Notes From Knitting Class: May 2013

I recently got back from a very special trip to attend my niece Lucy’s wedding! She is the daughter of my twin brother who passed on to his Heavenly Home 3 years ago. But, I felt his presence throughout this trip.

My dear husband Max’s sister Patricia gave us the wonderful blessing of driving us to North Carolina for the wedding. Patricia is beautiful, lively, and full of fun! She made the trip such a pleasure. Here are Max and Patricia as we leave for the trip:

As all of you knitters out there can identify with, I packed my “trip knitting” first!

During the trip, I was able to “lounge” in the back seat. This was lucky because the day before we left I caught a HORRIBLE cold. I brought my pillow, a soft blanket, my knitting, and my IPhone and I-Pad Mini to play with. I had a very cozy little “nest”:

I knit a jacket for the wedding:

As I was making it, my students will be interested to find out that the teacher made a BIG mistake! I didn’t count the stitch gauge correctly and had to make some quick “revisions”!

As you can see, the fronts were much smaller than the back…

…so I added several rows of double crochet along each front edge to make them the same width as the back of the jacket:

Luckily, I finished it in time to wear to the wedding!

On the day before the wedding, I was able to visit a yarn shop (which was probably a mistake with my “horrible cold” because I was exhausted when I got back to the hotel…but I DID have fun while I was there!). The name of the shop is Charlotte Yarn and their website is: http://www.charlotteyarn.com/ . They have wonderful displays and yarn. I did “serious damage” to my credit card!

My wonderful niece Lucy was a beautiful Bride! And her new husband John is a real “sweetie pie”.

They both look so happy!

Another highlight of the trip was getting to meet and hold William! He is my brother Bill’s grandson. Getting to hold him made me feel so close to Bill. I have the belief that Bill held him before he was born…

He looks so much like Bill did as a baby!

I know that Bill is so proud of Parker and Ericka. They are wonderful parents!

As a little “celebration gift”, I am posting the instructions for the “Yarn Scraps Pin”:

Although the pins have yarn, there is no knitting involved! So, even non-knitters can make it. Just ask a friend who is a knitter for some small pieces of yarn. Just be sure and make one for your knitting friend …or share the pattern with them. The instructions for the pin have a step by step tutorial with photos of each step.
The instructions for making the pin can be downloaded at:
http://tinyurl.com/4ghnuom

Holding a baby is so very special. They are open, wise, and innocent.