KNITTING WITH JACKIE

Hiya! For sometime, I have been working on The Knitting Guild of America's, Level 3 program.  A part of the requirements are two original designs - hat and sweater.  One is worked in traditional Aran style and the other in either Fair Isle or Scandinavian style.  For my hat design, I chose to do a stranded Fair Isle design.   Although I love the look of colorwork and have followed several designers who are famous for it, knitting in this technique has seemed daunting to me. I have delayed this submission for quite a while because I did not feel that I could not do it.    I took a few courses and even one-on-one instruction to get some confidence.   Which I did…. this hat is a combination of resolve and fear. I am immensely proud of this design and the knitting.  This is a basic seven-point Fair Isle tam using 8-colors of Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift yarn.   However, there is still progress that I feel could be made.   Fo...

Hiya! It has been some time since my last Blog.  Like everyone in the world, my family and I were dealing with COVID19.  Although, we haven't suffered much personally, but, we felt it as friends, co-workers and the rest of mankind deal with illness and loss. Although, during the past year, my local yarn shop closed, I am fortunate enough to have several shops in my area.  I was provided the  opportunity to work at another shop, Purls of Wisdom .   In addition to group knitting, I am able to teach.   Thus far, I have taught classes on Short-Rows (Introduction), Raverly 101 and Stranded Knitting - Fair Isle Hat. This class is the first stranded knitting class that I have been able to teach.  At the point of registering for the class, each student was give a list of materials and homework.  The pattern is the  Basic Norwegian Star Hat  by Cara Jo Knit.  This is a free pattern on Raverly.   It is a quick knit fo...