baby hats on my favourite model, isabel

Here is the divine Isabel modelling lots of differen hat options.

In Knockout Knits for Babies you will be working on the green hat---the detail around the edge is fabulous.

cute kid stuff and ruby's garden

Our Kate has many jobs, one of which is working at Ruby's Garden Where you may ask? Read on.

Ruby's Garden is an incredibly cool store with all kinds of mouthwatering clothes, gizmos, flowers and other neat stuff for mainly kids---- but the grownups are not forgotten either.
Tammy for example bought a great pair of tights there---next time you are in Article Pract ask her to show them to you! And I bought those great socks in the picture---they fit very nicely into the knit-one-one decor so next time you are at a class, maybe you will see them pinned to the wall or some such! And look at the cute little suitcase. Emily has got me hooked on such items and I just couldn't resist this one. But I really lucked out, because Mae (one of the wonderful owners--- the other is Mary!) gave me this one as a gift. Lucky me. The little jumper/tunic/dress is for my niece, Riona, also purchased at Ruby's.

Now if the above description wasn't enough to make you want to rush to Ruby's, here is another incentive! Mae is a knitter and so if you go by Ruby's, you can pick up a gift certificate for 15% off the Knockout Knits for Babies class taught by-----you guessed it, Ms Kate herself. That girl is everywhere! The teddy is wearing some of the clothes you will be knitting. And the blanket is also on the menu!

dogs, dogs and more dogs

Just a quick post to encourage you to look at the Bay Area Poodle Rescue site.Click on "Adopting a Poodle" We all of a sudden have a lot of great dogs up for adoption. So if you know of anyone who is looking for a wonderful canine companion, have them contact us asap. Both the famous Kofi and Sammie are Bay Area Poodle Rescue dogs and they are terrific dogs. (Not that I am biased or anything!)

Lace, Socks, Temescal Market, Irish Coffee

Last night we had another wonderful sock class with Ms. Yarn-a-go-go . There was much laughter and concentration as lace was made and heels were turned. By the end all heels were turned despite the drinking of Irish Coffee by all except Jennifer Z who had to go back to her lab. Personally I think some Irish Coffee would have improved her experiment but maybe that's just me!

For those of you who missed the sock lace class or should that be the lace sock class (?), you should check out Ms Punkrawkpurl's class on the lace scarf.

A few weeks ago, in order to publicize the Sammie Sweater Class, Kate, Kofi, Sammie and I went to the Temescal Farmers' Market. We were joined by Robin, and Ms Punkrawkpurl herself and we had a swell time. It turned out that between us, Kate and I knew about half the people at the Farmers Market! And because I know that you will ask: Kate is working on another Sammie sweater, Robin is finishing a sweater, Ms Punkrawkpurl is creating another version of the
Heavenly Hat and I am wrestling with a thin linen and silk yarn from Habu which may or may not end up as a bag.

Unleashing new knitters on the world or Kate's Little Ducklings

I had forgotten that I had not written about the wonderful series of beginner classes we had at knit-one-one. Kate was so delighted with her students that she refers to them as her "Little Duckling"! It is very exciting to be a witness even one person learning new skills but in this case it was 8 people learning how to cast on/off, knit/purl AND knit in the round PLUS use double pointed needles. Kate kept telling them how terrific they were but I don't really think they really understood how much they had learned in such a short time. I mean how long did it take you to use DPN's? Or to knit in the round for that matter!

Jennifer and Cheryl took off to Hawaii in the middle of the class where they practiced knitting on the lanai and proceeded to take some make-up classes when they returned. David and Liz were the first husband and wife team at knit-one one. Nancy B and Amy were the first aunt and niece combo. Michelle the first leftie and Susan G the first "new" knitter with her own yarn stash!

Ah socks and the talents of friends!

The Sock it to Me class last night got off to a rolicking start and everybody left thrilled with the teaching of Ms Yarn a-go-go herself. It will be very exciting to see the results in a few weeks---and of course I will have pics to show you.

On Thursday evening at 7:30 pm I highly recommend that you get yourself over to the bookstore Mrs Dalloways for a reading by my friend Steve Davenport. Steve has written a terrific novel called Saving Miss Oliver's which will keep you entranced for hours. If you can't make the reading, buy the book. It is a great read. And remember that you do occasionally need to do something else besides knitting!

Mrs Dalloways is also a delightful place to browse and buy books.

Note:

Mrs Dalloways Garden
2904 College Ave
Berkeley

Just up the street from the Elmwood Theater.