It’s done!

Now, is that a smile of satisfaction or what???

 After working on this project for two years, Becca threw her last shuttle today and cut it off the loom. “It” is a coverlet woven following the pattern in “Weaving a Traditional Coverlet” by Helen Jarvis. She used 10/2 and 20/2 mercized cotton as the ground and Jaggerspun Maine Line as the pattern. When she took it off the loom she said, “No wonder it took so long, it’s BIG.” And, it is as the photo below shows and only two of the three panels are visible (it should fit a queen size bed if our calculations were correct!). Her next task is to secure her ends, wet finish it and then seam the three pieces together. Good thing she doesn’t mind tedious work!

 

From all of us who have cheered on her work, we send out a huge round of applause and big congratulations for her accomplishment.

Knitting Detroit Together

Stitch N Pitch Detroit, sponsored by TNNA, was a resounding hit with over 800 stitchers and their families in attendance. The day started with a tiny bit of rain and quickly turned into a gorgeous end-of-summer-day. Of course, it ended with the Tiger’s losing 14 - 7 against the Mariner’s, but we still had a very nice day. Here are a few photos from the event. 

Two Heritage friends share a game, a knit and a beer.

My daughter celebrated her 15th birthday at the game with four friends. Mariah is actually knitting a scarf from some of the yarn in the wonderful goodie bags. Check out http://forums.detnews.com/craftblog/index.cfm for a great photo of Mariah and her three friends and read more about the day from a reporter’s point of view.

One of the behind-the-scenes things that happened because of this event was that many different yarn shops worked together to make things happen for this day. Committee meetings for our SnP event started months ago. It was fun to get to know staffers and owners from other local yarn shops. Here I am pictured with Dhurat and Kristine from Skeins on Main. And, another bit of event trivia: the t-shirts were designed by yours truly.

As I was sitting and spinning and talking to passers-by, it crossed my mind that I could potentially to be the first person to ever spin on a wheel inside the park. How cool is that?!