Stitches South Booth 333- 335

   Off I go tomorrow to Stitches South this time sharing the booth with Sanguine Gryphon! I am sure that by the end of the weekend I will be determined to revamp my wardrobe. I met Gryphon at Stitches Midwest.  I walked up to her and asked if I could photograph her on the leather banquet in the coffee.  She had on the most amazing dress.   Am I as organized as I hoped? Well....not really. But I do have a bunch of cable needle rings made up and some shawl slides. I will post pictures of both upon my return.
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Leslie

Snow Angel

 The surprise April 1st snow will give way to pansies within the next few weeks.  This was taken at the doorstep of my friend Martha's home. 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stop & Shop

Well, actually in the supermarket early Sunday morning. I walk in to see a bunny, a clown and a manager (man in suit I am guessing) talking. How could I resist the moment? I did volunteer to be the bunny in the future.
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Leslie

Enough With the Worship of Perfection!

    Perfection is a ballerina balancing on one toe of her ballet slipper on the point of a pyramid. How long can she hold that pose and why is perfection a more credible state? I ask this from  the view point of someone who has undermined myself by being self hypercritical, surely a tactic that undermines energy and confidence. Often I come upon an old piece of jewelry that I have made  that I felt missed my goal. Holding that piece I realize that it was a step toward a design that was beyond my original idea. Now, as I expand my creativity into new directions I wish to validate all honest effort.
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Leslie

A Shanty House Warming

 With Cameron's Restaurant now closed, Three Sheets has nowhere to sing until we find another pub to host us. In our third week as nomads I decided that  I could host the group and make it a low key house warming/ Shanty singing night.  And so I did. It was not all I had envisioned it would be but it was. That it happened is what is important.  And I would love to do it again in better weather when we can sit outside instead of being crammed  into a room that seemed large until everyone showed up.
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Leslie

Stitches West here I Come

This coming week I head to CA for the biggest Stitches yet. This is thanks to Intwined Pattern Studio. As a company that sells knitting software they don't need tons of room to show off their product. All I need is a card table, a chair or two plus my tools and shawl pins, of course. This is a long way to go so I am "bare bonesing" the display. And forgoing my clothing fantasy. At Stitches East I met Gryphon. If you knit her site is a treasure chest. I saw her first at the hotel coffee shop. As you can see from the photo her outfits were inspiring. I wish she gave a workshop in Wardrobe Organization and Style.

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Leslie

Greeting Card from a Man Who Knows Women Who Knit

Illustrated by Teresa Burns Parkhurst for oatmeal studios
shows a point of view I wish I had come to earlier in my life. Although there are no scars on anyone, I would have a lot of sweaters, scarves and hats
to show at this point.
"Forge our swords into knitting needles"
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Leslie

PS- Image used with permission of Oatmeal Studios. All rights reserved.