Kiyowara

Holiday wrap-up part II

Well, Kevin's socks were graciously knitted by Kaye, and I just finished Tony's socks.  I only have one more Yule/Christmas 2006 knitting promisory.  Teresa, I promise, that sweater will get done by the end of February! 

In other news, a new design for Purlescence Yarns is almost complete, so look for "Teddy Bear" sometime next week. I'm hoping to have another new design ready to submit somewhere out in the great knitting world by next week as well, but it'll have to remain a secret for now.

TNNA!

Wow!  What an experience!  I had a blast and there is simply too much to tell you right at the moment.  Nathania, Chloe, and I were blessed to meet fabulous people, and our reception with various vendors and publishers was terrific!  There are so many new products and yarns out there, you just can't believe how lucky we fiber craftpersons are at this point in history!

A couple of the highlights for me were getting to meet and chat with Amy Singer (Yes, of Knitty!), Nicky Epstein, and Kaffe Fasset.  Yes, that Kaffe Fasset! I even got to talk technique with him for a moment or two, and he liked my Spanish Dancer.  What an honor!

I am glad to be back home, though it's taken me all week to get caught up.  We're in the middle of some more rennovations.  The back room carpet is now gone, and we're working on scraping up the last of the glue reside.  I think the cement looks so much better than that nasty old carpet!