As you probably know, Saturday was Worldwide Knit in Public Day. Saturday was also my brother-in-law's graduation from UCSB, which meant I wasn't able to attend a local KIP event. But, that certainly doesn't stop me and the family. We pulled out our needles and enjoyed a warm Santa Barbara day knitting in the sun as we waited for Tyler to walk across the stage. It was really quite brilliant because that's a lot of names to listen to.


Last week I received my first pattern design back from my test knitter. The pattern has been passed on to the tech editor. Meanwhile I'm working on photography of the garment. I use Fiona, my Dritz dress form when I'm designing. It's great because I can adjust the size, but I don't want to use her for photography because she's purple. Today I shopped for a dress form for photography and found this pretty gal on eBay:


I've always wanted a professional dressmakers form. She'll be here next week. I need to come up with a name for her. Any suggestions? It will be really nice to have two dress forms. I can bring Fiona to my home where I knit and the new gal will stay at my office where I design.