FIONA ELLIS

I recently took 2 classes from the internationally known fashion knit designer,

Fiona Ellis.

How exciting to see the actual swatches and garments that went into writing her 2 recents books:

INSPIRED CABLE KNITS

and INSPIRED FAIR ISLE KNITS.

In my "Morphing Cables" class, I enjoyed following her guidelines for making cables that change and become other patterns.

The afternoon class, "The Amazing Slip Stitch Illusion" taught us several examples to add texture and colos.... follow the directions and magical illusions appear !

CLEVELAND KNIT OUT

What a great way to spend the last warm day,

85 degrees,

on the shores of Lake Erie

the Cleveland KNIT-OUT event 2007

Door prizes, demos, knitting, and more !!

Sponsored in part by

STITCH CLEVELAND

Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Museum

Cleveland Browns football stadium

I'm back from vacation

For those of you who thought that I never made it back from my 50 year old

BIRTHDAY RETREAT, I'm here to tell you that,

YES I'M HERE and STILL KNITTING!!!

That's me on the right, with Laila, the goddess of

Aziza Healing Adventures.

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The most recent knitting project that I finished is the

FELTED OVEN MITTS from KNIT PICKS.

A quick knit and it felted beautifully.

FIRST PLACE Winner in my knitting guild's competition: Accessories category !!

Stay tuned for my next post with pictures from this Sunday's

KNIT OUT in downtown Cleveland !!

and, last but not least,

GO TRIBE !!