So earlier this week I sent off my first magazine submission in quite sometime and the first "done to spec". All other submissions were based on something I had already completed and they just happen to like! So this was a different experience for me. And if I were to say it was easy, I would be lying. I had to do a significant amount of ripping a couple of times, because the garment wasn't coming together quite the way I wanted and decided to take another approach (twice)!
You can't always get what you want (sing it with me...), you can't always get what you want, you can't always get what you want...but if you try sometimes...you just might find...you'll get what you need!!!
This was my theme song on Saturday. We headed out to go shopping for Arlis (about an hour and a half away) and working to a deadline, my knitting was with me. But as I got started I discovered that the short circular just wasn't going to work and I needed DPNs. How hard could it possibly be to find US#7 DPNs? Even though I do not prefer to purchase knitting supplies at a chain craft store, desperate times call for desperate measures. My local knitters have often told me that Michael's has a HORRIBLE supply of needles, but I generally try not be negative and have never looked closely enough to really evaluate -- maybe it was just our local store. Ah...but no...of the THREE, yes count'em, three Michaels we visited they only carried Clover DPNs in US#8 and US#10.5 and Boye DPNs in US#3 and US#6. No more, no less; how ridiculous is that?!?! So then we went to find a JoAnn's and I am happy to report that they have a much more reasonable selection.
So the moral of the story is: "In desperate times go to JoAnn's because Michaels is uselss".
This was my theme song on Saturday. We headed out to go shopping for Arlis (about an hour and a half away) and working to a deadline, my knitting was with me. But as I got started I discovered that the short circular just wasn't going to work and I needed DPNs. How hard could it possibly be to find US#7 DPNs? Even though I do not prefer to purchase knitting supplies at a chain craft store, desperate times call for desperate measures. My local knitters have often told me that Michael's has a HORRIBLE supply of needles, but I generally try not be negative and have never looked closely enough to really evaluate -- maybe it was just our local store. Ah...but no...of the THREE, yes count'em, three Michaels we visited they only carried Clover DPNs in US#8 and US#10.5 and Boye DPNs in US#3 and US#6. No more, no less; how ridiculous is that?!?! So then we went to find a JoAnn's and I am happy to report that they have a much more reasonable selection.
So the moral of the story is: "In desperate times go to JoAnn's because Michaels is uselss".
So yesterday was spent in one of the most beautiful places on earth and I was able to call it "working" since I was hosting another knitting teacher! OK, so we really did talk about knitting and teaching, but mostly we enjoyed the wonder that is Yosemite. Chris Bylsma and her husband Charlie arrived Tuesday evening after flying into SFO. Wednesday morning we got up early and headed up to the Ahwanhee for a late breakfast. This was the most fabulous breakfast buffet that we had ever seen and the view was absolutely incredible. We then spent the day seeing the various sights in the Yosemite Valley floor.
Throughout the day, Chris and I would remark on how we love our jobs. We get to meet the neatest people, travel throughout this incredibly beautiful country and even occasionally knit! It really is good work if you can get it! Chris and Charlie left the morning after breakfast and picking a good supply of oranges and tangerines (yes, both just grow in our yard) to head south to begin the teaching tour that will finish up when we meet again in Santa Clara for Stitches West.
Throughout the day, Chris and I would remark on how we love our jobs. We get to meet the neatest people, travel throughout this incredibly beautiful country and even occasionally knit! It really is good work if you can get it! Chris and Charlie left the morning after breakfast and picking a good supply of oranges and tangerines (yes, both just grow in our yard) to head south to begin the teaching tour that will finish up when we meet again in Santa Clara for Stitches West.
I have been AMAZINGLY busy the past month (yes, that was the excuse for no postings in a month). January - March always fly by because it is busy season for EVERYTHING that I am involved in. I have to prep for and then attend meetings for our church's Board of Ordained Ministry, it is ski season and I am a part-time ski instructor and then there is all the knitting stuff. TNNA happens in the beginning of January followed by filling orders, sending out new season catalogs. February brings teaching at Stitches West. March is a slower knitting month, but it is when I have to start preparing for the next busy season in June and I have to get the garden spring cleaning.
I do know that I would rather be busy than not, but I have averaged over 60 / week for JUST the knitting business stuff this month. So now I am trying to get the last bits of my new patterns done and through tech editing. So watch for my next post, it will have information on all the NEW stuff for Knitability. But for now, I need to get back at it!
I do know that I would rather be busy than not, but I have averaged over 60 / week for JUST the knitting business stuff this month. So now I am trying to get the last bits of my new patterns done and through tech editing. So watch for my next post, it will have information on all the NEW stuff for Knitability. But for now, I need to get back at it!