Friday, March 6, 2009

For knitting this morning, Kathleen made a cake that was as delicious as it was gorgeous. As everyone who knows her knows, she used her CakeVase to decorate this cake. For those of you reading this blog who don't know her, Kathleen invented this amazing device, and she runs a business that manufactures, markets, and sells the CakeVase. The CakeVase is so simple, yet so brilliant. It's a round plastic ring that fits easily on the top of a cake, in a bowl, on a plate, etc. Put fresh or artificial flowers in and instantly you have a beautiful decoration. To learn more about the CakeVase click here for the product website. Kathleen has also started a CakeVase blog, and the link for it is on the upper left side of the CakeVase website.

Almost done! Mary and Priscilla show off Mary's shopping bag, which is minutes from competion! She's working on the bottom section. Last year Priscilla made an identical bag.

Thanks for Kathleen for having us over on this gorgeous day, and for the yummy cake and fruit. She continues to work on her lace scarf, Carol is working on a new cozy, Mary's almost done with her shopping bag, Priscilla's making headway on her scarf, Sue plods along on her vest, and Cathy is wrapping up a shopping bag. We didn't talk much about the afghan project, but Priscilla mentioned that Knitpicks.com sent an email with a new yarn in the color palette for the afghan that Cathy suggested at last week's knitting. Here's the link so take a look, but note it's for color only, not yarn content or yarn brand. We also talked about alternating coffee shop weeks with house weeks. Next week we'll go to The Last Drop at the corner of Beverly and Oakland. Since they stood us up last fall, I'll call them Thursday to make sure they're going to be open on Friday morning and send an email around.