I spent two entire days this weekend in the presence of royalty - I took three knitting classes from the queen of creative knitting, Lucy Neatby at my LYS.
If you have ever read one of her patterns or books, you know her - she is exactly like she writes. She is soft spoken, witty and passionate about her craft. She celebrates independence (and has a wonderful hair color that is a mixture of magenta and brilliant royal blue) and gets excited when a class member has an unusual knitting style. She stimulates, educates and motivates you to become a better knitter. She combines things - like a knit and a purl with fewer hand movements or a mattress stitch/kitchner stitch grafting stitch (she informed us that "Kitchner" had nothing to do with knitting) to make knitting simpler, prettier or just plain stronger.
She also wears awesome mismatched shoes:
One day was spent in a sock class - all day. I came home motivated to make a final decision on my sockapalooza sock pattern and yarn with the expert guidance of Lucy.
I will be making Lucy's Fiesta Sock pattern - it is a cornucopia of knitting techniques - cable, slip stitch, fairisle all in two simple socks. I will be using black Celestial Yarn (Lucy's Own) for the background and Koigu P122 353 - this Lucy-inspired combination should look like a stained glass window for the feet!
I need to finish my olympic knitting before starting my sockpal socks. Tubey is progressing well. I am about to start the body, which should go faster since I plan on using slightly larger needles.
What's for Dinner? Spinach, Potato Italian Sausage and Gruyere Casserole - only time will tell. If it is good, I will post it.
Sounds like your weekend was a blast! Good for you.
Posted by: Debbie | February 20, 2006 at 06:15 AM
Wow! Those socks are wonderful! I might just have to copy YOU! Thanks for the comment, by the way. Way to make a girl feel good. :)
Posted by: Cara | February 20, 2006 at 07:39 AM
Wow - thanks to your rave review, taking a class with Lucy has just jumped onto my "must-do list"!
Posted by: Donna | February 20, 2006 at 07:46 AM
Thanks for coming by my place! I took classes from Lucy a couple of years ago and they were some of the best ever! She eye candy and so fun to be around. Don't you just love the way her mind works?
Posted by: margene | March 03, 2006 at 10:38 AM
Extraordinarily well executed blog post!
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