January 16, 2007

San Diego Interrupted

When you last heard from me, before my laptop bit the dust, I was getting ready to go to the Retailers Luncheon, eat rubber chicken and be entertained by Kaffe Fassett.

Before lunch was served, we were treated to a visit from Kate Jacobs, author of the newly published novel The Friday Night Knitting Club. We also each received a hardbound copy of the book. There’s been a lot of buzz about this book in yarn shop owner circles, because Julia Roberts has optioned the movie rights, and word is that she’ll play the yarn shop owner, Georgia Walker.

Lunch was definitely not your typical banquet food, thank you San Diego Convention Center. And Kaffe Fassett most certainly did entertain us. No picture taking was allowed, so you’ll have to take my word for it that his slide show made an excellent dessert for a group of men and women who are lovers of yarn. As he was describing the photos, Kaffe told us about a show he put on last year in London, which was attended by the queen. When told the subject of the show, he says she declared “Knitting! I can do that!” and marched off.

From lunch I moved on to my next class — Concentrating on Color, with Brandon Mably. Those of you who know me know that I love looking at intarsia, but I’m not so much a fan of knitting it. It’s beautiful, but it just doesn’t click with me. My goal in taking this class was to focus on techniques outside my comfort zone. We started with fair isle squares, and moved on to more abstract shapes. Brandon had a stack of postcards he wanted us to use for color inspiration. Here he is, pinning up everyone’s work. No, I’m not telling which one is mine.

As I left class Friday evening, I looked out to see this beautiful sunset. This was the last lovely weather we’d see. The cold front hit that night.

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