Hi Agnes, This sounds really dumb, but since I'm not used to taking taxis, I don't know which number taxi or company I used. I've tried calling taxi lost and found departments but finding those numbers has been quite challenging with my limited French.

Next time, Andrea! You must be up to your ears in work from the move. Good luck with it all!

The rhythm of brioche is very relaxing, isn't it, once you fall into it? I've really been enjoying it. I guess brioche knitting is so new in the US that everyone is happily using superwash yarn to knit it and perhaps only later will the problems with the slippery yarn emerge. That is really smart of you to use laceweight yarn to limit the weight of your shawl. I'm looking forward to seeing it when its done!

I totally agree with you, Kelly! Wooly wools don't have the same instant appeal, but they last forever and you can do anything with them!!!!

Thank you very much, Agnes! After all that hard work knitting the body of the shawl it was an enormous relief that the fix worked for the border so all that time wasn't wasted!!

Oh, no! I'm so sorry to hear about your experience. Let me know how it goes this time!

Thank you so much, Virginia! I really appreciate hearing that something I wrote was useful. It keeps me going! So glad to hear your brioche project is going well with the great wool you chose. Sorry to hear about the superwash misadventures. It can be very confusing sorting out which fibers to use when, can't it?

Thank you for your support, Agnes! I learned so much from this experience that I don't regret any of the mistakes I made. It became a mini workshop for me on what does and doesn't work when trying this new technique!!! It's opened my eyes to the importance of fiber choices in projects for sure!

Thank you for your input, Caroline! I really feel this was the best nugget of information I learned at the whole conference, apart from the inspiration of looking at all the things, of course!

Hi Jennifer, Thanks for sharing your experience. I got the impression that this information is not in Marchant's book. She seemed to indicate in this class that she has come to this conclusion recently after looking at what happened to the garments knitted for the book in superwash or silk blend yarns over time. She recommended mohair and wool instead and said that those projects had held up really well. When you think about it, Marchant learned the brioche technique in Holland, where they use it as a traditional stitch knitted in grabby wools so it makes sense that it is proved to work in those yarns. I think it is only more recently with the brioche trend in the US and spreading elsewhere that we have been using the technique in the new "hot" yarns with superwash....

Thank you so much for your comment! I do recommend the yarn and will definitely knit with it again. :-)

That is an interesting idea to try ironing it. I had not thought of that! Perhaps with a press cloth...

Thank you for the great suggestion, Agnes! If you have the Knit Stars 1.0, it sounds like it would be valuable to watch first--I have seen some wonderful video tutorials by Weisenberger and I would guess that with visual accompaniment her approach would be very clear. Also, Caroline just commented below that she had a good experience with at least one pattern in the Cocoknits sweater book. It sounds like those patterns, at least the pattern Emma, is easy to follow. :-)

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with Emma! It is great to hear it is a straightforward knit, as I had purchased the cocoknits Sweater Workshop book along with the standalone pattern and was hoping the book patterns were easier to follow. It sounds like they definitely are so I will prioritize Emma especially as a future knit. Both my KAL partner and I felt that, as you said, we would have been much better off if we had started with at least one pattern in the book first before we tackled a standalone design. I agree with you that would probably have made the whole process easier!

Yes, small comforting projects are the core of the joy of knitting, right? Thank you for your words of praise about the hat. It is just such a gorgeous pattern. I have now embarked on fingering weight socks. They are not as hard as I thought they would be but I do notice some finger pain. Not sure why. Perhaps because of the yarn management, since the yarn is so fine I am gripping it more tightly?

That is such a clever idea!!!

Hi Kerrie, Yes now you can just print out the chart and voilà presto, it will be easy to knit the sleeves. The yoke instructions are fine but there is no chart for that section, it is words only, which might be a bit challenging for some. Anyway I think this cardigan would suit you, and the yarn is great.