A Few New Commissions

My LYS is Knit here in Charleston, SC.  I spend more time there than I need to, but apparently the owner doesn't mind putting up with me.  I make myself useful enough at times.  (Well, "useful" & "amusing" are sometimes the same thing, right?)  Plus, I seem to have a bit of a knack for sorting out common & not-so-common knitting problems.  Oh, and winding yarn.  Apparently the new hasn't worn off yet for me.

Anyway, with all of the knitting that I do in class at school, I've got more time than money for yarn.  The owner Gay has decided to make use of my need for yarn funds by supplying me with yarn & patterns to make display items for the store.  This allows people to get a better idea of what that skein of yarn will become.  As humans, we are primates, and as primates, we like to touch things.  Especially before purchase.

I win by getting store credit in proportion to the time spent working on the project.  Which means yarn, needles, books, buttons, whatever.  SCORE.

The latest commission handed to me is two skeins of Silky Alpaca Lace by Classic Elite Yarns and a copy of Fiber Trends' Estonian Medallion Lace Scarf.  This should be interesting. 

I can do YOs & SSKs & K2togs with the best of them.  I've done lace panels.  I've even done a sk2p or two.  But an entire lace scarf?  On honest-to-Mom laceweight yarn?  No.

This'll be a learning experience.  Oh, and I'm going to be teaching a class around this in November.  Awesome.  Which is not to say it can't be done, mind you.  Just that it's going to take some focus.  I definitely won't trust myself working on this in one of my classes for nursing just yet.

The other commission is for a set of classes to teach how to Magic Loop socks two at a time.  At least that one will be a breeze... I've got more than enough experience on that with the stockings.