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Re: Adventurous Lace – New Dates!

blondechicken — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:04:06 -0000

Melanie,
I got your email that you wanted to attend and I emailed you back! Maybe your spam box ate it?
Next Stitch Therapy is June 10, (Thursday) 5-7p at Scratch (a brick-oven pizza place).
Tara

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Re: Adventurous Lace – New Dates!

Melanie Hiatt — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:45:16 -0000

Tara,
I missed the lace class-I had emailed you but didn't hear back...do you have a new email address? Still want to do this if you have another class. Will see you at the festival on either Saturday or Sunday. Miss you! Melanie Hiatt
PS-When is next yarn therapy?

Re: Moving beyond the walls

@TheGirlPie — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:07:15 -0000

Very exciting for you, and MORESO for everyone who couldn't get to your shop -- yay!

~ @TheGirlPie

Re: Moving beyond the walls

kjthorp — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:08:19 -0000

Wow! This is exciting news.
Now if I could only get over to Jonesborough...

Best of luck with this new chapter.

Re: Moving beyond the walls

plainsight — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:08:10 -0000

Sounds exciting, Tara! I love the farmer's market component - good luck!

Re: Moving beyond the walls

blondechicken — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:01:22 -0000

Thanks Shannon!
I really appreciate the encouragement!

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Re: Moving beyond the walls

knitgrrl — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:17:07 -0000

Wow, Tara! You're amazing. It takes a lot of courage to act decisively on something like this -- good luck!

Re: The cutest baby sweater in the world

Elizabeth — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:39:48 -0000

gorgeous baby sweater! I've been drooling over her sweater patterns- I just need to commit to the right one!

Re: Vote for Lace Class

beadntat — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:05:34 -0000

I just love reading about knitters getting excited about lace :-) Sorry I won't be joining you since the drive from K-town is a bit far, but I look forward to seeing what everyone knits! I have Haruni otn right now as my easy lace project. The majority of Haruni is a simple leaf lace motif (same one that the Kiri shawl uses). It's not as complicated as you think! The leaf edge will be a bit more work, but by the time you get there you will have much more confidence...so go for it! Wish I could be there :-)

Re: Vote for Lace Class

blondechicken — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:14:30 -0000

Thanks Deborah!
Next week I'll be announcing our lace classes...there was so much interest that we're going to do two separate classes. One for the adventurous and one for the overwhelmed :)

Hope you can join us!
Tara

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Re: Vote for Lace Class

debdsm — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:44:28 -0000

Hi!
I just found you in Jonesborough and am thrilled you are here! I have been wanting to learn lace for a while but as a novice knitter, I am too frightened. (though since all of my knitting has holes, one would think I already know lace).

As someone looking at these patterns and thinking about working up the nerve to learn, they each look intimidating (but frankly Haruni looks impossible!) My vote would be multnomah because it looks less intimidating.

I am so glad we have a Yarn shop!!!!!!!!
Deborah

Re: Vote for Lace Class

beadedfibers — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:34:17 -0000

I think the Haruni is the most "lacy look" although seems to be much more than "beginner" The Ishbel is a gorgeous pattern of lace, and will become very individual, when each knitter chooses their own choice of color and skein of yarn. My vote will have to be for the Ishbel, and I'll look forward to knitting the Haruni in ;the future. All 3 are beautiful, and will be a treasure when finished.

Re: Vote for Lace Class

Shepard — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:25:07 -0000

My vote is for the Haruni---What a beautiful way to show off the yarn, and a lovely shawl pin. I think I'll hand dye some Merino and Silk. Look forward to the class.

Re: Vote for Lace Class

MissAriane — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:23:36 -0000

Hi!

Of course it is!

Ariane

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Re: New Yarn – Midnight Sky Fiber

Woolyhands — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:36:26 -0000

YES - I want to see you open every package of yarn :) I love that terra cotta color - gorgeous!

Re: Vote for Lace Class

blondechicken — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:19:58 -0000

Thanks for voting Amy!
That's why I put it to a vote - I couldn't decide if we should go for "easy" or "learn lots of new skills"....because I don't know if brand-new knitters or ready-to-branch-out knitters will sign up.
So, I leave it up to democracy :)
Tara

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Re: Vote for Lace Class

blondechicken — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:39:56 -0000

Thanks, I'll check it out!
I assume this is your permission to teach a class from it?

Tara

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Re: Vote for Lace Class

blondechicken — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:24:58 -0000

Yay! Annette! Thanks for voting!
And I'm getting excited for Haruni!

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Re: Vote for Lace Class

Annette — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:01:37 -0000

OK, Regenia has convinced me that I need to jump right in on the haruni. I like it the best but it scares the dickens out of me. With fear and trembling I vote for it but I'm still not sure about being able to take the class.

Re: Vote for Lace Class

MissAriane — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:19:27 -0000

I don't want to do self-promotion (er... that's what I'm actually doing...) but I design a pattern PERFECT for beginner (at lace knitting).
My pattern is Dandy Neckerchief on Ravelry.
Check it out!

Re: Vote for Lace Class

Amy — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:03:18 -0000

I vote for Multnomah b/c you can't go wrong with Feather and fan stitch. It's really easy for a new lace knitter to remember the repeats, and it's lovely. Plus, they can keep knitting they lace as long as they want before moving on to the garter stitch part. My second vote is for Haruni, b/c is will teach them more. There are multiple charts, more than one lace stitch and they will have to pay attention to their rows more closely. Also it will give them something gorgeous that they can really feel accomplished about. :)

Re: Vote for Lace Class

Jen Hintz — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:28:57 -0000

These are all on my to-do list. I'll probably do Haruni first, but I'm not sure.

Another good one is Forest Canopy. It was my first foray into lace shawls, and it was a really good pattern. Easy enough that I wasn't discouraged and could understand how it "worked", but complex enough to be challenging and yield a really nice end product.

Re: Vote for Lace Class

blondechicken — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:24:40 -0000

Thanks Regenia!

Isn't Haruni awesome?

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Re: Vote for Lace Class

Regenia — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:50:27 -0000

I just added haruni to my queue, so of these its my pick. I'm worried though that some folks may not like the bunch of stockinette required to get the fun part of these. I'd jump right in with something challenging and small like swallowtail. Once you've done nupps, you feel like you can do anything.

Re: Happy Spring!

Mercedes — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:03:51 -0000

So cute!