tennessee re-visited...

I’m back home from Pigeon Forge, finished unpacking and had to get back on here to tell you about it! I had been sitting here at home for, like, the past four years and as the time approached to get packing and actually going to Pigeon Forge to talk knitting, I admit, I was getting a little leery about the whole thing. In preparation, I made pieces, back and front of a new Two-Faced Tank (just to prove, maybe to myself, I could still do it and to have something to work on if things went south!) - I was going to show making the neckband and joining the shoulder. https://knitwords.blogspot.com/2020/03/lost-your-knitting-mojo.html That’s the link from March of 2020, to take you back to the start of my making at least 15 tops for friends and family just for something to do when the world shut down, hopefully inspiring you to get on the bandwagon and knit. I also made a 1RT (that’s MAO’s short form for One-Row Tuck) https://knitwords.blogspot.com/2014/03/1rt-raglan.html tunic, kind of a copy of this green, sleeveless tank tunic that I planned to wear at the seminar - the new one with sleeves, this red/black thing (arguably the hit of the whole show) - did the back and front, made the neckband, attached one sleeve, had the other sleeve on a garter bar to show attaching the set-in sleeve on the machine and finishing the cuff with one of my 1X1 tuck edges that has a crocheted look.  https://knitwords.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-latest.html  Both of these are made with my, probably, all-time favourite yarn, Wool Crepe Deluxe.

Get to the seminar and oh wow! What fun to see old friends, some expected (Hey Sonia, Eloise) and some surprises (Janet came all the way from Utah! and Christine and Terrie – they came to just about everything I ever did in Indiana over the past 20 plus years! – after lunch of the second day, they told me they wished they had a video of my presentation because they made up a MAO-drinking game for every time I said Wool Crepe Deluxe – it was pretty funny. Ah, maybe you had to be there!) and some new people (Hey Cathy!), and some  familiar faces, Margie, Sharon – shout out to all the rest, thanks for coming. I had a blast!!

Apologies for my not keeping up with the blog – I guess I was feeling like I was talking to the wind, not thinking of you and not realizing how sometimes reading my dumb blogpost might be the bright spot in your day – Janet told me she felt like she’d lost her best friend when I stopped posting, so, sorry! I’ll keep trying to say something! My plan is to finish off those things I was working on and tell you the details – please stay tuned!