Nicky Epstein to Join Fun at Vogue Knitting Live

Just got an e-mail from the folks who put on Vogue Knitting Live saying that the awesome Nicky Epstein is going to be in attendance at the Chicago event next month! She’ll be teaching classes on knitting on top of the world, knitting in circles, block by block and embroidering on knitting.

Crafters who sign up to attend between now and Sept. 16 who purchase a class or the Deep Dish Diva or Second City package options will also receive a free ticket for Epstein’s lecture on design. (After that date tickets will be available for other people to purchase.)

The event takes place Oct. 26 -28 at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago. I hear that rooms at the Palmer House are all booked for the event, but you can contact Vogue Knitting Live for information on booking a room at a nearby hotel.

Is anyone planning to attend? I wish I could but that’s less than a month before my book is due so I don’t think I’ll be leaving the house!

Next Pattern:

As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells, so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]

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