So 3 treasures have gone home with 3 treasures. I really don't think there is anything more valuable than a good friend and I have three in social knitting. I am one lucky person.
It's that time of the year. That time when I climb the stairs to the Stash Studio and and gather together all of the magnificent treasures I have knit through out the year and let them decide who they want to go home with for Christmas. As I looked around my marvelous room, I was overwhelmed by the beauty. I saw things I absolutely had forgotten about and things I could never forget. This was a very prolific year. Last Friday (December 8) was my last Friday working at Ann's By Design until February. That means it was my last Social Knitting until February. I have made dear friends in Social Knitting. The first, of course, was Thea. We met during the first month I began working at Ann's and have been knitting sisters ever since. This year two new friends came into my life; Linda and Michelle. I have known Linda for about 47 years but we lost touch. Linda is a master sock knitter and one of the most giving people I have ever met. Michelle is a professor at Adrian College and taught herself to knit in the spring by watching uTube. What she has taught herself is amazing. It is always a joy to have Michelle in a class. I will do Round 1 tonight because I learned the hard way if you tell where the treasures are going before they get there, the surprise is often ruined. So three treasures have found a new home and here they are. I knew when I discovered the Lunar pattern that it would eventually go to Thea. Then when I used the Madelinetosh Electric Rainbow, it cemented the decision. Thea loves teal and there it was. My May 26 post talks about Lunar in detail. Then of course, I can't imagine 2 people who are more perfect for this coffee cup than Thea and me. Thea gave me a bottle of wine dressed in one of her adorable wine bottle sweaters. When Thea and I discovered each other, it was like we shared a knitting brain. So many thoughts, experiences, beliefs and actions in common. Merry Christmas, Thea. These went to Michelle and Linda. The scarf on the right may look familiar. Last year I announced it was going home with Evie but by the time we had Christmas in March I had discovered something else even more perfect. It went home with Linda and it was just perfect with her coat and what she was wearing Friday. I love the pattern. This pattern made me love bulky yarn. The cowl on the left went to Michelle. It is beautiful but it took me a year to figure out I was never going to perfect the Kitchner Stitch on a K1P1 pattern. I tried and tried but I couldn't get it perfect and you know how I crave perfection.
So 3 treasures have gone home with 3 treasures. I really don't think there is anything more valuable than a good friend and I have three in social knitting. I am one lucky person.
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Jan, the scarf has hardly left my side as I traveled through the holidays. It served as scarf and shawl in the U.P. Marquette was below zero, and when I shed my coat, the scarf quickly morphed into the perfect shoulder warmer. It complemented everything I wore, and it received compliments everywhere I stopped! And its service continues now that I am home! Thank you so very much! 😊
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