Are you in the Lexington, KY area?  If so, you have three options to take a class with yours truly!


The MadMen Look: Knitting a Vintage Sweater
The Stitch Niche, off Nicholasville Rd.
Fall 2010

This several weeks long course will take you through this project from beginning to end.  Every few weeks we will meet to check progress, discuss upcoming steps, answer questions and provide inspiration.  If you have ever wanted to knit a vintage sweater, but were frightened off by the weird sizes and a miniscule gauge, this is the place to start!  This sweater is knit in Sport Weight yarn (not fingering!), and is simple but results in a distinctive style.  Contact The Stitch Niche for further information.

Knitting Basics
Lexington Public Library, E. Main St.
October 9th, 2010 1:00 - 3:00 PM

Basic knitting instruction for beginners.  Whether you've never seen a knitting needle, let alone picked one up, or you've forgotten all that your grandmother taught you, this class will teach students all they need to get knitting.  Students will learn the proper technique for the foundations of all knitting projects: casting on, binding off, knitting, purling, stockinette and garter stitches, plus some additional skills such as ribbing and shaping, if time allows. 


Crochet Basics
Lexington Public Library, E. Main St.
October 23rd, 2010 1:00 - 3:00 PM

Basic instruction for those new to crochet.  Students will learn the foundations of all crochet projects: chains, single- and double-crochet, plus basic joining.  Students will learn these foundational techniques while learning to make one of the classic crochet staples, the Granny Square, which can be used for a variety of projects.

Yesterday was a stellar day.  I got moved into the new place, finally updated the blog, and received word from Yarn Forward Magazine that Sweater Girl Knits would be receiving a mention in their next issue!  What type of mention, you ask?  Your guess is as good as mine, but you can bet I'll be updating you on just what they have to say as soon as I know.  Here's hoping we haven't been named in a feature such as "Websites to Avoid," or "How Not to Keep a Blog."

I do not have the privilege of a subscription to any knit/crochet/craft magazine, so I am excited to have the opportunity to check this one out.  From their website this magazine looks like it's filled with beautiful patterns every month, and to be worth a look, so check them out!

Surely I haven't lost more than two months to goodness-knows-what, right after a post about my newfound freedom and all the awesomeness that was going to be added to the site?  That would be preposterous!


Preposterous indeed, and yet ... too true.  Unable to find anyone who would hire me for the summer and give me about five weeks vacation for wedding and honeymoon, I have been living the truly vintage life:  I have been a housewife.  The first two weeks were impossibly boring.  I spent the majority of my time sitting and ... you know, thinking about stuff that maybe I could do.  But then I finally got off my tuckus and started doing some of them.  


I planted a fall weather vegetable garden, and learned to hate those cute little bunnies hopping around my yard, in addition to numerous insects.  I discovered my local indoor flea market and lost numerous hours taking notes upon all the furniture my new husband and I could use, only to have him inform me that he doesn't like huge categories of furniture like "wavy edges" (a.k.a. "scalloping") and "that color" (a.k.a. "oak").  But we did finally agree that we both sincerely enjoy either classic, chic country, or early 20th-century, and managed to find several things that we could agree upon, whence commenced the great wood cleaning project of 2010.


With a visit from my mother I dove into the world of chemical varnish strippers and will hopefully soon report that I've saved a beautiful coffee table from a serious attack of shiny plastic finish.


And today we finally have all of our possessions in the new place, and I feel like I might just be able to uphold my obligations to this here website once again.  I've promised new patterns, new yarns, and new updates, and I intend to deliver!


Here's to summer!