Stitches West

Stitches West was great fun. I got to see several old friends from Chicago and Miss Anne spoiled me as always. I bought yarn (pics tomorrow) and got a new lace book that is fantastic titled "Victorian Lace Today" by Jane Sowerby.

Not only are the patterns pretty and functional, but most of them don't require 3,000 yards of yarn (unlike some other lace books many of us own) so you may find that you are able to reduce your stash a bit while working your way through the book. Jane knit most patterns in a variety of yarns so that you could see what they would look like and is an absolutely lovely person to chat with about lace and her knitting.

Her philosophy on lace is that it doesn't have to be difficult and so she starts at the beginning of Victorian lace when it was simple and utilitarian and then progresses to more difficult and more recent patterns reflecting when knitting became a fad in Victorian times. As soon as I finish all of the current gifts in the works, the next new project I will cast on will be out of this book.

She hopes to write another book after she finishes promoting this one and I hope she does!