Works in progress? Yes! Lots!
My WIP’s this week have definitely been dominated by sample-making (and pattern-writing) for our twelve (!) new classes at Rosehaven. Our spring and summer class schedule has been finalized and posted over at the Rosehaven site. Now, let’s hope for lots of folks who want to have fun learning to knit (and crochet)!
For the absolute beginner, how ’bout this sweet Market Tote! Though our winter Beginner’s Knitting class (where we made our Rasta Cowl) was quite successful, I wanted to make some changes for the new sessions. Along with the basics, we’ll be learning some stitch combinations like moss and basket weave and adding some useful details, like I-cord.
I’ll be teaching crochet this season, too! It’s been a while, so I’ve spent some time sharpening my tools 😉 I’d forgotten how much fun, and how FAST crochet is, and how differently the yarn manifests itself! The Rainbow-in-a-Bucket Bag above is our Crochet 101 project. For our more advanced participants, we’re making a bright cotton picnic blanket. A new shipment of Rowan Handknit Cotton arrived in the shop this morning so, inspired by the new colors, I think I’ll add some pink, maybe a little soft gray and lavender. (Look at me, gettin’ all colorful! Lesley must be rubbing off on me 😉 Over at Monster Yarns earlier this week, I came upon a fantastic post with 14 different techniques for joining squares! It’s definitely worth a look.
Piper’s Journey by Quince & Co. has been on my personal list for quite a while and I thought it would be perfect for our Knitting Project Level II. I’m taking a bit of a liberty with the pattern by using Sirdar Snuggly Baby Bamboo and, since our project is meant to be a summer wrap, it’s worked perfectly. The softness of bamboo with the loft of wool makes this a lovely knit. It’s a beautifully written pattern; it’ll make a great introduction to chart knitting.
I picked up some Berroco Vintage at the shop this morning which, over the weekend, shall be magically transformed into cool, retro Golf Club Covers 😀 Since Vintage is a hard-wearing and machine washable blend, I thought it would be a sufficiently ‘guy-proof’ yarn. Can’t wait to start them…hopefully they’ll pass the “Carl Boy-Appropriate-Color Test!
