fuzzyjay ([personal profile] fuzzyjay) wrote2006-12-29 08:36 am
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Knitting Mavens

I finally went to a Portland knitting group last night.

It was great! It was held in a knitting store, they served champagne (well, sparkling wine) and I met some very interesting people.

I passed around the hat I just finished and there was a lot of praise for it, including from my new best-friend-forever Jenn, who came over and sat next to me insisting that I share the pattern with her. I showed her my knitting notebook with all the cryptic scribblings. She made a copy of my diagram of the hat, and she's going to try it. Good luck to her. It was a very rudimentary pattern, not much detail, much to fill in as you go.

The owner of the store passed around some yarn for us to look at... a cashmere yarn that was only 43 dollars a skein. Well, it was fine stuff, hand painted dye, etc. If you count the cost per hour to knit a really skinny yarn like that, it would probably come out to 43 cents an hour. Which is far cheaper than Texas Hold'Em.

I'm going back next week.

[identity profile] theoctothorpe.livejournal.com 2006-12-29 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice!

I'm a big parsnip fan m'self. Last night, however, I made the most amazing lentil salad. Consider the post about it forthcoming.

the chef

[identity profile] badgerpdx.livejournal.com 2007-01-08 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw your website and pictures.... I'll knit you a hat or scarf in exchange for some fine home cooking... Great picture, BTW.

Re: the chef

[identity profile] fuzzyjay.livejournal.com 2007-01-08 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
He's in Connecticut, you know... not that fine home cooking has never been Fedexed before :-)