Week in Review (a little bit late)

I seem to have lost track of time. I meant to post this yesterday. Oh well, I guess today is as good a day as any.

1.

I. Got. A. New. Phone!

For those of you who are familiar with the ongoing phone saga, this is a big deal. I have had my old phone for 2+ years, and to say that it didn't work properly would be the understatement of the century. The company replaced it 5 or 6 times, but after that, they thought I was crazy. I won't go into all of the horrible, controlling, tyrannical, things that the phone did. I was very happy when the lovely sales woman asked if I wanted to trade it in. She was a little surprised at my enthusiasm given that it was only worth $5. However, I think at that point I would have paid her to take it. I even bought a pink case.

2.

I have a favorite yarn shop. Are you surprised? I may have mentioned it once or twice. In case you are wondering it's The Artful Yarn in Chagrin Falls, OH. I've been teaching knitting classes at this wonderful shop for a few years now, but this week I officially joined the shop staff! I had my first training day on Wednesday. I think this might just be the best job ever!

3.

I'm making slow progress on my Arrow Yoke Cardigan. I think that I might be slightly crazy to think I can finish this by the end of November.

4.

One of the things that might make #3 extremely difficult is my obsession with Felfs. I finished these lovelies just in time for Thursday's snow.

 

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Felfs

I have a new obssession, they are called Felfs. And they are designed by one of knitting's most innovative designers, Cat Borhdi. Although I'm guilty of stumbling head first into many knitting projects, this one I have to I blame on my KnitSib Deb, who introduced me to them at a Knit Night a couple of weeks ago. I haven't been able to get them out of head since.

I want to start by mentioning that the profits for this e-book are being donated to the research lab of Dr. David Krag at the University of Vermont Medical School. On first blush, the cost of this pattern is definitely on the high side, $20. Yes, I did say $20! However; I'm not only receiving an extremely innovative and detailed e-book, but I have also made a donation to equally innovative research. Please take a look here for more information.

So, what are Felfs?

They are nothing short of the most innovative slipper ever. Ok maybe that's a bit much, but they are pretty cool. They are slippers that are knit flat in garter stitch and then folded, somewhat origami style, sewn and felted. And, they can be knit to fit any size foot. Did I mention that they are addictive?!

They start out life as flat shape:

After some innovative folding, seaming, and felting they look like this:

These little cuties were knit from Nature Spun Sport, colorway Red Fox. They measure about 4 3/4" long. Oh my, I just can't get enough of them. I think we all need a pair! I'm off to find yarn. I'm sure there's some around here somewhere...

 

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