Since I didn’t go to Stitches West, and Burbank is about 60 miles away, I am going to go and check out the market on Saturday. I didn’t hear about it soon enough to sign up for any classes, maybe next year.
I did join the TKGA, and also ordered the Level 1 Handknitting course. I even made my first swatch over the weekend. I am using the Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool for it since I have some left over from Christmas presents. I may do a kool-aid dip on some of it later on, if I need another color. I haven’t read ahead to see if I do. I also have some blue worsted wt wool that I could use if there is a need for a color change. We’ll see.
Still working on the shawl and I had to tink 4 rows last night because I somehow messed it up again! I guess it’s all the carpool knitting, sometimes I lose my place or something. After all that tinking, I put markers in every 10 stitches. They move around because of the YOs and (Sl 1, K2tog, psso)s but between the markers there should always be 10 stitches. I think that I don’t need the markers on the knit side, but on the purl side is where I keep losing stitches, so this should help. I did 10 more rows last night and didn’t make any more mistakes, so I think it’s helping.
It’s in the crumpled mess stage, so I don’t think I will post a photo until the center is done, before I pick up around it for the inside edge. My brother-in-law’s birthday is this weekend, plus a day of shopping at the TKGA market might cut into my weekend knitting time, but I hope to finish the center panel this week and start on the edges. I can’t wait to wash it and see what happens, the swatch looked nice but it’s tiny, I want to see the whole thing done!