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Why, yes it is. It is knitting. Something knit by me for a friend. I might not have a lot of time to do it but I do in fact knit. It occurred to me as I was finishing this very simple little scarf that I was sooo had. You see this dearest of friends accused me of never finishing anything. Well, hellooo have you not been paying attention. A wee bit swamped here and .. the dyeing and the sock club and the sock camp and now the sock summit and you know I just might be insane. Really it has occurred to me recently that I really might have a screw or two loose. Ooops, got off topic. I was just a tad offended by this accusation. So I did what any over achiever will do when faced with such a challenge. Instead of just making a swatch, which really all I was intending to do, I kept going. I did not realize what I was doing until I looked at it and saw that it was turning into a pretty long swatch. hmmm… I believe at this point I had accomplished my swatching goal, but could not make myself stop. (I swatch a lot, it is something you do when your business is about the yarn and the knitting.) Well fine, I will make a scarf. It is LSS and will feel very nice around a neck. Warm and soft and silky. I know I will make her a scarf, I’ll show her. Right? In walks Sophie my 11 year old and asks what I am knitting. I tell her my tale and she just stands there shaking her head and grinning at me. “ Oh Mother” she sighs. “ Are you really this easy?” Well, evidently I am. Too funny, still chuckling over this as I wrap this scarf up to mail out today. It is quite lovely and will match her coat really well. It will keep her warm and remind her that she is cared for. It tells her that her friend (me) is easy and capable of finishing something and maybe, just maybe is a wee bit of a child.
Whatever the twisted logic behind this little project it was fun. The yarn feels so great sliding between ones fingers and the color kept making this cool X thing. Simple but fun stitch pattern. Mindless knitting, my very favorite kind of knitting these days. A swatch scarf. I think I will now go swatch a sock.
October 30, 2008
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Yes, even though I hemmed and hawed and could not commit and believe at some point even said no. Blue Moon will in fact be having tis annual de-stashing sale on Saturday December 6th all day staring at 10:00 and going all day. This will take place again at the Scappoose Creek Inn This is a lovely place and they have rooms for out of towners and are giving a discount. check them out here: http://www.scappoosecreekinn.com Since the actual selling yarn part is usually done in a few wickedly crazy hours, we are also having an Xtreme Monkey Make-over party. This will include making monkeys and or decorating them in lieu of a most creative monkey contest. All of the specific details to these monkeyish shenanigans will be posted soon. The contest will be web-wide and we are also hoping to include a small web based discount along with this sale so everyone feels included. We will put an official notice on the website but I thought I should start putting it out so we could all make plans.
October 28, 2008
Wow! I have to tell you that not in our wildest dreams did we expect such a huge response so quickly. Since vivid imaginations and wild dreams are not in short supply on this team. I believe this says a lot about this sock adventure we are all about to embark on. We are pretty excited! So here is where we are at this point. We have sent all of the teacher proposal forms out as of last Monday. We sent forms to all confirmed teachers and requests for more information to all others. If you signed up on the list or have talked to either Stephanie, Cat or me and have not received it please let us know. You can email us at or use the comments section here if you like. PLEASE CHECK YOUR JUNK MAIL! If you have signed up as a sponsor we will be sending your information out this week. Those of you that have signed up for vendor information will be receiving a request from us the week of November 3rd. We are staggering these mailings in an attempt to stay sane (break for hysterical laughter) and to keep on schedule. Once we have gone over all the teacher, vendor and sponsor forms we will contact you. I think you can expect to hear from us within 3 weeks of submitting your forms. We have a very big KAL sort of project to keep us all busy and working together as we build this Summit of sock knitters. We should have all we need to start this in November and will announce it here and on the ravelry group. The following are the email addresses you can use to contact us with questions or help. Please do not hesitate to use them if you have any questions or ideas.
October 27, 2008
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