Marianne Isager

August I taught for over a week at Margaret Klein Wilson's lovely annual retreat in nearby Dummerston, VT.  It is such a privilege to be there with all those great knitters, eating the best food (in part, thanks to Josie who treated us to Puerto Rican flan (twice!) and Pernil).  We laughed and knitted our way through several Maine mittens! Barely had the boxes been moved into my new place, when it was time to fly to The Netherlands for the cruise!  Nancy Marchant, who lives in Amsterdam, met me and Nancy Bush at the airport.  We played for 3 days, eating out as much as possible!   Be on the lookout for Nancy Marchant's new book on knitting Brioche (no, not the bread, silly!):  Knitting Brioche: The Essential Guide to The Brioche Stitch.  Published by North Light Books, it is now available on Amazon! Here we are eating delightful Dutch pancakes.  Mmm, very fattening... Nancy M. had let a few knitters know that Nancy B. and I would be in town, and what started out as an intimate get-together turned into a formal presentation of our respective knitting interests.  I was amazed that over 40 knitters showed up!  It was gratifying to see that our work is known and appreciated beyond the US border. Read the rest of this entry »