Teaching Schedule

I met with Lois last night and scheduled all my classes for January through the end of March (and a little beyond). The shop's official schedule should be out the first week or so of December.

Crochet Pattern a Month - 3rd Tuesday of each month, 6-9 pm
January 19 - Gumdrop hat
February 16 - Tunisian shells
March 16 - Daisy wheel scarf or purse
April 20 -Tunisian short row
May 18 - Tunisian ripple
June 15 - Spiral crochet

Crochet Pattern a Month - 3rd Saturday of each month, 12:30-3:30 pm
January 9 (2nd Saturday) - Gumdrop hat
February 20 - Noro striped scarf
March 20 - Entrelac square
April 17 - Tunisian short row
May 15 - Log cabin
June 19 - Honeycomb scarf (or square)

Other classes:

• Beaded Crazy Stitch Shawl - Saturday, January 23, 12:30-3:30 pm
• Crocheted Socks - Saturday, February 20 and 27, 4-7 pm
• Tunisian shawl - Sunday, February 21, noon-3 pm
• Doily Rug - Monday, February 22, 6-9 pm
• Hexagon baby jacket - Saturday, March 13, 12:30-3:30 pm OR Tuesday, April 27, 6-9 pm
• Tunisian Scarf - basic Tunisian stitches - Monday, March 15, 6-9 pm

• Beginning Crochet - Monday, January 11, 18 and 15, 6-8 pm OR Saturday, March 13, 20, and 27, 4-6 pm
• Advanced Beginning Crochet - learn cables; bobbles & popcorns; ripples, increases and decreases. Monday, April 12, 19 and 26, 6-8 pm.

Good Grief

Only 35 days until Christmas?!?! Where has this year gone? It's just flown by. Hubby and I are leaving tomorrow for Colorado to celebrate Addison's third birthday on Saturday, and staying through Thanksgiving. Hope the cats - and the house - survive our leaving the two 'young adults' at home.

My latest FO - handspun from Bee Mice Elf BFL top and Tunisian crocheted into a long scarf for Wenona's birthday. I'm really lovin' the Tunisian.

Shutter Bug

Leia was entertaining herself - and me - singing and talking her way around the front room this morning . . . until I tried to capture it on video. The minute the camera went on, Leia beelined over, trying to climb in my lap so she could see the pictures she knew were there.

I did manage to get a little of her singing, though. This is for you, Auntie Rachel.

Sore Feet

Taught 2 3-hour crochet classes back-to-back today and while I loved every minute, my feet hurt. Five students in my feather-and-fan scarf class - including one last minute walk-in who just happened to be in the shop when class started and wanted to join in - and six in the beginning Tunisian class. My class max is seven, so those are good sized groups.

Everyone 'got it' and seemed happy with what they learned, which made me happy. Icing on the cake was selling three more of Dick's handcrafted Tunisian crochet hooks - for a total of 9 or 10 for the week - and having Lois start carrying them in the shop.

A good day but I'm really glad to be home, cat in my lap, down for the night.

Trial and Error

My first stab at the Tunisian short row dishcloth. I did some experimenting as I went, so it's not as pretty as it could be. Definitely see more of these in my future.

Progress

I'm making progress on the mystery CAL from Sarah London's site. Ten of the 11 graduated squares in Part 1 are done (square #1 has 2 rows; #2 has 3 rows; #10 has 11 rows, etc.) Part 2 came out early this morning, so I'm a little bit behind but I think I can catch up tomorrow before Part 3 arrives on Friday. I'm thinking this is going to be a Christmas tree of some sort; we'll see if I'm right in a few more days.

While I've been crocheting, Dick has been busy making wood Tunisian hooks. The only Tunisian hooks readily available are metal and only in smaller sizes like "H" and "I". Larger sizes and/or wooden hooks are almost impossible to come by.

First batch on the improvised drying rack.

The first batch was oak, cherry and walnut in "J" and "K" because those were the sizes I needed for my classes. Most of those hooks were gone the first night, so the next batch will be more "K's", along with some larger M/10mm hooks.
And after that? Fancy hardwoods! Can't wait to get my hands on those.

Want to Join Me?

Want to do a Christmas mystery crochet-along with me? I'm seriously thinking of joining in the fun on Sarah London's site. I need to get the first set of granny squares done by Wednesday. Piece of cake . . . (The supply list is here. Green and white yarn plus crochet hook, scissors and darning needle.)

No matter what this turns out to be, I'm betting it will be gorgeous - just look at the other crochet items on her website, like this granny star garland. My favorite? The Wool Eater Blanket. I did it as a square, but you can see more blankets on Ravelry.

Poor little Princess Leia is teething. She has at least 3 teeth coming in right now, maybe more. She was pretty miserable today, but still full of smiles. Hope the teeth come through quickly - it's hard to see her hurting.