HELLO KNITTERS
Summer is over and we have to think about warm, cosy stuff, to make on our knitting machine.
My Summer went very quickly, but I managed to attend the Seminar in Peru Indiana, and the one
in Monroe Michigan.
I had a good time in both places, and the Demonstrators were excellent in both places. In spite that
I am a seasoned machine knitter, some of the techniques were not new to me, but never hurt to refresh them. And there is always some new ideas are circulating, since our craft is related to Fashion. And adding books to my Library.
There are lovely shawls were presented, with some other wonderful pieces which were worn by other
knitters. I have to mention Charlene Safer's baby and adult blankets. They were georgeous and quite
easy to make. She also had a variation of books for sale.
I had a chance to meet Diana Sullivan, you probably have seen her demos on Utube. It is nice to put a face to the voice on UTube. She also had a couple of books which were talking to me so I picked them up.
On the way back from Monro MI. we took off to Frankenmuth for a chicken Dinner and observing the new addition to this lovely Bavarian like town.
However, good things have to come to the end, and I ended up with an early cold, which put me out of action for a week. It came disturbingly early, but nothing could prevented it.
After that I acquired an "Addi" circular machine to make hats without a seam. It was a momentary
decision, because we can make hats on any machine which has a ribber, with a circular techniques.
But, I have seen this machine on UTube, and it was demonstrated how can you make a hat in 30 seconds. It sounded so good, that I thought I have to have it. So I went to Mary Maxim and bought it. If you have a Mary Maxim catalogue, or you go to their website you can see one.
So I made a dozen or so simple hats, adding some fancy yarn to it etc. The machine is simple to operate, the secret is to find the appropriate thickness yarn to get an adult size hat.
Now, that the temperature is down, with the leaves also, [lot's of leaf collecting] I am back in earnest to knitting, to make up for lost time.
See, if I can upload some pictures.
Until next time, happy knitting
Ada
