SS09 Countdown

I am in serious countdown mode to Sock Summit. The group on Ravelry dedicated to this glorious event is quite active, as you can imagine. The thread about the Sock Museum inspired me to finally attempt The Mermaid Sock and my version is humming along nicely. In the process, I have learned a new heel and how to graft stitches more efficiently. GrammaK (on Ravelry) is submitting a Mermaid Sock to the Sock Museum project and she faved mine. What an honor!

As I mentioned in the previous post, we celebrated an anniversary. That evening we picked our daughter up at the airport and she surprised us with a container of live (thank goodness) lobsters. We enjoyed them for lunch yesterday. Yes, they were quite tasty.

Happy 4th of July

Summer has officially arrived in SoCal. Tomato plants are full of fruit and the temperature is rising. Our first 4th of July fireworks will be observed at the Altadena CC Thursday (the 2nd). We will park the big blue truck on the southern border of the golf course to enjoy the display. It is always a treat! We may even purchase tickets and attend the Rose Bowl extravaganza!

I hope to have some exciting knitting news about my Central Park Hoodie in progress in the next few days. Exciting for me, that is. My current dilemma is which pair of socks to cast on. Should it be the Orion Socks (the official sock pattern for Sock Summit) or Lucy Neatby's Mermaid Socks from her book Cool Socks Warm Feet? Suggestions/advice will be cheerfully entertained.

Sock Summit

As many of you already know, I am going to attend Sock Summit this August, in Portland. I have official confirmation of classes and am over the moon (Blue Moon, that is)!!! Not only will I be attending the Opening Night Reception, Luminary Panel and Sock Hop...I will also be in Four ways to Start a Toe-Up Sock, Special Stitches for Special Handpainted Yarns, Judy's Magic Cast-On, Grafted Bind Off for 1x1 Rib and Three Traditional Beginnings:Casting on for Socks. The last class is a switch with a friend for a class she really wants that I grabbed in the frenzy. 

Everyone connected to this event deserves a BIG THANK YOU for stepping out on a limb and having the vision and spunk to make it happen. It is going to be so much fun. Thank you, again!

Barn Raising Quilt Project

While waiting to hear (fingers crossed) good news from the hard-working BMFA crew ...hard at work trying to unravel the server crashes and missing classes, I have been making squares for the Barn Raising Quilt charity project. The pattern is easy and the resulting squares can be quite beautiful. After a soak in Eucalan and a spin in the salad spinner they are left to dry on the kitchen counter as normally sunny Southern California is in June gloom at the moment. By the way, that link is supposed to get you a free sample...so it is worth a click!  The squares are going to be assembled at Abundant Yarn and Dyeworks in Portland and the quilts will be auctioned off at Sock Summit to benefit Doctors Without Borders.

Sorry, sorry!

I know it has been a very long time since posting here...however, life has been busier than usual for me. 

 

My DD has defended her thesis successfully - so, as you might imagine, there were a few nervous moments before and many celebrations afterwards. All went well and she is quite happy to have survived the process unscathed. Graduation is in a few weeks and it looks like a wonderful swirl of events pre and post hooding.

I have been teaching quite a bit and have met many interesting, wonderful people at Skein. If you are tying to catch up with me (except for graduation week), I can be found there on Tuesdays, alternate Fridays and Saturdays.

On Sunday, Greg and I went to Brookside Park to check out the AKC Show. You know, I think it might be true what they say about people looking like their dogs!

Then there were a few things that just tickled me....

The other news I have will have to wait. As many of you already know, Sock Summit is coming up in August...I am set to go - airline reservations made, room booked. What classes I will have remains to be seen. Once the dust settles from the registration server crash, the brave souls from BMFA will let me know!  My fingers are crossed that I will have more than one-hour-wonders.