Knitting in Public

This week is World World Knitting in Public week.  It started off yesterday and runs through next Saturday.  We thought this was the perfect time to re-create ourselves and try to get our blog up and running again.  We are most fortunate to have Martha working in our store who blogs often and has offered to help!

It is funny to have a week to celebrate knitting in public when many of us who do portable hand work often have that project bag stuffed in our handbags, as an extra tote "just in case" there are a few moments between our daily rush to get a few stitches done. Please, no knitting and driving.  Only knit if you are the passenger.

The weather is great, we want to be outside more, why not knit in public?  Take it to the park, the kid's games, a cook out, the doctor and dentist office.  Think of portable projects like socks, gloves, mittens and baby projects.  We can fill your head with ideas.  Just drop into the store, Tuesday throught Saturday.

We have knitting "in public" in our store, the second Monday night of each month (it is this Monday everyone!) from 6:30 to 8:30 PM as well as every Thursday morning 10 AM to 12 noon. Both sessions are complimentary.

What should it be - Long or Short?

When looking at the list of projects one wants to create, the debate becomes does one pick a short or long project?

If you are a producer, whether it is a detailed project or not, you will finish it from beginning to end with little distractions. Then, if you are like me, I am a productionist who has many projects on the needles or hooks at the same time.

So again, long or short? For long the project will be an afghan designed by Lion Brand called the Slipped Stitch Afghan that will be made out of Brown Sheep's Lamb's Pride yarn. Mr. UPS should deliver the yarn in the colors wanted this week.

For the short, it will come out of the new Knit Noro Accessories book. We already carry the book and all the Noro yarn in this book. So for the moment, the short wins over the long.