Its all true, the boogie girl is real, and you've found her. She knits, sews, spins, does pottery and writes it all down in this blog.
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
I'm Alive.
I think.
Craft shows can be soooooo tiring. The first couple of days of this one were spent trying to keep the tent from blowing away. At one point I was hanging onto the tent and realized, if there is a gust of wind strong enough to lift this tent, it will lift me too, what the hell am I thinking. I promptly let go and returned to my knitting. I think knitting is the only reason I didn't completely freak out at all the broken pottery and why I didn't actually have a heart attack every time a gust of wind made my tent and all its weights move across the pavement.Just writing about it makes me nervous again so lets look at some knitting.
To start here's a photo of me. My neighbor across the way "Jean Jean the jelly selling machine" took some pics on the sly. This one she dubbed "Knittin' Kitten"
If you get a chance, check out the jams they make, they are amazing. Yum. Gypsy Wind. Husbeast took a few photos on the sly too. I'm bending over and wearing my stay puff marshmellow man sweater, no one needs to see that.
Since I knit all weekend I did get a few things done. I've been designing a pair of socks for husbeast. 
I finished one so far. This man doesn't have a large foot exactly, but his foot is bigger than the rest of the people I knit for. It also may look extraordinarily long. Its not. On a 6foot8 man the sock needs to be a bit taller in order to not look like an anklet. 
Click to see larger pic taken on the dog bed.
Yarn: Bernat Hot socks (acrylic and Nylon)
Needles Size 2.75mm
These are birthday socks for little M. I started them Saturday night and finished them Sunday night. They are the first in the series for the Six sox knit along. They were so fast and the pattern was easily memorized. I plan to make a couple more pairs. I'm sorry for the photos but still there is no sun here. I heard rumors that there may have been sun over the weekend but its certainly gone now.I also finished Mom's birthday socks just before I left. I handed them to her without taking a picture. The WIP photo will have to suffice. 
Yarn: Sockotta color 20 (coton, wook and nylon)
Needles 2.25 mm
I did work on other stuff this weekend as well. I need to finish a couple of inches on Kate's front and then I'll only need to seam and add the collar. I worked on a sock for Dad. Well, I frogged the leg of an entire sock, the pattern just didn't do it for me, so I've started a new one with a new pattern. I'll drag the sock out for a photo later.
At the risk of this post getting extremely long I want to let you all know that I did indeed stop at Patternworks on my way into town Friday. Its a great store. Its an old converted house at the end of a shopping center. the house has every nook and cranny crammed with yarn. I went through quickly because it was late and we still needed to find a hotel. I walked in and am imediately faced with gorgeous yarn and books, the setting is very pretty and the place is well lit. The wall of koigu is enough to make anyone want to strip down and roll around in it (which I think would be frowned upon). There is also a wall of manos. Lots of knitting needles. I could go on naming all the stuff they have, all the kits and cute samples but its all on their website so I don't have to. The staff is really nice and helpful which is something I wanted to make sure to mention, they are full of smiles. I talked to other people over the weekend and everyone that uses them as their LYS loves it. If you are in the area, its definitely a place worth stopping into. Halcyon still firmly has my heart and I know I will be visiting them this week sometime.
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