by Leslee-Langlands | Nov 2, 2015 | Classes and Lessons, Jude Skeers, knitting, Shawls
Thursday’s Möbius Class was a Very Special One for Jude because they are ALL knitting “throwers” (moving the yarn from the right hand to the needle) as opposed to Roisin’s way of knitting which ‘they’ call hooking and...
by Leslee-Langlands | Oct 31, 2015 | Classes and Lessons, Jude Skeers, Shawls
Lois’s mohairy elongated shawl gets its own post because she finished hers! Glorious and such a great colour on her too! Congrats Lois. First to finish – you win! Not sure what…but perhaps a Big Gold Star from teacher.
by Leslee-Langlands | Oct 31, 2015 | Classes and Lessons, Jude Skeers, Shawls
There were a lot of shawls being knit in classes with Jude this past week. (So many great colours!) Some were elongated, mohairy ones (like Fern’s we showed you yesterday) like these “in-progress”. The first one is Therese’s. The orange...
by Leslee-Langlands | Oct 30, 2015 | Classes and Lessons, Jude Skeers, Shawls
Fern, the amazing weaver and spinner, pretty in her pink mohair shawl, knit during Jude’s class*. She did an incredible job for a supposed ‘non-knitter’. We’re not convinced, Fern. * I, on the other hand, a supposed knitter,...
by Leslee-Langlands | Oct 26, 2015 | knitting, Shawls
Petra’s hands doing cast off on her Moebius head and shoulder wrap. Pretty Jenna’s (and our latest GBOW employee) very first modeling job! Diamond Luxury Alpaca Handpaint was used to create this lovely garment.
by Leslee-Langlands | Oct 5, 2015 | Jude Skeers, knitting, Shawls
I discovered I’ve never posted this photo of an interesting 3 sided wrap that Jude Skeers knit for a friend of his. Looks tricky to me!Jude said, “288 stitches on 10mm needle, decreasing at 3 points. It is 1.5m on each side.”
