Yesterday I had a real treat. Kimberly kidnapped me for the afternoon and took me to A Good Yarn for little splurge where I met Johanna in person (yeah!) I fell in love with the shop, having NEVER been there before. It is a real candy store of a yarn shop, and I managed to do a little stash enhancement; but no impulse yarn, only material for planned projects. I was pretty well-behaved. Johanna was swatching the new Elsebeth Lavold yarn, Cotton Patine, and just swooning over how nicely it works up. I resisted--for now--try as Johanna might to get me to take some home. I accused her of being a yarn pusher. All in good humour.
And as if that weren't a treat enough, Kim then took me to the Knitsmiths group. There were several freshly finished Everyday Cardigans on display, including Dava's sprinkled with fun little buttons (an idea I am definitely going to steal), while Colleen was sporting a very chic and becoming Side to Side Ribbon Pullover from the latest Interweave Knits. They seem a little quiet, but Kim assures me that they are usually a raucous bunch. It is a bookstore, after all: people are reading Barthes, for Heaven's sake.
It seems that good company and beautiful work are the standard in Brookline. Thanks ladies for welcoming lil' old pushy me.
I finished the dinosaur after much grafting and engineering of the hood shaping. Will wore it to bed last night. What more could a knitter ask?
Here he is first thing this morning:
I am pleased. I bought more OleOle in purple at A Good Yarn to revise and simplify as a gift for my college roomate's little boy, Ben. I have to get those decreases tidier this time around too. I also have an idea for a dino sweater in the same yarn. A stegosaurus this time.
Yay, what a great pic of the dinosaur hat and kid! That hat is the coolest looking thing ever.
It was great that you got to hang with us Knitsmiths. I'm sorry I didn't ever get over to your end of the table to talk more with you yesterday. Those crochet ladies at the other end sucked me in to their crazy crochet world and then I got sucked into Kimberly's stories! Knitsmiths always ends too early. I hope you'll get to visit us again soon so we can chat more. :)
Posted by: alison | April 19, 2004 at 11:51 AM
Oh, and as the keeper of www.knitsmiths.us, I declare that we are adopting you. I'll add you to our little "knitsmiths blog" list when I update tomorrow. Okay? :)
Posted by: alison | April 19, 2004 at 11:54 AM
I love how the dinosaur hat turned out. That is quite an honor that he wore it to bed!
Posted by: Ellen | April 19, 2004 at 12:02 PM
Hello again, Julia! I want to have a REDO at knitsmiths. You are a blogger!! Cool! and you live around here? that is what I want to REDO. I hope that you will come to knitsmiths again! I, too, am adding you to my knitsmith list!
Quiet bunch....hrmph! I never! haha
Sandy
Posted by: sandy | April 19, 2004 at 12:45 PM
Ooooo....what a lucky boy! Ummmm, will Mom be sharing the recipe? I have a grandson who would love a "Dinosorn" hat. Great job!
Judy
Posted by: Judy | April 19, 2004 at 04:13 PM
Wow! My 3-year-old son is all about dinosaurs these days! I'd LOVE to make that for him. Will you be posting your pattern? Or selling it? Please let us know! Great blog, too.
Nancy in Livermore, CA
Posted by: Nancy | April 19, 2004 at 11:31 PM
I'll be happy to post the hat, but let me figure out a better way to make one first. I have emailed a couple of friends with offers of prototypes, so I'll post the improved pattern in a couple of weeks.
Thanks!
Posted by: julia | April 20, 2004 at 07:23 AM
Raucous?!? Kimberly is the Queen of Raucous! We were just being quiet out of respect for the new person at the table. Didn't want to scare you away, you see. :) Cute, cute hat! Did he wear it to bed?
Posted by: Kerstin | April 20, 2004 at 05:30 PM
Oh, steal away! And steal away back to Knitsmiths soon! I love that dino hat!
Posted by: Dava | April 20, 2004 at 06:50 PM
Will is cute cute cute in his dino hat! I'm glad he loves it, now he can eat all of his trains properly! Great meeting you, hope to see you again soon.
Posted by: Johanna | April 21, 2004 at 01:40 PM
Holy moly!! what a great pattern! thanks so much for posting it for us... 'twill come back to you, i can feel it!!
Posted by: kelli ann | June 25, 2004 at 04:12 PM
looking for the star pattern from BLUE STAR RISING it states that it is from a PLYMOTH pattern.
Posted by: nanc | August 10, 2004 at 05:21 PM
looking for the star pattern from BLUE STAR RISING it states that it is from a PLYMOTH pattern.
Posted by: nanc | August 10, 2004 at 05:21 PM