February is such a fun month!! The weather is unpredictable – it’s still cold, do I knit cold weather items or start on spring and summer?  I knit rather quickly, so if I start on a short sleeve summer sweater and it snows I’ll be annoyed to say the least.  So when the new Debbie Bliss magazine arrived I was thrilled to be able to pick out my transitional layering projectes I can start wearing right away!!  And yes I have dozens of the magazine, although at the rate thay are flying out of the door I am not sure how many is enough!  And yes, I have the yarns featured in th mag, and I made sure I had all of the colors on order.  and can you believe it only two are backordered!! The rest are on my shelves – no not the shelves in my house (almost though,  the temptation was very high.)  My first project planned is the Classic riding jacket in light blue Prima, my second is.. well, I’ll let you come in and take a look for yourself.

Stephanie, who is new to the shop, although many of you may know her from Ravelry has agreed to teach a lace shawl class in March.  After seeing Stephanie’s COLLECTION of lace I was blown away by her mastery of the skill.  Observing her low key style of help and teaching will be very soothing to the intensity of lace – chart reading, counting stitches on each row, fixing mistakes, lifelines for BAD mistakes (we all make ‘em!) the art of VIGOROUSLY blocking lace to create the timeless beauty that it is.  Take a look – I’m making one of these shawls first chance I get.  Actually, this is a great transitional project for the spring.  Race you to the shoppe for hand dyed lace weight merino from Prism.