Rhinebeck, Commerce Style
Now part of the fun of Rhinebeck is the critters (see the previous post), and part of it is the snacks, and part of it is the completely shameless knitterly abandon with which everyone curates their wardrobes. But I would not be being honest if I didn't admit that part of the fun is the shopping opportunities. I confess I indulged. Though technically I brought home less yarn than last year. What I lacked in yardage I made up for in volume. Yarnwise, I was very restrained. A mere two skeins of Green Mountain Spinnery's Simply Fine followed me home. [...]
Rhinebeck, Critter Style
I'm home. I'm home, and I have a nearly ridiculous list of things I want to tell you about the trip. I fear you'll grow rather sick of it by the time we're done. There was yarn, of course, and blankets. There was unexpected fibery goodness in unlikely spots, completely unplanned knitting (knitting in support of a wildly unlikely project that will, itself, feature largely here over the next few months), planned knitting, surprise knitting (plus bonus kitten), treasure hunting, immolation, and quite a few other things as well. As usual, I make no guarantee of chronological integrity. I will [...]
Smaht Fahm (in pictures)
A little while ago, I got a handy dandy email telling me about a local event I might be interested in. An Alpaca Day. An Alpaca Day at a local farm. The Boy and I piled into the car, made a fortifying breakfast stop, and were on our way. We arrived to find there were indeed alpacas. Alpacas who were happy to receive our offerings. But alpacas were not the only critters to be found. There were also guard kittens. Fearsomely cute guard kittens (who very much liked their ears scratched). And chickens (who did not so much want their [...]
Dash
The plan went something like this. Dash off to Chicago after work on Friday, hang out during the day on Saturday, see a concert that night, zip back home Sunday in time for a nice leisurely evening. This is a perfectly viable plan in the town you're going to and the town you're coming from are close to each other. Cleveland and Chicago...aren't. Especially when you change that to 'eastern suburb of Cleveland' and 'western suburb of Chicago.' I think we spent more time in the car than we did, awake, in the city. Those plans to fill a few [...]
Going going…
I just went to package up this morning's out going books, and realized I'm down to only a tiny handful of copies of Rabble Rousers. Tiny like a dozen. If you've been wanting to get one, this might be the time. I don't have any plans to reprint these, so when they're gone, they're gone. Of course the electronic version will still be available, but I know some folks prefer paper. And as always, if you get the paper version from me, you get the electronic version for free too. And, in much more fun news, if you had a [...]
Sandy
One of the goals for the San Francisco trip was to get some photos of the current sock. We tried going out and finding something with the bridge in the background (we're tourists, we're allowed), but it wasn't quite working out. So I stuffed the socks in my purse as we headed out on our last day in town. We were going to Point Reyes for a bit of beach storming, and I thought there might possibly be the odd bit of pretty we could use for sock pictures. Yup, that will do. That too. We stomped our way out [...]
Out the Door
I'm out the door bright and early this morning and on my way to TNNA. This afternoon is booth set up, this evening is stiff drinks and catching up with friends. I'm looking forward to it. Levon, on the other hand, does not seem to approve. He thinks I just got home and have no business heading out again so soon. I'm not totally sure he's wrong... Hah, AS I was typing the above, Barry and Douglas came to join the party. Why have one kitten when you can have three! Note, this kitten configuration is unstable and did not [...]
This Time I Brought the Camera
I am packing for TNNA. Or possibly driving to TNNA. Or, depending on just how much time I have and how diligent I am about writing posts ahead of time to go up while I'm down there, possibly even hanging out at TNNA. But just because I'm in a bit of a panicked daze doesn't mean you should go without something to see. So, how about a bit of yarn store yumminess, hmm? From the moment I found out we were going to San Francisco, I knew I wanted to visit A Verb for Keeping Warm. I'd first seen their [...]
Unexpected
Sometimes the surprise finds are the best. I knew I'd visit yarn stores on the trip, and I fully expected to enjoy them (and did). I planned to go out to the shore, and expected that to be delightful (it was). I did not expect to find a small pile of knitting loot at the Japanese dollar store. Yet somehow I did. That's some hilarious socks (alas, too small for me, but now on their way to a friend), some graph paper index cards (perfect for sticking the one little chart I always need in my travel knitting pouch), and [...]
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