tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81836490923826809572011-04-21T14:01:04.894-07:00Garden District Needleworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055862215434575646noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183649092382680957.post-66772143669370520062008-04-26T14:24:00.000-07:002008-04-27T12:25:37.166-07:00Angela and Julia here, employees of Garden District Needlework. We both knit, Angela spins and needlepoints as well, because she is an overachiever. Today, there weren't many customers, because it's the first weekend of JazzFest, it's somewhat warm, and very, very wet. Not ideal needleworking weather...well, not for the shopping part, anyways.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTNrjkYniI/AAAAAAAAAAM/4mDuIMd9DDM/s1600-h/DSCN4169.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTNrjkYniI/AAAAAAAAAAM/4mDuIMd9DDM/s320/DSCN4169.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194002418430942754" border="0" /></a>Kim (another employee), Angela, and Julia spent most of the day making these little laminated signs for the yarn. Each sign has little icons for the yarn fiber types, the name of the yarn, and the price. The price is also usually listed on the yarn itself, but in very teeny-tiny type. So we get a lot of people asking (quite rightly) what the price is for this or that yarn.<br /><br />We've got about 180 of the little signs up, which is probably about half of what there is to do.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTOWjkYnlI/AAAAAAAAAAk/D0i5SJ9rIak/s1600-h/DSCN4173.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTOWjkYnlI/AAAAAAAAAAk/D0i5SJ9rIak/s320/DSCN4173.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194003157165317714" border="0" /></a><br />Kim, Julia, Kay.<br /><br />Meanwhile, of course, we're working on our projects. Diana is doing the October Heart of the Month canvas with her impeccable stitches. She's really enjoying it, and thinks all the harts of the series are whimsical.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTO0jkYnnI/AAAAAAAAAA0/0KAo0Mpn8rs/s1600-h/DSCN4170.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTO0jkYnnI/AAAAAAAAAA0/0KAo0Mpn8rs/s320/DSCN4170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194003672561393266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Angela is doing up the Basil Sweater from the Rowan Summer Tweed Collection with the Loganberry Summer Tweed -- sweet!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTSETkYnsI/AAAAAAAAABc/VHvAzP0aF1A/s1600-h/DSCN4163.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTSETkYnsI/AAAAAAAAABc/VHvAzP0aF1A/s320/DSCN4163.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194007241679216322" border="0" /></a><br />She's also working up a lace shawl with Koigu. She made a boo-boo with an extra YO, so she's marked the spot with a safety pin. (Note the lifelines!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTO-DkYnoI/AAAAAAAAAA8/V9GiDtf2AuY/s1600-h/DSCN4168.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTO-DkYnoI/AAAAAAAAAA8/V9GiDtf2AuY/s320/DSCN4168.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194003835770150530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTQ-jkYnpI/AAAAAAAAABE/0H61bEtxXRg/s1600-h/DSCN4167.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTQ-jkYnpI/AAAAAAAAABE/0H61bEtxXRg/s320/DSCN4167.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194006043383340690" border="0" /></a><br />Julia's also got Koigu fever. How can we help it? It's just the coolest yarn.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTN5jkYnjI/AAAAAAAAAAU/JswbgFZkiSw/s1600-h/DSCN4175.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTN5jkYnjI/AAAAAAAAAAU/JswbgFZkiSw/s320/DSCN4175.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194002658949111346" border="0" /></a><br />And we've got in some new colorways...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTOITkYnkI/AAAAAAAAAAc/tiYdnsEbaxc/s1600-h/DSCN4174.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTOITkYnkI/AAAAAAAAAAc/tiYdnsEbaxc/s320/DSCN4174.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194002912352181826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Julia's knitting up the Endpapapers Shawl from <em>Book of Yarn</em>, which is looking fine, though not quite like the pattern picture in the book. There are, I'm afraid, several mistakes in that pattern. After five rip-outs, Julia has decided the whole thing is close enough!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTR6TkYnrI/AAAAAAAAABU/WwbwBHfZUcs/s1600-h/DSCN4164.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTR6TkYnrI/AAAAAAAAABU/WwbwBHfZUcs/s320/DSCN4164.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194007069880524466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Julia's also well into her second sock of the pair in a Koigu colorway that reminds her of crayons.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTRyDkYnqI/AAAAAAAAABM/JcKN7E3owm4/s1600-h/DSCN4166.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTRyDkYnqI/AAAAAAAAABM/JcKN7E3owm4/s320/DSCN4166.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194006928146603682" border="0" /></a><br />It's a rainy day. We're worried the people at JazzFest may be drowning.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTOjzkYnmI/AAAAAAAAAAs/0_4u67YGGLU/s1600-h/DSCN4172.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_trCLgrQiaEQ/SBTOjzkYnmI/AAAAAAAAAAs/0_4u67YGGLU/s320/DSCN4172.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194003384798584418" border="0" /></a><br />(That's Angela.)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8183649092382680957-6677214366937052006?l=gardendistrictneedlework2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Garden District Needleworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055862215434575646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183649092382680957.post-36425441081000601012008-01-26T13:46:00.000-08:002008-01-26T13:55:56.698-08:00Sheila Stroup wrote a great article about our preemie hat challenge in the New Orleans section of Thursday's paper. The article can be viewed on our website, <a href="http://www.gardendistrictneedlework.biz/">www.gardendistrictneedlework.biz</a> We will be continuing knitting preemie hats and would like to know who should we should challenge. Please list your favorite "rival" team!!!!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8183649092382680957-3642544108100060101?l=gardendistrictneedlework2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Garden District Needleworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055862215434575646noreply@blogger.com0