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Progress on my 'Knit Up' Goal.

Alright! I have made a commitment to myself; and the Internet community as a whole, to finish these socks. I have never done a pair of toe up socks before and as a result, froze right at the heel turn. I must have put these babies aside for the last two months in fear. Pure and total heel turning fear!
I am learning to knit these socks from the Crazy Toes and Heels book, or as my Man likes to call it, Crazy Teels and Hoes. This book teaches you to knit socks within the context of a formula rather than a pattern. I recommend it, not only for the fact that it is self published, but that it is well thought out, explained and illustrated.
So last night I began knitting again!
Saturday, I will be giving a class for my quilt guild.

This will be the second time I give this particular class. It is called, Bead, Embellish, Encrust! I will teach beading, embroidery and artistic approaches to embellishing quilt art. In the last few days I have been reviewing the progress I have made in this area in the last year.
This past year, I decided that I no longer needed to bind my quilt art if I didn't want to. I have whip stitched raw edges, embroidered and/or beaded over bindings, folded cloth over quilt sandwiches and stitched the hell out of it. I haven't yet left a raw sandwich where the batting shows, nor tucked Tyvek-painted and pretty into the sandwich, so many possibilities!
Whenever I teach, I am amazed at the blocks that folks put between themselves and their stated goals. I have infinite patience, I can sit and intensely bead a project for hours. When I see folks resisting transferring beads from a hank strand to a strong beading thread while still wanting to couch the beads down, I have to wonder! I have asked, would you rather puff paint the beads in place? This is an acceptable approach! it has its uses and requires no sewing! More often than not the answer is, 'No', in fact I have never heard the word, 'Yes' in response to this question.
I must say though, that on average I am an exception in the patience in beading and embellishment area. I know I had great affect on many participants last year, hopefully I will again this year! Not everyone has the ability to sit and bead for hours!
My goal in the class is to sho people that the possibilties are endless, they can create thier own rules, and they are in control of thier own art!