So, I found out very recently that WEBS needed an extra body at Stitches and I quickly volunteered. The rest, as they say, is history. I can't believe I haven't posted about this yet! I'm super excited to be going on a multiple of levels. Not only do I feel supremely blessed to be sent there by my workplace without expense, I get to go with coworkers I enjoy and be in an atmosphere of knitting frenzy (hmmm, this is beginning to sound like a regular day at WEBS).
I'll be surrounded with and tempted by knitting wonder that I am not exposed to on an everyday basis. I've heard tales but cannot actually anticipate what will be there. And! I have never actually been to CA before. Although I'll be indoors the entire time working long hours and may not be able to sightsee I will physically have been there.
Also, I'll be able to visit an old college friend that I haven't seen in years. cordeliaknits lives pretty close to where the convention will be held and has graciously agreed to travel to see me (ahem, and some yarn). I will also have gross amounts of knitting time as traveling will take up 8+ hours each way and if I'm up in the evenings at all I'll be knitting.
My partner is a little anxious to be without me as we've never actually spent a night apart in the (almost) year we've been together. Sappy...adorable...you be the judge. It's never easy to be away from loved ones, but I positively have stars in my eyes...or yarn balls as the case may be.
I promise to report back about Stitches and whatever yarn-booty I come home with.
Lastly, I am adding pics of fxa's shawl since her camera is broken, and I did promise after all.
I’ve finally gotten around to taking some pics of my WEBS store projects this week, so this post may seem like a windfall after a long drought of non-posting. Some of these projects I finished quite some time ago and some very recently.
My most dramatic project to date and the most recent is the Soft Kid Bubble, from Boutique Knits.
This garment was a challenge to my skills as a knitter mainly because it was difficult to visualize with the pattern wording. At my skill level I could have benefited from a schematic or a description/summation of the construction at each section. However, the construction was interesting, the yarn was lusciously soft and the store is all abuzz about Boutique Knits. There are so many interesting patterns in this book, the customers and staff cannot get enough. In fact, it goes so fast that no one can get their hands on it in the store. Sidenote: I greatly benefited from the experience of my coworkers in the labor of this project. Thank you Ladies of WEBS!
Thanks to ZombieHunter who is featured here modeling it in the store.
My coworker, fxa and I began our projects at the exact same time (which was shamefully long ago) and we finished them on the exact same day. We bemoaned our projects, commiserated in our misery and rejoiced together as they came off the needles. Regretfully I did not catch a photo of her beautiful lace shawl and she has not posted it on Ravelry yet, so hopefully I can amend that in the near future. [edit: she has now posted on her blog]
I lovelovelove this yarn. It’s soft and springy and shows perfect stitch definition. I cannot recommend it enough. I can always sell a skein of this in the store with the free pattern. I very much enjoyed working this pattern and it gets constant attention in the store. In fact, I loved it so much I made another for myself!
I regret that I wasn’t able to use Canopy Worsted, for which this pattern was intended, but WEBS doesn’t carry it. However, I was very impressed that I eeked out with one ball of Sheffield. And I was surprised at how much I loved this yarn. It really blooms when washed and it’s so soft, with a nice variety of colors. The mitts were super quick and ultra cute, although if I make some for myself I may forgo the button eyeballs.
This sort of counts as a WEBS project since it was made for our resident dyer KangarooDyer. She wanted to have a piece for her table at the Fiber Twist that highlighted her hand dyed yarn, so I volunteered. KangarooDyer is hands down the most generous woman I’ve ever met and in exchange for my labor I received a large sum of hand dyed goodies!
