Next May, I get to road trip to Seattle. The knitting guild there has asked me to be the featured speaker for their monthly guild meeting. Whee! Ought to be fun... just as soon as I figure out exactly what I’ll talk about. Charts in some form or another, I suppose. Maybe “Chart Symbols: Not Just Arbitrary Squiggles Anymore.” Or “Stitch Dictionary Obsession and Why It’s Okay.”
(Oops. I just noticed that Mary Scott Huff and Franklin Habit were speakers at Seattle Knitters Guild meetings last year. Now I’m intimidated. Talk about tough acts to follow! Okay, where’d I leave my big-girl panties?)
After the guild meeting, I’ll stick around the Seattle area long enough to teach at a couple superb shops. On May 5, it’s Slick Set-in Sleeves and Charts Made Simple at Acorn Street Shop. And on May 6, it’s Cast-on Cornucopia at A Good Yarn Shop. (Yup, that shop, Debbie Macomber’s dream shop.) Some of my favorite classes!
I’ll let you know when the shops open up registration for the classes. And in the meantime, you let me know if there’s a topic you’d like me to rattle on about, okay?
Tagged: classes.
Yesterday I bravely drew my first ever somewhat complicated chart from written instructions (Carolyn Doe's Braid and Bobble hat), and had your book nearby for reference. It works! The chart works!! I took your Charts Made Simple at Black Sheep, and had wished I'd taken the follow-up. But my budget precludes me taking more than one a year. Anyway, consider this a belated thanks. Many knitters probably feel they don't need charts. They plan only to make stockinette sweaters or simple scarves. But charts free you up from the mundane and allow the knitter to work faster, understand the logic of the pattern and help explain where you are when you're lost in the midst of your work.
» Denise
Good for you, Denise! I’m thrilled that you really have the hang of charts. And it sounds like you’ve become a real “charts cheerleader.”
» JC