Seriously. It is the decompress, get inspired, feel connected, just hang out and chill night. Everyone needs one. I finished the socks for Franck but no new photos because I wanted the ends to be sewn in first. Then he took them. And had the nerve to put them on his feet. BEFORE photographing.!!! Now they need washing. Jen and Sam had some exciting things in the works that managed to get snapped! Take a look. . .
Jen finished the Ashburn shawl by Melanie Berg. Doesn't it look gorgeous on her????
She used Plucky Knitter Bello and Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering. HOLEEEE COWABUNGA is that stuff soft!!!!!
I may need to place these yarns on my wish list for 2014 (seeing as I have no guilt about stash acquisition - ever).
The blues and toffee/coppery colors she chose remind me of turquoise. I think they make her skin glow and her eyes twinkle. What do you think?
She used Plucky Knitter Bello and Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering. HOLEEEE COWABUNGA is that stuff soft!!!!!
I may need to place these yarns on my wish list for 2014 (seeing as I have no guilt about stash acquisition - ever).
The blues and toffee/coppery colors she chose remind me of turquoise. I think they make her skin glow and her eyes twinkle. What do you think?
Sam (who also has glowing skin and twinkly eyes) made more progress on the Sock Yarn Blanket by Heathen Housewife. Sam calls it "sock yarn madness" but the rest of us call it frickin' beautiful! She has tweaked the square size to be just a little bigger than Heathen Housewife's and figured out a nifty way to create a flat edge, unlike the original. Both versions are outstanding!
***my apologies, Sam, for the blurry pic of your face. I don't know what happened!
I've been so inspired by this project that I've started one too. No pics yet because. . .well. . . who would want to compete with that? (sideways glance). It's gotten to the point that I think I might be knitting socks just so I have scraps to use.
Tammy was knitting away on a hat for her husband out of a luscious color of something. . .Malabrigo, I think. Maybe Manos del Uruguay. I don't know how she managed to elude my camera phone. I'm usually so much faster than that! Better watch out, Tammy! I AM going to getcha!
I can't even begin to express the appreciation I have for these women who have been my close friends for a decade or more. I'm sure I don't tell them how important they are to me often enough. They ARE my knit country! Someday, I hope I get the chance to introduce them to the lovely gals and guys I got to know in Forest Park, IL at Knit Nirvana. It was the only group of people that ever came close to making me feel at home while I was "deployed" to Chicago. They probably have no real idea how much they helped me with loneliness and finding a work/ life balance. I'm grateful for the chance to publicly tell ALL of these folks how wonderful they are.
Who are your special people? Why are they special?
Respectfully,
Kimberly
Who are your special people? Why are they special?
Respectfully,
Kimberly