Here's what I'm up to. I'll post a pic of the actual sweater as soon as I get sleeves set in. My wrists have a bad case of one-by-one-rib-itis, and my ass feels like it has become one with this chair, but I'm pleased with its progress thus far. If I had more time (I have a deadline) I'd short-row the shoulders (I think....you can do shortrowing on ribs, right?) so the shoulder seams weren't stairstepped and bulky when sewed...as with most of my projects, I realize how much I don't know. If anyone out there has a good way of knitting on a horizontally-ribbed collar to a vertically-ribbed sweater, please let me know..I just sewed it on in the interest of saving time and simplicity, but it would have been much slicker to attach it as I went.

We had our last class of the season Tuesday night, and now the spring and summer evenings stretch before me, unencumbered...ah. I know, I know - classes get people in the store, maintain the sense of community, all that good stuff - but I love to have this time to regroup and get ready for fall and work out some ideas I've had in the back of my mind for a long time...and we do have a nice bunch of stalwarts coming in on Saturdays, which makes me happy because I like their company!

The fashion show was a week ago, and I'm still marvelling over how well it went. We figured 80 - 100 people came, despite the horrid weather, and I think a good time was had by all. You can see more pictures at the link on 'fashion show' on our main page. Apparently in this picture of me, Josh and Judy, I'm so relieved that it's over that I'm falling asleep. Really, though, one of the things that amazed me the most was that we put it out there and people responded with such enthusiasm. We had a great collection of knitted, sewn, crocheted, felted, woven thing, worn by a bunch of gorgeous models. My dress came out all right, but it was sort of subtle color-wise and paled in comparison to the overall blast of color that came down our little runway. It's definitely a prototype (in other words it fits my sister perfectly and I have to make another for myself!) The other thing that impressed me was the magic that happened behind the scenes - the team back there somehow managed to send everybody out in order, looking fabulous, very much on the fly!

So, next year - start thinking about your entry, because it's going to be bigger and better.