Not Just Sock Class

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Knitters Fantasy April 14 Warren OH

It is Monday morning. Snow is falling outside. The grass and trees are just covered. This has never happened so late in April here before in the 30 years I have lived in Mercer.
I am so glad it did not snow on Saturday. The 12 Annual Knitters Fantasy workshop day and sale was a huge success. Over 400 knitters came. This is a very well organized event hosted by three knitting guilds in eastern OHIO. This year the Northcoast Knitting Guild was in charge. The guilds rotate the responsibility for hosting the event and I feel this is how they keep from burning out and the show just gets better and better every year.
I taught a class: gauge mysteries revealed. I hope the knitters found my take on knitting gauge and designing a sweater helpful. Please email me if you took my class and have questions.
Otter Creek Store had two tables of yarn for sale. I chose three main yarns to display, Toas and Merino Strioes from Crystal Palace, and Ultra Alpaca from Berrocco. These three yarn were new last fall and were the most popular new yarns in our shop. The booth needs to be simple because the knitters do not have much time to shop between classes. The knitters arrive at 8am, they register and go to their class from 9 - 11:30 and 1:30 -4:00 With Lunch and a Fabulous Fashion Show in the center of the Market during lunch. The market is around the edge of the Vo-Tech School Cafeteria. Our booth was so busy I did not see the fashion show. At one point I tried to direct s shoppers attention to the fashion show so I could see it too. These knitters were serious shoppers and wanted to buy yarn NOW! Pat Jones who always makes a fantastic knit outfit for the show each year said she would email me a picture since I missed seeing her. If any other knitters reading this have photos of the show please email them to me. I feel so bad that I missed seeing the show. I look forward it. I love seeing what everyone has made it is so inspiring. I need to go now. I will post pictures if you folks of knitters fantasy if anyone send me some.

Knit Easter Eggs from Ellen

KNITTED EASTER EGGS 
Materials: Set of #2 double pointed needles Sports wt. Yarn, 3” long, 6 ?” wide plastic eggs
 
Starting at bottom, with blue and double pointed needles,
Cast on 18 sts.
Divide sts 6sts each needle.
Join sts and work in rounds of k1, p1 ribbing until piece measures ?” from      beginning.
Knit next rnd, inc 1 st in each st around. (36sts).
Attach white,yarn, but do not fasten off blue.
Knit next round with white .
Next rnd; *(K1 white, K1 blue) around.
Knit one rnd white,
Pick up blue, knit one round blue.
Next rnd;  (K1 blue, K1 white) around.
Knit one round blue.
Pick up white, knit one round white.
Next rnd; (K1 white, K1 blue) around.
Knit one round white.*  Repeat from * Once.
Drop white, knit one round blue.
Next rnd; K2 tog around – 18sts. 
Insert plastic egg.
K1, p1 around for ? inch.
Cut yarn, leaving a 12-inch-long tail.  Using yarn needle lace through stitches on last round then pull to close end of egg. Fasten off.

Finishing up the UFOs

I have lots and lots of unfinished knitting sitting around the shop. Sometimes I start socks just to let customers see what the yarn will look like. The ones here were started to show how to start a toe up sock. These socks have been on the needles for over a year. So I am finally getting them finished so I will have new socks to wear. These socks are sometimes called two toe socks because the heels are added later and knit the same way you knit a toe. I am not sure what color to make the heels. Black or red?? Blue would work too.
I will check the stash for left over yarn and see what I can find.