In the Pink
Hello Readers! I want to start with a shout out to the American Planning Association for naming Front Street here in Bath, Maine as one of the nation’s top 10 downtown streets! Not only do we have an amazing little downtown, we are the only place in New England named on the list of Great Streets!! Now here is Beth with this week’s post:
The leaves are changing (splendidly!), sweater weather is coming quickly, the new Volume XII Yarn Catalog is being put together and our Annual Open House is this weekend! So there is lots going on at Halcyon! We all have several projects on our needles, hooks and looms! And yet, some of us are always happy for an excuse to pick up yet another project and color.
Our customers are wonderful! Some of the mainstays are truly invested and eager to share their thoughts on some great marketing idea. So when Betsy o
f our Monday night ‘Sit and Knit’ group came in with a pattern saying, “You should do this!” and went on to suggest that we gather several of our pink yarns and make a display for October, I didn’t hesitate. She reminded me that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Several of us here at Halcyon, as well as many of our customers, are survivors. The pattern is a free downloadable Breast Cancer Awareness Scarf and it is lovely. I grabbed a skein of Halcyon’s Gemstone Soft Twist Silk in pink and wound it into a knittable ball. I knit the scarf in two evenings and was gratified by Betsy’s approval when I wore it to Sit and Knit this week. 
Make one for a survivor you know!
The Soft Twist Silk was a luxurious interlude from bulky hairy yarn. Like Gwynn, I am knitting an Einstein Coat, though mine isn’t nearly as colorful. And Gwynn is right; it is just the right level of simplicity. I attended a weekend conference last week and the Einstein was the perfect traveling project. Mine is out of Noro Kochoran and the color way was a great ice breaker. While at the conference, I was wearing the Side to Side cardigan I mentioned in one of the earlier blogs and several women asked for the pattern. Now, I have written the pattern but no one else has actually knit the pattern and I wanted to make sure that it was coherent. So I could hardly wait to get back to the store and pick out a current yarn. I chose the red Noro Iro, cast on and promptly discovered I had left out a step in the pattern. Quick timeout for a revision! Now it is going very quickly while satisfying my need for color. Check in next week for the finished project and pattern information!
Thank You Beth! for your busy needles and inspiration. The Pink Scarf is truly lovely and so is the awareness it symbolizes. On Sunday, I was able to finish the Purple People Eater…Bartlett Bulky doesn’t come in pink, so here is my favorite pink pic for the week. 
Meredith is my reminder to be grateful and aware. Go hug someone you love!
