Stitches Update

Stitches has been over for what, 3 weeks already and I’m just getting around to doing a recap post. Sorry ’bout that, things are pretty crazy around here. No swine flu here, not even the regular flu, just a lot of work and not a lot of free time. But tonight I have some time, so, yay!

Stitches was fun, I even got to see some of you, although I did miss a few of you too as I left early. The yarn4socks booth was quite nice I thought but since photography wasn’t allowed I didn’t take any pictures of the booth. I did sneak quick camera phone pictures of my box bags before the marketplace opened though. They’re not very good but they’ll have to do.

I didn’t have a lot of room on the table so had to keep most of the box bags folded in a basket as you can see below:

I didn’t sell as much as I was hoping but did sell quite a few. The remaining bags are going to several shops so it wasn’t a waste at all. (if you’re interested 20 bags are going up at yarn4socks at this Sunday’s update)

I didn’t go crazy with the purchases and only bought 2 things:

I hadn’t had a chance to see Jared Flood’s new book yet but I knew I wanted to make the vest on the cover. I was also attracted to the colors in the Zauberball and just had to bring one home with me. I knew I wasn’t going to knit socks with it but I knew that it would be perfect for a pattern I had just purchased, Little Colonnade by Stephen West, which you saw last week.

On a side note about Stitches: Did you know that the first thing I noticed the first time I walked onto the Marketplace was the full rows of Socks that Rocks at the Webs booth. I couldn’t believe it but I later found out that Webs is now going to be carrying STR, not online though but only in their store. What I thought was ironic was that the previous weekend, people were lining up for hours at the STR booth at Rhinebeck to get a skein of STR (I probably would have too, if I’d gone) and it was available right there a few days later, without any queuing involved. So if you’re in the market for STR, make a little trip to Webs, you’ll be able to buy all you want!

Stitches East is going to be in Hartford for the next 2 years so I’m sure I’ll get a chance to go next year! Maybe I’ll buy more yarn! : )

Reds & Oranges

After Purple, come the Reds and Oranges.

On the left are a pair (well, not quite a pair) of sleeves for my Ursa cardigan. Now that I don’t have any deadline knitting anymore I’ve decided to work mostly on my cardigan so that I could maybe have it done by Christmas. I don’t think that will happen but you never know, and it is good to have goals! I’m really looking forward to starting the body of the cardigan.

The other project is Little Colonnade by Stephen West knit in the Zauberball I bought at Stitches East (I just realized I never showed you what I got at Stitches!). I’m about 2/3 of the way on the stockinette section and the rows are getting long!

I only have these 2 projects on the needles, no socks at all. I will be traveling in a few days so will definitely need to cast on for a pair before I leave. Any suggestions for cool sock patterns appropriate for traveling?

Purple

For some reason, I’ve never been a big fan of purple. I don’ t know why but somehow, my last 3 FO’s are purple. How did that happen?

First there was the Kensington Cowl knit in Araucania Coliumo Solid in Purple. [Ravelry details]

Then there was the Felicity Hat knit in Madelinetosh Tosh Merino in Wisteria [Ravelry details]

Lastly, the Tessarae Socks knit in Madelinetosh Sock in Black Currant [Ravelry details]

I also bought myself a purple hobo handbag from Target

Even better, purple is one of the trendy colors for winter 09 so I guess I’ll be quite fashionable this winter!

BTW, I love my Felicity Hat. It’s the perfect hat. It knits up quick and I could see having one in every color!

Playing catch up

Spare time has been scarce lately getting things ready for Stitches East. Hopefully, after the weekend I’ll have more time again!

I really should be getting ready to leave but I really wanted to leave you with a few pretty pictures of a few pretty piles in my life.

Piles of knits

These are all samples that will be hanging around the booth at Stitches East

Pile of bags

I don’t know how many bags I ended up making for the show, but here are most of them. I hope they do well and find new homes!

Piles of fabric

All these fabrics were waiting to be put away although some still need to get prewashed. I love seeing all these pretty fabrics together.

Piles of vegetables

I’ve only got one more week of CSA and then it’s over. I’ll be sad not to have all these fresh vegetables, but in a way it will be nice not to have to cook as much!

If you’re going to Stitches East, come visit me at booth 418, I’d love to see you!

WIP Wednesday

It’s not vacation time anymore,  it’s time for some knitting!

My knitting time has seriously been reduced these past months, it seems that most of my free time I’m sewing box bags lately. Thankfully, Stitches East is next week and after that I’ll be done with this particular rush.

I have been knitting for Stitches East as well, so what you see today are items that I hope to have done by next Thursday!

First up are my Tessarae Socks:

I only needed one sock for Stitches so I’m all set with that. I will be bringing sock #2 along in case there’s some downtime.

Up next, my Lu Vest:

This one is 99% done, I really just need to weave in the 6 ends, and then I’ll be done. Maybe I’ll be able to get some good FO shots this weekend!

Last but not least, my only real WIP:

This is Carol’s Kensington Cowl. I am about 2/3 done and I hope to get another few rows done tonight. I definitely should have this done in time for Stitches. It wasn’t until I took this photo that I noticed the difference in the 2 skeins I’ve used so far. I’m hoping that since I hadn’t noticed until then I won’t notice it anymore.

If you’re in New England, I really hope to see you there!

Disney vacation contest results!

Thank you to everyone who’ve participated in my little contest. It was quite fun reading all of your guesses for my seven clues. Some of you were often right! The one who was the most often right with 4 rights out of seven, and that person is Annette of  Confessions of a Yarn Addict. Congratulations Annette!

Here are the exact answers to the 7 clues:

1. Tom Sawyer Island – Magic Kingdom (no one guessed this but 2 people guessed the closest with Disney)
2. Train that goes to Rafiki’s Planet Watch – Animal Kingdom (the closest guesses was for the African area of Animal Kingdom)
3. Toy Story Mania – Hollywood Studios
4. It’s a small world – Magic Kingdom
5. Wilderness Lodge
6. Norway pavilion – Epcot
7. Spaceship Earth pavilion – Epcot (for this I accepted Epcot Center Globe)

Here a few additional pictures that were taken around Disney that I thought were interesting, enjoy! Feel free to click on each picture for additional details.

Where in the world is? Clue #7

I guess I don’t know how to count! Yesterday I said that there were 3 clues left. I have absolutely no idea where I pulled that number from. Clue #7 is actually the last clue, even this is quite fun and I could have a lot more pictures for  you. But I’m sure you’d like to see some knitting too again, so knitting content will resume on Monday.

So for the last clue I present something that should be very easy!

Contest winners, solutions to the clues and a few last photos of my trip will come on Sunday.

Where in the world is? Clue #6

We’re nearing the end of my Where in the world is? contest. There are only 3 clues left!

Today’s clue is knitting-related. Yes, I somehow found something that had something to do with knitting at Disney. Where do you think I saw this?

I did not buy one of these kits, but I was tempted!

ETA: The kit is one of the Learn to Knit kit, like this one.

Where in the world is? Clue #5

Boy, you guys are good! You’re guessing pretty accurately, it’s going to be tough figuring out who’s going to win!

After the egret and the platypus, today we have a pair of green bisons…

So let’s see if you can figure out where these are from!

Where in the world is? Clue #4

So where did I find these little cuties?

Anybody knows?

If you know the answer, watch out! You just might be stuck with the song for the rest of the day! I know I did! ; )