I went to the quilt shop today to help my ladies that are taking the ASJ class from me. One poor lady hadn't done her counting and ended up with one side twenty stitches different than the other. I comforted her as she frogged and started over. We decided unless she had a withered arm it wasn't going to fly. I cried for her....

I took my camera and took pictures of the sample I knit for the class. The lady in the picture is the owner of the sweater. The quilt shop needed a sample, she had asked me if I would knit her a sweater so the ultimate barter was created. The quilt shop donated the yarn, which they get to keep on display until June. Doreen (my hairdresser) gets the sweater and I get free haircuts. What a deal!

Adventures in Knitting

I have started the Adult Surprise Jacket created by Elizabeth Zimmerman. We are all knitting this together through the ASJ group on Ravelry.

I'm using Paton's Classic Wool in Dark Grey as the main color and using Classic Red and a Natural as accents. Mine is based on a 24" back and a cast on of 360 stitches. I have knit the jacket to the beginning of the increases. Having had cataract surgery this morning there will be no knitting until I get my new glasses.

I have knit both the baby surprise and adult jackets and am currently teaching the adult sweater at my local quilt shop.

The best advice I can give is swatch until you get the fabric you want. When you measure your 4 inch swatch be sure and count the fractions of stitches. You really don't want to do all this work and not have it fit!