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!
Long time no post….lots going on in my family as I have senior parents and am spending a lot of time with them these days. However I did participate in the Up The Garden Path studio tour the last two weekends in May. My wraps were selling so I am making more for the Art…
How sweet is this? While mooching around the Buxton Village Books in the Outer Banks NC last week I found this Knitting Muse. They had a large one but after last year I’m on a tight budget so when I found this one in a card I had to have her. She’s made of metal,…
I finally signed up to Knit It Now…a bit pricey I thought but there is so much information and lots of videos on the web site. I now have access to lots of videos that I can explore myself and help demonstrate techniques to newbies. If you are considering learning to use a knitting machine…
Just how cute is this little jacket? While slaving away over a hot knitting machine, yesterday, my friend Rose appeared, after much travel, including her native South Africa, bearing gifts. Her grandmother had passed away and among her things were knitting patterns from the ’40’s (I couldn’t find a date) and this is from the…
And I’m not talking about guys in town that’ll do your house! These wonderfully talented women (and my husband) were found celebrating the award recipients at the KAC Juried Art Salon last Thursday evening. A lovely Spring evening found many of Kingston fine artists and art supporters in the Wilson Room of the public library…
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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!