Meanwhile, keep reading, keep knitting!

We will continue to meet at the InterFaith Bookstore of Amherst (formerly L.A.O.S.) in the Carriage Shops at 233 No. Pleasant Street, Amherst.

Our space is now a lovely small gallery with a new exhibit each month, and I look forward to seeing you there.

Until then, I'm enjoying the last of summer and hope you are, too.

If you'd like a preview, it's on the Art Walk of Amherst, and will be open this Thursday, August 2, 5-8 p.m. Sculptor Ian Childers is the featured artist for August.

I hope you're having a lovely summer, and look forward to seeing you in the fall.

Thursday, May 24, 7 p.m. for reading, knitting and snacking.

at L.A.O.S. Bookstore, upstairs in the Carriage Shops, 233 North Pleasant Street, Amherst

And munched.

And - of course - KNIT!

Look forward to seeing you next month, Thursday, May 24 at 7 p.m.

It's Tourist Season, by award winning writer Enid Shomer.

This is a new collection of stories about resilient women aged seventeen to seventy, each at a pivotal point in her life.

All this, refreshments and knitting, too! Hope to see you Thursday night, April 26.

Here are the choices:

Locally, there's a stellar event happening at the Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley. Jeanne Braham and Barry Moser will read and sign The Light Within the Light: Portrais of Donald Hall, Richard Wilbur, Maxine Kumin & Stanley Kunitz.

Each poet-profile in The Light Within the Light is based on intimate personal interviews exploring the landscapes, lives, and artistic achievements of these four New England luminaries. Poems are woven into each essay, allowing the reader to experience the poet’s world in his or her own words. Illustrated with engravings by Barry Moser, this book celebrates both the spirit of the place and the genius of its distinguished poets.

And in New York City, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, the Yarn Harlot, will launch her newest book, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting.

here at 6 p.m.

Take your pick. You can't go wrong. And next month I have a wonderful new book of stories to share, Tourist Season.

Hope to see you soon!

KnitLit READS, Thursday, February 22, 7 p.m. at L.A.O.S. Bookstore, upstairs in The Carriage Shops, 233 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA.

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Published in 1971, it's written and illustrated by the justly famous and prolific Russell Hoban and Lillian Hoban. Although there was an animated video made from this O.Henry-like story, the book is a singular treat.

But plans often go awry, and that's what happened Friday night. As it turns out, three of the people in attendance personally knew the subject of the KnitLit (too) story, "The Live-Lobster Sweater", written by Suzanne Strempek Shea. So, in honor of Suzanne and the subject of her story, Zedra Jurist Aranow, we read her story.

To lighten up the mood after Suzanne's moving story, we then read one of my all-time personal favorites, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's "Our Knitting Heroine". It's as funny as always.

"More!", everyone cried, so Jay Elliott read "Aunt Ruth" from KnitLit.

To end the evening we read the prologue and coda from Mary Barnard's Time and the White Tigress, the 1986 Western States Book Award for Poetry.

This extraordinary volume is divided into ten Fyttes:

Fit, fytte, obs. exc. arch. Some regard the word as identical with OHG fiza list of cloth, mod. Ger. fitze skein of yarn, also explained in the 17th c. as the thread with which weavers mark off a day's work; the send 'division or canto of a poem' might well be a transferred use of this... O.E.D.

The light comes! With best wishes for the New Year,

This is a wonderful time to share the light with other knitters, hear stories read to you, work on finishing projects ... or just knit to relax.

We will be reading a couple of seasonal stories, followed by a KnitLit selection. Everyone at the Fiber Art Center looks forward to this, and it's one of the most delightful spots in Amherst to spend a cold winter evening and finish your shopping at the same time.

This exhibit alone is worth the trip!

Luann Udell

Small Works: Spirits and Shrines
November 16 – January 13, 2007

A holiday small works exhibition of small works including fiber related shrines, icons, talisman, amulets, reliquaries and other spiritual and mystical works. Selected artists from across the country. Holiday gifts for all.

Hope to see you there,

For December we will combine our regular meeting with the annual Solstice Knit-In, held Friday, December 22, 5-7 pm at the Fiber Art Center 79 South Pleasant Street in Amherst. This is always a fun time - come and bring your knitting friends!

L.A.O.S. Bookstore
The Carriage Shops
233 N. Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002

Hope to see you there. Refreshments as always!

Look forward to seeing you all then, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!