Well, I am back from a wonderful LONG weekend away in Ontario. I taught last Friday and Saturday in Kitchener to their
guild, and then on Monday at
Lettuce Knit in Toronto, and finally went back to Kitchener/Waterloo on Tuesday night to speak to their ginormous, active and awesome guild! It was such a fun filled weekend with friends,
yarn,
beads and
food! Want to see?
These four ladies were in my
Eventide class on Sunday. We were pretty silly as there was live music right outside the classroom, on Saturday we even had a dancing stuffed tiger! (That was so surreal, I forgot to take a picture!)
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| Teaching Advanced Lace with Beads at Lettuce Knit, what a lovely store! |
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| Irene's finished sample! |
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| Learning about nupps! |
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| Wrangling a bead into submission! |
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Thanks to my lovely hostess
Kate for taking such great shots during my class... Kate is a renowned knitting teaching and I was quite nervous having her sit in for my class. She "says" she might have learned a thing or two as well!
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| A trip to Bookhou with Megan, one of these hand printed pouches got to come home with me! |
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| Knitting and Beers with Indigirl and Kate, it was too dark to take pics of us together, so the beer will have to do! |
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| Finally I went back to Kitchener/Waterloo and spoke to their guild... |
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In which I look like I am "rapping"... don't worry, I didn't!
Thanks to Ann for taking pics while I spoke! |
It is an understatement to say I was nervous speaking to this big a group... but it went off without a hitch! I quickly figured out that this was a group with a sense of humor and they helped me get comfortable with them quickly. What a great talk we had... thanks so much Kitchener for having me! (and to Angela and
Johanna for taking such great care of me!)
As I drove home I finished listening to Jenny Lawson (
the Bloggess) read her new book
Let's Pretend This Never Happened, I adored it and her! In fact, I've decided that she should be my new BFF... she's that amusing. If you are in the mood for an irreverent listen/read I highly suggest it!
We have a crush on you, too! Thanks for a great talk on Tuesday night. You've inspired me to tackle beads
ReplyDeleteYeah! That makes me smile : )!
DeleteLooks like you had a fab time. I am been to Toronto once but it was pre knitting but the scene looks really vibrant there. Glad you had a good time. C
ReplyDeleteYour talk on Tuesday was fantastic, Laura! It was such a treat to have you here. I wanted to come up and purchase one of your necklace kits, but got so completely swamped during the break that I couldn't -- my loss! I'll have to go on a bead hunt myself...
ReplyDeleteI think I should send you one for helping me out with the photos... thanks again! Great to meet IRL!
DeleteIt was such a joy to have you visit with us! You're a wonderful teacher, an inspiring designer, and an all-round awesome person to hang out with. :)
ReplyDelete*blush*, you are pretty awesome as well!
DeleteSounds like an amazing time. When I am in Toronto I always try to stop at Lettuce Knit.
ReplyDeleteI've also been enjoying Jenny's book, but I've been just reading it. I've been parsing it out because I don't want to race through it too fast.
ReplyDeleteI know, right? I want to listen to it again!
DeleteMy hometown. Lived in K-W from birth til age 12. My mom still lives there.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a wonderful time!
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