Bristow<\/a> cabled cardigan pattern from Knitty. <\/p>\n![\"sleeve\"](\"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/photos\/sleeve20080312.jpg\")
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So far so good. The cables look, well, cably, and the piece seems to be generally sleeve-shaped. I’ve never knitted either a sweater or anything cabled, so this is quite exciting.<\/p>\n
I traveled to Poughkeepsie NY this past weekend to teach a tablet weaving class at an SCA event. It’s one of my favorite events, a gathering of fiber and other crafty types, followed by a teacher brunch at Thora’s house the next day. Alas, Thora was ill, which was dreadfully disappointing (and I hope she’s feeling better by now!) because I enjoy spending time with her, and don’t get to very often other than this event. <\/p>\n
I made an excuse of this trip, and took Friday off work, driving most of the way and spending the night in a motel. By myself. Where it’s clean, and quiet, and nobody bothers me. Hah! I planned to get far more accomplished that evening than it did, but it was a relaxing break nonetheless. I even managed to miss driving in the torrential downpours (like we need more rain). I have in the past left Saturday morning, but that’s a completely insane thing to do and I have no idea why I’ve done it more than once.<\/p>\n
My class went fairly well, though two of the six students had never done any tablet weaving. It’s better as an advanced class, but we all managed okay. Unfortunately I realized Friday night that one major chunk of my handout was completely useless for its intended purpose – good on the history, unusable for the how-to. So I’ll be rewriting that. <\/p>\n
I took a class on sheep breeds and got to pet many, many samples. I might need some Karakul lamb. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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