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Isn’t it sweet? This lace cardigan is in the raglan style, worked without seams from the bottom up – and you can learn how starting this Saturday at KnitWitz. Designed and taught by Corrina, it uses Cotton Fleece and is perfect for summer. Easy to size, wear it over a tank top to dress up shorts, or over a sundress to go out in the evenings. Intended to be a beginning garment class, the lace is a repeatable pattern that is easy to master. Sign up today and choose your color, because the yarn is included in this three part class!

This Saturday we’re adding a great sock class to our sock extravaganza line-up at KnitWitz - and you can add to your repertoire as well. Socks on Two Circulars will be taught by Teresa, and features her Riptide sock pattern (shown in the photo on Sockotta). This lovely wavy lace is top down, and very sweet for spring and summer (year round!) socks.  It also teaches lace in context – and will be good exposure to the budding designer.  (Think Outside the Sox!) Have you got a cotton blend you’ve been wanting to use? Try it out on Saturday at KnitWitz, at 10:30 am. You can even sign up for the class online, or give us a call!

This was my project for last week. I had started it on Monday as a combination Mother’s Day / Birthday present for my mom, who was nice enough to accompany me to Columbus last week (even though I kind of felt thrown to the wolves being on the show floor alone! haha, j/k). It’s crocheted on a J-hook out of Berroco’s NaturLin yarn, which is a linen blend that drapes really well – even in crochet.  It also smells great.  So through airports and on planes, I hooked away.  I’d told my mother it was for her and if she didn’t want to be spoiled, not to look too closely. The funny thing is, it was all stuffed into a black project bag. I’d crochet a row, then turn the entire bag around for the next row. It wasn’t until someone asked me Thursday morning, “What are you working on?,” that I pulled it out of the bag and saw how long it actually was.  I was very relieved that the shawl had gotten itself done so fast.  Mom was able to wear it to the fashion show on Friday evening.  It’s perfect for a summer event indoors in the A/C. The pattern is a free one and can be found here.  And, of course, you can find the yarn at KnitWitz. ;o)

Here they are, the photos that should have gone into the posts from Ohio. Better late than never!  First up is the nametag thing, that I was wearing when I ran into the Ravelry folks:

And the schedule tower, to help me plan the attack:

The little drawstring bag that I love and for which I will someday order that yarn:

The fashion show:

The Great Wall of Yarn:

But, best of all, the Yarn Harlot (the yarn at her elbow is the start of the “gift pile”… people just GIVE her yarn….so cool): 

Whilst we were all taking pictures of her, she was taking pictures of us.   If you go to her blog, and look at the middle of the three little photos, mom and I are in it just above and to the left and right of the lady in bright green at the first table.  Can’t wait for her calendar to come out!

There are a lot more stories, too many to type in.  And I have samples of some of the new stuff that will be coming in over the next several months.  Be sure to stop in and see!

We’re at the Columbus airport, and the wifi is FREE!  (Did you know that Atlanta charges $7.95?!?)  Good thing the 2.5 hour wait is here and not there.  Got up this morning, had the waffle buffet for the last time (moment of silence for the breakfast buffet..no, not really).  What IS it with little birds stuck in Ohio buildings? Last year I remember one in this airport, and this year there was one in the convention center and now there’s another one in this airport.  There should be some enterprising person with a pistol-fired bird net who goes around rescuing these little guys.  Oh, there are two birds flying about – good they aren’t alone!

Today was the last day on the floor, and saw me in two book signing lines and visiting a couple of yarn companies.  No wait, three signings – Stephanie Japel, Antje Gillingham, and Vickie Howell.  I did go by Prism, but didn’t order.  The only yarn that wasn’t fuzzy or hairy or eyelashy – or that wasn’t enormously expensive – was their new sock yarn.  I looked at it and it looks like Jitterbug!  Needless to say, it was off to Unique Kolours, aka Colinette, to see the new colors of Jitterbug and Cadenza.  They also have a new yarn.  But that’s for later.  Gotta have some surprises…

Then I went to the Aslan Trends, which is a fairly new company.  I’ve tried out some of their yarns (you can see my Del Cerro project here at Ravelry) so I think people are really going to like them.  Melissa Leapman has been designing for them recently, and her designs are wearable and simple.  These yarns have fantastic pattern support, including kid stuff, so I’m looking sharing this new company with you.  Another new company will be here sooner, though – not sure if I mentioned it before I left, but we do have another brand new company coming in – J-Knits will be here in a couple of weeks.

Raced back to the hotel, in time to sit for a bit, then we loaded up and headed here.  Ohio is a lovely state – people so nice – but we’re ready to get home.  I think it’s actually cooler in Jacksonville!  (Will have access to the card reader at home to get all the pics up!