I think I can take a break for five minutes in July but May and June were busy months for events and invitations. Our first wedding for one for which I made a Julian Roberts dress…I’ll post about that later. In the arts field my dear friend Georgia Ferrell owner of Artemisia Gallery in…
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Thank you! I've been machine knitting since 1983 and learned some new techniques today!
Thank you! I've been machine knitting since 1983 and learned some new techniques today!