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Cheers to Connie

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Cats, Events, knitting, tagged Birthdays, Cats, Cheese, Food, Gluten-free cake, knitting on April 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

There was one more birthday celebrated a week ago…..Connie’s. The table was full of knitters and gifts of flowers, jewelry, yarn. Oh….we ate had treats as well. Debra made a chocolate cake……she converted an almost flourless chocolate cake into GF (gluten-free) by substituting a GF flour……the cake, served with whipping cream, was delicious. This was accompanied with cheese and rice crackers brought by Jan. The cheese was so delicious I had to go out and buy some more. There was more….chocolate almonds (Karen H) and, of course, all accompanied with champagne. (I may have missed some food item.)

With all of this going on, we did find time to knit…..there is so much chatter and activity that one is best to work on simpler patterns in workshop.

Happy Birthday Connie…..her birthday is actually April 20.

The delicious cheese!

Ollie celebrated on Sheri’s car!

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“Treasures” for a Shadow Box

Posted in College, Home Economics, Sewing, Textiles, Treasures, Welted Buttonholes, Welted Pockets on April 10, 2014| 1 Comment »

Carolyn – CSU Sophomore

There are those of you who may not know that my high school years (in Eastern Colorado) were “consumed” with my home economic classes…I had a tremendous teacher, Dorothy Smith, who recently celebrated her 101st birthday. She taught us much more than how to stitch a seam or how to boil water. Her tutelage prepared me for my years as a Home Ec major while I was at Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins,Co. At the end of my sophomore year I moved back to the Greater San Francisco Bay Area with the idea of moving near my California family and attending UC Davis, CA. I was enrolled for just a few weeks but got side-tracked with working and life. It was 15 years before I returned to college….by then the Home Ec world had changed dramatically. But my life-long interest in “that world” has stayed with me.

As my sister Betty and I have been sorting through our stash of things, I came upon this “treasure” that I created in my 2nd year of college….it was in safe keeping to make a “story board” for the steps involved in making a welted button-hole, a welted pocket, an eased sleeve cap and an evenly curved collar edge. Just in case you are possessed to welt a buttonhole or a pocket, here are the visual steps. Now on to a shadow box.

Welted Buttonholes -1-3 steps

Welted Buttonholes 4-6 steps

Welted Pocket

Collar

The Collection

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More Celebrations

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Crafting, knitting, tagged Birthdays, celebrations, crafting, knitting on April 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »

I was more than a beat or two off this past Friday…..blame it on a bad sleep night….I didn’t whip out the camera to capture the celebration of the birthday girls at Friday knitting. So…envision Cameron, Karen H, and Janie surrounded by gifts of flowers, jewelry, unique knitting gifts, cards, champagne and a table full of knitting friends. Wait…there were strawberries and chocolate-covered macaroons (gluten-free no less and you wouldn’t have known if not mentioned). The Friday Birthday Girls….photos from the photo gallery!