Et Cetera A Newsletter for Knitting Etc. Triphammer Mall • 2255 N. Triphammer Rd • Ithaca NY 14850 Issue 22 (607) 277-1164 • www.KnittingEtcIthaca.com Upcoming Classes Knitting Basics: Felted Bag with Lori Mon Jun 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, $50 + tax & supplies You will learn the basics: casting on, binding off, knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches, making Icord, and kitchner stitch. In this five-week class, new and returning knitters will learn the required skills for most simple projects and complete the felted bag from the April 2006 newsletter! Magic Loop I & II with Cha Magic Loop I: Sat Jun 14, 1 – 5 pm, $30 + tax & supplies Magic Loop II: Sun, Jun 15, Noon – 4 pm, $30 + tax & supplies Magic Loop is back by popular demand! How do you make socks without having double pointed needles poking all over your lap? You knit them on a long circular needle. Cha will show you how to make a mini-sock in Magic Loop I, and make two socks, sleeves, or mittens on one long circular needle in Magic Loop II. Toe Up Socks with Cathy Tuesday, Jun 10, 17, and 24, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, $30 + tax & materials lace! This is a great way to ensure a perfect fit, and to make sure you don’t run out of yarn! You can do either magic loop or DPNs. Cathy knows both and will help you make this lace sock pattern from Schaefer. Beaded Lace Scarf with Laura Tuesday, Jun 24 & Jul 1, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, $30 + tax & supplies This class is perfect for intermediate to advanced knitters wanting to learn to knit lace with beads! Make the beautiful Undulating Waves Scarf in Schaefer Susan (100% mercerized cotton) or Heather (55% superwash merino, 30% silk, 15% nylon). In two nights Laura Nelkin, who designed the scarf, will teach you how to read charts, knit with beads and make the scarf’s lace pattern to get you started. You will be able to finish on your own. Ravelry for Knitters with Steven Mac: Wednesday, Jul 9 & 16, 7 – 9 pm Windows: Monday, Jul 14 & 21, 7 – 9 pm, $40 + tax Ravelry is a wonderful web site for the knitting community. Tens of thousands of knitters show off their projects, exchange tips, and chat about anything in on-line forums. In this 2-week class, Steven, a computer geek during the day and knitter at night, will show you how to explore this wealth of knitting information available on Ravelry as well as building a Ravelry profile for all others to envy! You do not need to be a computer expert! Topics will include: • Searching for knitting information on May 2008 KnitFlix By Lynda Bogel In my (other) real life, I teach film studies; I analyze movies, place them in cultural and psychoanalytic contexts, devise close-watching exercises and essay topics, write about Hitchcock, talk intensely with Cornell students, and so forth. The cousin who taught me to knit two summers ago, and watched yarn and me ascend into an addictive relationship, now suggests that I write a book about knitting and film, two of my passions. My daughter suggested a title (see above). It’s up to me to figure out what the book would be about. It could be about… 1. Films in which people knit and what it all means. Here are some of my favorite older knitflix: Johnny Belinda: Deaf mute Jane Wyman, using short row technique, shows baby hat to kindly young Doctor, who alone in the community is certain she’s no “dummy.” (Woman’s wisdom) Now, Voyager: The Boston spinster Bette Davis knits contentedly on cruise, until she meets the man of her dreams. (Feminine patience) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?: Former child star Bette Davis (again) goes nuts and hides her handicapped famous sister in a room. Trapped Joan Crawford knits while plotting her escape. (Not telling what she knows) Like Water for Chocolate: GriefIf you already knit socks and are ready stricken Lovely Woman attempts to and curious knit away her sorrow. A mile-long affor a new ghan results. (Meditation) challenge, Rosemary’s Baby: The witches plop learn to knit down and begin knitting when they insocks from vite themselves into Rosemary’s apartthe toe up and Continues on Page 2 Continues on Page 2 dabble with May 2008 © 2008 Knitting Etc. • www.KnittingEtcIthaca.com Page Upcoming Classes Opal Sock Yarn Scarf By Bev King Yarn 1 skein of Opal Hundertwasser sock yarn (75% superwash wool, 25% polyamid, 465 yds). Bev is an avid knitter in Ithaca. Her scarf will be on display in the shop for a few weeks. Cast on 39 sts. Knit 3 rows. Row 1: (RS) Knit to end Row 2: p1, (p2tog) twice, *p2, yo, (p1, yo, p1) into next st, yo, p2, p2tog, p3tog, p2tog, repeat from * once more, p2, yo, (p1, yo, p1) into next st, yo, p2, (p2tog) twice, p1. Row 3: knit to end, working in back of yo’s. Row 4: as row 2. Row 5: as row 3. Row 6, 7, 8: Knit to end. Each colorway of the Opal Hundertwasser sock yarn is based on a painting by renowned Austrian artist and sculptor Friendenreich Hundertwasser. This pattern shows off the bold unique colorway in a fun and easy-to-care machine washable scarf. Opal will be introducing new color themes for their sock yarn throughout this fall and winter, including a series inspired by Harry Potter books and movies. We will be bringing these new colors to the “Sock Island” in Knitting Etc as they become available. particularly The Cider House Rules (Charlize Theron’s fall pullover); The Golden Compass (such a sweater for Dakota Blue); Lost in Translation (near the beginning, Scarlett Johansson’s scarf-in-progress). KnitFlix Continued from Page 1 ment. (Witch-y intrusions) Holiday: Katharine Hepburn, the bright, yet misfit older sister, knits quietly while her father interrogates Cary Grant, who is meant to marry the younger sister. She knits to be in the room but invisible. Somehow he sees her…. (Being present without being present) 2. Films you can knit along with, because you don’t need to be hyper-attentive to the screen: On my list right now, most recently and most regularly: The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (all talking heads, which you can glance at, hold in mind, while focusing on your fair isle pattern). And the old BBC series, The House Of Eliott (about fabrics, feminism, English class struggles in the Twenties). 3. Knitting puns on film titles: Knit of the Living Dead, Purl Harbor, The Terminknitter, Three Men and a Baby Alpaca, The Blair Stitch Project, Dye Another Day, Good Wool Hunting, Knitting Hill, La Vie En Rows. 4. Really nice knitwear in movies, and how to write patterns for them: See May 2008 Continued from Page 1 5. A novel filled with conversations I’ve had with knitting pals while we watch flicks and knit. What the plot’s tension would be, I’d still have to gauge (cough). 6. A murder mystery with Seer Wise Woman Dawn Page knitting out the Fates in the background, calmly determining the outcomes and villains, while Horrible Husband-slash-Dreadful Professor, knotted with guilt, purls away his last days in a rainforest treetop, while Wife Destroyed knits and videotapes him, unbeknownst (trust me, I worked out all the details of this one in a venting mood after an appalling committee meeting). But I have too much knitting to do to make time for any of these KnitFlix. Anyone else want to have a go? Lynda Bogel now pauses occasionally from her knitting to write a column here and a blog in cyberspace, as she tries to make some sense of this enthusiasm: http://gauging.blogspot.com Ravelry, • Interacting with other knitters in group forums (and making links in your posts), • Downloading photos of your projects from the camera and editing them to look their best in your profile, and • Keeping your Ravelry account safe with best security practices! Bonus: They will keep your on-line banking accounts safe, too! Guided Projects with Susan Thursday nights, Jun 5 to Aug 28, 7 – 9 pm, $40 + tax & materials for any 5 nights The Guided Projects class is for more experienced knitters who will get to work on independent projects. Susan will help you selecting an interesting project appropriate for your skill level, identifying and fixing your mistakes, and learning new techniques. This Guided Projects class gives you the flexibility of attending any 5 weekly classes of your choosing. Because of the imminent arrival of Hickory’s baby, Susan Mehringer, an expert knitter who has been teaching lace classes here, will be leading this class over the summer. Hickory will stop in the class whenever her mommy duties allow. Et Cetera Submission Guidelines We accept submissions of patterns or writings on knitting-related topics for our newsletter. If we use your work, you will have your fame and receive a $50 gift certificate! 1. It must be your original design or writing that has not been accepted for publication elsewhere. 2. By making your submission, you give Knitting Etc permissions to publish your work and distribute it in our newsletter and on our web site. 3. Please include a couple of sentences about yourself to be published with your pattern or writing. 4. E-mail all submissions in plain text or Microsoft Word format to: submissions@ knittingetcithaca.com. 5. Pattern Submissions: Please specify the yarn used and gauge with color photographs of the finished product. Copyrights and Reprints Copyright © 2008 Knitting Etc. Permissions are given to reprint this newsletter in its entirety. E-mail hickory@knittingetcithaca.com for republications of articles. © 2008 Knitting Etc. • www.KnittingEtcIthaca.com Page