Gayle and I were guest speakers this week at two meetings of the Santa Cruz Knitting Guild. We enjoyed ourselves immensely and were impressed with the range of knowledge and the service that the guild organizes in our community. It just affirmed our belief that knitters are wonderful folks and reminded us that kind knitters can be found everywhere. If you have the opportunity to visit a guild in your area I encourage you to give it a try. Knitting with a group is very different than knitting solitary and gives us all the opportunity to learn and to create in community as well as providing an opportunity to knit for good. :) We are now accepting registrations for the Northern California Knitting Retreat. Information can be found in our Ravelry group here, or in the retreat Ravelry group here. Registrations will be accepted until November 5, and if we receive more than we have spaces, we will hold a lottery. Because of our guild obligations, we release a prerecorded episode this week. Please welcome Edie Eckman to our podcast and community. Edie is a wonderful teacher and author and we are pleased to have had the opportunity to chat with her. Gayle and I have been sharing the crochet love recently and ever since I took a class from Edie three years ago at TNNA, I knew she would make be an informative guest for the podcast. As always, thanks so much for listening. You can join in the chat about this episode in our Ravelry group here. - Sharlene Edie's website Edie's patterns on Ravelry What are we knitting? Magnolia Cardigan by Joji Locatelli Daughter approved by Susan Ashcroft Inner Peace by Joji Locatelli Miss Babs Ephemeral bfl/silk blend (discontinued) Edie's new book is Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home, and Tree Fit Satisfaction of Crochet Apparel (pdf link) Edie's classes on Craftsy Joining Crochet Motifs Improve your Crochet Essential Techniques How to say it: Pattern writing for knitters