Well Now

 It's been a minute... or five, hasn't it? Oh my. Really, what else is there to say about it? The best laid plans of mice and men...

Well, welcome to June! 

I have some goings on to let you in on, and even some new projects with photos to chatter about. So let's jump on in!

You may remember my mention of an idea for a double-knit hooded short cloak/cape that I was toying with getting on my needles.

Meet Céilí (kay-lee):

As you can probably guess, the hood is finished, (and yes, that's an Estonian braid along the front edge of the hood), and I've picked up the stitches reversibly (a neat trick I unvented for my Hornpipe Bag) to continue the cloak body downwards. And there's shaping in between all those lovely pattern sections on the cloak portion. I'm absolutely enamoured with how it's coming along!

But of course I'm me and I don't have just one WIP on the go lol. Of my own designs, I'm most actively working on Three Hand Reel:

(Talk about not losing me in a snowstorm lol)

and Cherish the Ladies:

Is my "go big" era as apparent to you as it is to me? ;)

I have another project in the works, and it's not on my needles ;)

After its success last year, the Clarenville Fibre Festival is coming back this August for its second year. And yours truly has signed on to teach a workshop! I'll be teaching beginner level cable knitting on Saturday August 22nd :) I'll be guiding between 5 and 10 individuals through the twists and turns of cable knitting. This is the first time I'll be teaching outside of a one-on-one situation so I chose to keep the class on the small side. I'm very excited for this opportunity, and a bit nervous I have to confess. But if my stage days taught me anything it's that when I'm not nervous is when I should worry. 

Edit: Signups are open now, so if you'll be near Clarenville, Newfoundland & Labrador this August, and specifically the weekend of August 20th through 23rd, and want to check out the Fibre Festival, and maybe a workshop or two, go to https://www.clarenvilleregionart.ca/festival🔗 (link to outside website) for all the details. If you scroll down a little bit on the Fibre Festival you'll see where the workshop schedule is. Wee mistake alert: the Cable Knitting workshop is listed as being instructed by "Sila Maureen"; that should say Síle Maureen, of course. My handy-dandy phonetics "helper" has once again confused someone and e got shifted to a. I promise it's me that will be teaching 🤗

That's my big news! And the projects that are keeping me out of trouble.

I'm off to Town next week for a dr's appointment (fingers crossed for better pain management solutions), so don't be surprised if there are touristy photos in my next post. I think Cherish the Ladies would look quite nice on the Newfoundland dog statue in Harbourside Park ;) Maybe I should hold off until the knitting's done and the steek cut open for that though. Three Hand Reel on the other hand...

I digress!

What's on your needles and/or hooks, fibre friends? Anything fun for summer? 

Ok! That's honestly it this time lol

I remain, yours in yarn and general creative shenanigans,

Síle