Tent-Bound
August is usually a rough month. I’ve had this theory for a while now; August and April. In April people are angry that it is still cold and rainy and they pick fights and throw things. In August people are hot and irritated and they pick fights and shoot other people. At least that is how it goes down in Chicago. So I’ve learned to skip town in August.
Pete The Llama
I haven’t lived at home since I was 18, so my parents usually welcome me home with open arms and a tent in the front yard. Come Wednesday I will be in that tent, just me and the crickets.
Last year I went for 6 weeks, this year I’m going for 8 days. Progress! I’ve got a couple classes scheduled for the third week in August, and around that time you will be getting one of these newsletters PACKED with fall classes. PACKED! It’s going to be good.
I’ll be blogging from my parent’s log cabin in Michigan (actually, no, I’ll be blogging from the Biggby Coffee with free wireless in ‘downtown’ Allendale because the cabin has DIAL UP), so check in with me once in a while. I get a little lonely up there just hanging with my mom’s dogs, cats, goat, llama, and two fat ducks.
-Allyson
August Classes
Beginner Crochet: Want to learn to crochet? This is a great opportunity to learn the basics of crocheting! In this class we will learn to make a chain, single, half double, double, and treble crochet stitches, and how to crochet in the round. Wednesday August 19th, 7-9pm. $25
Beginner Knitting: Did you get on this mailing list in the hopes that eventually you will have the time to learn? Sign up for this beginner knitting class and learn how to cast on, bind off, and knit and purl. Thursday August 20th, 7-9pm. $25
Group Class: Only one group class scheduled this month on Monday, August 17th from 7-9pm. Save up those questions in the next couple weeks and we will get them worked through then! $15
Knitting Book Club: We are meeting tonight, Monday, August 3rd to talk about A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. If you are interested in joining the book club, send me an email. Please don’t come with knitting questions as I won’t be teaching anything (so the book club can be free of course), just come to knit and chat about our book!
Knitting in the Park! Every Tuesday evening through August 24th Grant Park plays host to a different movie. This summer’s Outdoor Film Festival has got some great movies left, including Born Yesterday, Psycho, Young Mr Lincoln, and Tootsie. Movies start at sundown, but we plan on getting their early, with food and our knitting needles of course! Want to join us? Be sure to email me (allyson [at] thesweatshopoflove.com) so we can coordinate.
