Knit/Crochet show in Oakland.

I just got back. It was so much fun. I went up Friday and stayed at the hotel with ms. Knitorious, we took 2 classes. Pattern Writing 101 with Edie Eckman on Friday night and Intro to Sweater Design this morning with Gwen Bortner. Both were fabulous. I highly recommend taking their classes if you ever see them in town!

Edie Eckman was very fun, clear, and informative. AND she made an effort to address everyone knitters, crocheters, those that wanted to self-publish and those that wanted to submit to publication. Lots of info, but the class was scheduled a bit late, 6pm-9pm and the room was freezing.

Gwen Bortner was really good. She was "broken", with arm in sling her writing hand. So she had a friend come and help. Her friend happened to be Beth Whiteside of See Jane Knit! She went over the importance of BIG swatches, and then we got to measure ourselves, she closed all the doors and we had "girl's locker room" so we were all able to get correct measurements. And the great thing was all of the measurements were done in the right way so that they make sense when you go to actually make the garment! Something I've had trouble with. Then we went over the basics of sweater design on a BASIC sweater, no set-in sleeves unfortunately, but it is an intro class. We all begged her to teach a sequel next year. There is a Modified drop shoulder which is better that a plain one so thats what Im making, a cardigan with Valentina Devine's Gemini in this beautifulgrey/purple, with cream and light green varigation. Im going to do a pineapple square on the back and a pineapple panel on both side of the front. I cant wait to get into it. In fact I will go play now!