Why my friends are the best...

Yumi and N8an are going to take my Knitting 101 class next week. Which is incredibly sweet of them and means that the class will indeed take place (no customers, no class!), so the store folks who want to attend can do so also. I'm figuring I'll probably have between 4 and 6 including "my peeps". (oh gods, I just imagined Yumi and N8an as little marshmallow chickens!)

So now I have to put together my "why knitting is fun and you should do it every day" intro speech and some kind of a basic learn-to-knit lesson plan. You'd think I would do this before actually offering the class, but apparently I am bass-ackwards in this regard. Is anyone surprised?

I also have 24 hours to prepare my June class offerings and about a week and a half to knit up the samples for those. Which will be (drumroll please... socks!). I'm taking an idea I saw in a sock pattern and knitting the sample socks in several colours, one colour for each "step" of the sock so the students can see how it breaks down. And for teaching purposes we're going to use worsted-weight (or maybe chunky!) because knitting your very first sock in actual sock yarn I think would make a person lose faith... they take a really long time on the wee needles.

I'm looking forward to the classes - hoping for some sign-ups for the hat and coffee cozy still, but I won't sweat it too much if there's no interest for the first month. Gotta do more promotions, that's for sure! I've also decided that in July (see, planning ahead now, good me!) I'm going to do a "Kids Can Knit Camp" on Friday afternoons. It'll be a boost in traffic for the store (I hope) and will also improve my teaching skills. Although I have been told that kids learn to knit FAR more easily than adults. We shall see.

Now, my own knitting! Finished a sock in Patons Classic Wool and cast on for the second to go with my new Earth Shoes. I want LOTS of socks to wear with these sandals, they are so so so SO comfy! Still working on the Tequila Sunrise sock #1. Still avoiding seaming up Peter's sweater (gotta be done for the wedding!). And 3/4 done on the Wedding Afghan, which I confirmed last night is going to look PERFECT in the boys' living room. Yay! AND - I'm into the body of my Rumor cardigan, which is looking more and more like a weird alien and less like a sweater with every row. I am persevering with optimism.

Oh, and Sunday we cleaned up the backyard and garden. We have grandiose plans for that - it was such a lovely day to be outdoors and we started thinking what we wanted to do and what we could afford to do (time and money), and I think once we get rolling it's going to be lovely. I already have a comfy outdoor chair under a tree for shady knitting time. :)

And now, back to work. I've been super-busy lately (what else is new?) so I'm blogging at lunchtime because I'm just too dang tired in the evenings to sit in front of the computer. But I just finished my chicken tikka masala and now must do a few more things before my meeting in 45 minutes. Have a terrific day all!