Rosebud Baby jacket and class and a brochure

This spring I made a little jacket and cap for a friend at church who was having a baby girl. Many of my students have requested the pattern and for now I will only provide it to students who have taken one of my "Rosebud" classes. So, I have scheduled a Rosebud class for July 8, 2009 at 10 am. The cost will be $10 a student. We will be making a little purse with the Rosebuds on the flap so that the stitch can be learned on a small amount of stitches.

Everyone who takes the class will receive the pattern for the baby jacket and cap plus a pattern for a Rosebud Scarf.

If you'd like to sign up email me at

notesfromknitclass@gmail.com

Also, I have put a brochure on the left sidebar with information about my classes. You can download it at http://bit.ly/19xWtdc and print it out. I am offering my current students a $10 rebate if a student they have referred signs up for one of my fall classes. So, my dear current students, you can use the brochure to "lure" a new student in and get your rebate!

Knitting hugs from Mary, who is currently making another baby sweater for another new baby at church and calling it "Eat Your Peas and Carrots". Summer Clinic students can see it in progress and fall students will get to see the photos since little babe is due the end of July!

Travel knitting

My DH Max and I took a road trip down to Florida for my nephew's wedding. There were lots of festivities at beautiful Florida houses as friends of my brother and his wife hosted some fun parties. Here are pictures I took at the "Cocktails on the Beach" party at a lovely home right on the ocean and the fun "Bluegrass and BBQ on the Banks" at a wonderful home on the Intercostal Waterway.
I especially love car trips because my DH really likes to drive which leaves me free to "knit my way" to where we're going! On this trip one of things I worked on (and finished!) was this:


A little crocheted purse for a specific purpose: I like to walk around the house listening to music on my much loved Ipod Touch but I'm not always wearing something with pockets to stick my Ipod in while I'm listening. So....the little Ipod Neck Pocket was born! I started out writing down what I did as I did it, but kept adding little finishing touches that I didn't write down so unfortunately don't have a finished pattern to share. The cord starts out as a chain but I added stitches and several inches of single crochet where it lays against my neck which makes it very comfortable. I put the Ipod in upside down so I can reach the on and off buttons easily. Here are some more photos:


Here it is being worn around my neck:

















And, here is a close-up with Ipod in it. The X is to safeguard the Ipod from falling through the opening!











All in all, I'm a happy little camper wearing it, as strange as it may look!!

Oh, also on the trip we listened to the Audio CD of "The Number One Ladies Detective Agency". We loved it and we're looking forward to our next long car trip to listen to the next book in the series: "Tears of the Giraffe".

Let me know what you are reading, listening to, knitting and crocheting this summer...
Mary