Helene enfin!

I had the great good fortune to get a last minute place on a knitting class with Helene Magnusson. After several years of correspndence over insoles, the scissors keeper and the Giant's Footstep Cushion, we met in London at last, and it was lovely. The class of seven, in Loop's basement, studied Icelandic steeks. They ony have two stitches and are finished by sewing machine. Learnt SO much more than this in the three hours. How to make a swatch in the round without having all the loops at the back - you have them at the side instead by calculating how much yarn to pull out for your next row. At the end of the swatch she made us cut that left edge then try to unravel it! Proves it doesn't. Prior to this, had an excellent veggie lunch in the Gate in Islington with J, C and E. What a smashing day all round. Oh, and saw a man walking by DOlphin Square with a green parrot on his shoulder!