Sunday, January 11, 2009

Another Convert

Saturday morning was gloriously sunny but quite a bit chill (37F when I left the house at 9am). I met up with friends at a quirky cafe in Davis, Delta of Venus. It looks like something from the 60's with Art Deco murals and band posters everywhere.
We has ourselves a nice little "Stitch & Bitch" session, Mary working on her Mobius scarf/cowl (here is a link to a KnitPicks mobius pattern, one of the many patterns and examples on the Internet). Mary's is made of a green and green worsted weight yarn. The brown yarn is actually from one of Mary's neighbors, West Valley Alpaca, from an very nice creature named "Pi" pictured below.

Jardee and I are still working on the Swallowtail shawl, although she is quite a bit farther along, having already completed all 19 repeats of the budding lace and starting the exciting Lily of the Valley pattern (this is where we get add the beads!). I am on repeat 11 of the budding lace, slowly but surely getting there. I try to do a little bit everyday.
A friend from work, Kathy, joined us to learn how to knit. This is her making her first official stitch under Jardee's tutelage. Yess! another convert!