Yarn Crawl

Epic Knitting

Over the weekend, I got motivated to start working on my long-time WIP/epic project of the Sampler Afghan from the cover of Melissa Leapman's Cables Untangled.

I counted up how many of the 26 pieces I still needed to knit and as of Sunday, it was 10. Since then I've finished the 2nd half of one I was working on and have gotten about 1/3 of the way through a new one.

Here's a picture of the one I worked on this morning on the train:

It does make for nice convenient train knitting, but I'm still ready to finish up. I think worst case I can be done in a month as the panels are going pretty quickly - about one every other day, I think. I had previously sewn together one of the six-panel squares to see how it looked, maybe earlier this year in the spring, so at least it's 1/4 sewn. We're not going to think about the edging that goes all around the blanket when it's done right now...

Why am I now so focused on finishing up this epic project that I started back in April 2009?

Because I want to start another epic project, of course!!

-Eunny Jang's Autumn Rose pullover, but in Knit Picks' "Aquatic" colorway with their "Palette" yarns (which I ordered on Sunday.)

and it would be good not to have two of those going at once!

NYC Shopping Day - Rescheduled to 9/17!

I had missed my NYC shopping day that was planned for a few weeks ago because of the hurricane. The good news is that Elizabeth was able to get Elliott Berman and Metro Textiles to open on September 17th for us instead.  AND I was actually able to get a full refund on my nonrefundable flight from a few weeks ago as it was cancelled, and actually found a less expensive flight.

So....maybe if August 27th wasn't such a good day for you, September 17th will work better and you can join us?? I'd love to see you there!

Here’s our planned schedule:

9:45am  Gather in front of Starbucks at 494 8th Ave (corner of 8th and 35th St).  Elizabeth will hand out maps of the garment district and we’ll split into 2 groups.

9:55am Each group will walk to either Metro Textiles (265 W 37th St, Ste 908, between 7th and 8th but closer to 8th) or Elliott Berman (225 W 35th St, #7, between 7th and 8th
but closer to 7th)

10:00am Shopping to commence!

11:00am Start having your fabrics cut

11:30am Leave for other store. If you started at Metro, go to Elliott Berman and vice versa

12:00pm Shopping!

1:00pm  Start having your fabrics cut

1:30pm  Finished at both stores

At this point, you can use your maps to shop at other fabric or trim stores in the district, have lunch or just go home. I look forward to seeing you all there!