wednesday afternoon visit

 
kendall and aurélien came for a visit today . . 

dog walking and helping ellen

i decided to walk with milly through washington sqaure . .

trees still waiting to be mulched?

milly's not so sure about it either . . 

(i apologize for my poor video skills)

treat time - maybe milly needs a haircut?

walking to soho to help ellen with her five year olds . . i noticed that the old mural has been painted over with a new one . . 

the children did so well today with ellen's instructions. they are learning a new dance to the tune of twinkle, twinkle little star. aya's little sister who is three and a half years old followed along without a mistake and without losing focus.

sorting

 
i went through a lot of bins today, clearing out old clothes and leftover yarn balls and putting things aside for thrift stores.

the cats had fun watching . . 

a sunday show

 
greg and i began the day at chelsea square diner . . 

and then since ellen's sunday show wasn't due to begin for another hour, we stopped at a new cafe that had just opened around the corner from the theatre . . 

their apple pie and chocolate cream pie were delicious! 

maybe i'll bring a pic of our rascals?

and then it was time for ellen's show . . this is her intermission lesson when the young people are invited onto the stage to learn a dance.

it was another wonderful performance.

walking home in the rain.

last day of the fiber event and a nighttime dance performance

cute knitted cats at the vogue knitting live event . .

hand salve from long island yarn and farm . . (one of korrina's favorites) . . 

meeting up with knitting friends for lunch . . 

a view of times square from the restaurant's windows . . 

one of the large conference room floors . . 

and the obligatory elevator photo . . 

very cute fabric cat accessory bags . . maybe for christmas this year?

treats for korrina and chanda - soap, salve and stickers, and a soap for me also.

what movie is this? it's victoria and rebel! morgan (she's still in paris with them) sent this movie as an example to cricket (cricket is always trying to eat our food) . . ha ha.

at the theatre now for the alumni show . . 

ellen had videos rolling of her students when they were young which was really fun for family and friends to see . . and reminisce. shown here are krista and lou . . 

and here are chanda and maia . .

lina and amelia.

greg admiring the artwork . . 

in the theatre with a slide of a painting by ellen's uncle . . 

deychen came and it was so nice to sit with her for the show . . 

and of course it was just a wonderful and beautiful and very moving performance (chanda with nick, natalie, and deychen).

afterwards, i had another event to attend . .

a birthday party for janet hosted by her sons.

it was a very lovely night and they quite outdid themselves with the delicious food.

day two at the knitting event

i stopped at junior's before my knitting event today, for coffee and a cranberry muffin (which i ended up saving for greg).

knitting designer veera välimäki gave a talk about designing sweaters. it was extensive and informative and she touched on everything from inspiration to grading and publishing, with everything in between. she suggested beginning with sketches and asked: what will the structure be? top down, pieces sewn together? think about the body inside the design and ask questions about style and ease, proportions and dimensions, and yarn type as the fiber must fit with the design elements.

talking about drape and measurements for the yoke, underarm and bust . . 

it was nice to get a photo together.

afterwards, i walked around the marketplace and enjoyed seeing what fiber artist london kaye had created this year for the event . . 

a scrabble board for people to play.

i put together the word "cures."

there was also a fabric subway car complete with pizza rat, a metro card and spilled coffee.

knitted cats . .

(very cute!)

the artist . . 

who has a book out, which someone was buying (cats are very popular!)

beautiful indigo dyed yarn . . 

the aisles are much more spacious this year, so everyone isn't on top of each other. there are also less vendors, giving people more room to roam.

ergonomic needles . . 

so many beautiful displays . .

another cute creature . . 

i thought these quilted pictures were beautiful.

i love all the different water towers . . (san, does london have many different water towers also? i don't remember noticing them when i was there . . i was too busy riding the bus and looking down at the shop windows!)

i walked home and met greg for dinner at our local japanese restaurant (i had shrimp and vegetable tempura and a salad) and chanda came home a little while ago from dress rehearsal. she was just rummaging through my bags looking for a g size crochet hook as she's beginning a project from the latest pom pom magazine.

i couldn't resist picking up a black cat notions bag for her, complete with black cat note book. 

needle toppers for korrina and i.