2 posts from September 2007

How exciting is it to meet a best selling author?  Quite!  And when it's the Yarn Harlot I was just over the moon!  For you non-knitter friends out there I know you have a fantastic sense of humor and you really need to read Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.  Reading her first book there were several occasions of beverage explosion from my lips with the accompanying coughing, gasping, laughing to tears.  Her next was just as good.  DH would wake with me shaking the bed laughing my head off.

We were blessed with an event here in the ATL hosted by my favorite LYS Knitch. Kim, the owner, was gracious, calm and organized.  To get approximately 700 knitters into and out-of the neighborhood with nary a stabbing with our pointy little sticks is an accomplishment I'd say.  Well knitters are well behaved on the whole but this was like a rock concert. 

We Snarkies got there early, had leisurely lunches and then got into the Knitch Zen corner for some knitting.

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I eventually made my way over to the Dark Horse Tavern to meet up with Claudia, Regan, Melissa, Fatima, Doug, Lou and others that I know their names are escaping me at the mo.  Had a yummy stout, knitted, laughed and got ready to stand in line.

So what do you do when you're waiting on line to get into the theater?  Why knit on your sock of course!

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I apologize for the pic quality, there's only so much my cell phone can handle.  This was AmyN by the Starbucks sign while we waited for the doors to open.

A couple of badly lighted pics of the crowded line in the store.  This line continued out the door, down the street and around the corner.  I would of paid money to see the faces of passersby wondering what we were in line for and then noticing that we ALL were knitting on the street.

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Me finally cozy in my 2nd row seat.  That's the beginning of Impressionist Sock.  I felt inspired by the event, truly, and began plotting my own path with the sock.  Hopefully the design in my head will come to beautiful fruition.

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Ok, so you're probably saying "What's up with the blog, lady?"  Well, sometimes life happens to ya and things get out of hand and posting is just one more thing on a busy schedule.  I try not to do many things motivated by guilt so even my dear friends couldn't get me to update.  But there's been so much piling up I have to catch up or it'll never get done.

So here's what I've been working on since we last met.

Baby Hat

There as been a baby boom amongst family and friends lately.  And I mean a BOOM, okay?  Well for a niece in NM I made this little trio of items.  The hat was cute, and the kimono was adorable, BUT

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the booties...are the cutest thing EVAH!  The pattern is from Saartje Knits (the pattern is free) and they are incredibly fast to knit.  The temptation is just to do dozens of them to keep on hand for quick gifts.

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My enabling knitting friends took me on an innocent little trip to a fabric shop to just get ONE fat-quarter to make a lining for my purse.  It's been eons since I've stepped into a fabric shop and boy have things changed!!!  I drooled and fondled and picked up some yummy fabrics.  AmyN then did me a huge favor and stitched together this sock pouch from a couple of my choices.

Isn't it loverly?  The Snarkies (the knit gang) are into quilting ya see...and they totally enjoyed getting me hooked on fabrics.

Ok, back to baby stuff.  So my daughter-in-law is expecting in April and she really wants a baby blanket but I just can't do another diagonal...nooooooo.  Instead I'm doing a Baby Bobbi Bear.

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I need to finish his arms and ears then give him some eyes and a nose and he'll be the cutest bear around.

And as if all this wasn't enough I got this idea that I wanted to design a sock.  Yep, I'm dipping my toes into designing.  It was all inspired by some beautiful Koigu Katey & Laurie got me in Charleston.  It is my all time favorite colorway.  Take a look and you'll see what I mean.

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It reminds me of impressionist paintings.  The pic doesn't quite do it justice.  If my pattern is successful and not horrific I'll be posting it for free.

Now the piece-de-resistance.  Katey has designed this incredible bag.  Hers is pink & green and is the large version.  I'm only 5'2" and the large version looks like I'm carrying my mom's bag, so I made the smaller version.

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I still need to line it (remember, the fabric store trip?) but I couldn't resist using it already.  It neatly holds 3 small projects, my knit-kit and my wallet with plenty of room for other stuff.  It's called The Luckiest and I do feel pretty lucky to have a clever designing friend.

Ok, that's it.  I'll do better at keeping things up around here.