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Guild

Our speaker this month was Terri Shea, author of Selbuvotter. She was a very engaging speaker and was so blown away by the crowd that is our guild that she had to take photos, ala Harlot style.



Finished

My columns scarf made from lovely yarn from Brooks Farm.




Knitting On The Brain
At work the other day, out of the corner of my eye, I thought I spied a stitch marker and wondered how one could have gotten onto my office desk.



Duh!



Seen On My Travels

I saw this lovely, lovely house for sale.



7 bedrooms, 6.5 baths. over 5000 square feet. And 3 car garage.



Asking price - over $600,000.

But here's the view from the front porch.



Recuperating
Thanks for the well wishes for meine Mutter. She is healing fast and doing well considering her surgery was less than 2 weeks ago.

Vanity

Vanity plate seen yesterday on this vehicle.

SIN WAGN.

Really.

The mind reels.

Whether the owners are baby boomers or gen x, my only thought is WTF?

Seen Today

This vehicle with a personalized license plate that says SX PSTLS.

On The Grid

You gotta love technology.

I'm sitting in my mom's hospital room, blogging while she (and Dad) nap. She had knee replacement surgery yesterday and is doing well. Unfortunately she'll have to go through this all again as the other knee needs to be replaced.

Overdue thanks to my Emma, my partner in the Indied Dyed yarn swap on Ravelry. Just look at the bounty.

Package from Italy!


I can't believe how much she fit into the box -


Earrings.


Key chain and coaster.


Shawl pin


All of the above was packed into this accessory bag.


Tissue.


Notepads.


And the gorgeous yarn


And more gorgeousness!


A scarf she knit for me.


A group photo - she also included an Italian knitting magazine and a Jodi Picoult book- this will be the first I've read of her books.


On The Needles

Dragonfly by Susan Pandorf. I found Earthfaire through The Faculty Meeting Knitter. This pattern has hundreds of beads. I don't have it with me as anything beaded (especially with such small beads) is not traveling knitting.





It takes me forever to do a row, but the effect will be well worth it.

And, make sure you're all sitting down...

we have a sock. I'm following the pattern from Cat Borhi's new book, Personal Footprints for Insouciant Sock Knitters as part of a class taught by Amy Detjen.



Nothing like a sock with a steek.

Stay tuned to see how this turns out.

Finds - Part IV

More finds in local thrift stores.

The first is a 1941 booklet from Chadwick's Red Heart.



Notice how the hats are not all that practical - more decorative than for warmth - none of them cover the ears.



For every stylish businessman -


Look at the braid on that hat - what a complete waste of yarn! Obviously this book was printed and released before Pearl Harbor. I don't think wartime knitting patterns would have patterns like this.




Look at those socks - yes, folks, that is indeed fringe around the entire sock. You are viewing the original Swiffer.


I had no idea Red Heart used to offer "Knitting Worsted 4 Fold," "Shetland Floss," "Sweater Wool," and "Sports Yarn." According to my local expert (my mom) they were a decent quality, dye lots always true kind of yarn.


The second - Lacey's Book of Classics for the Entire Family, Volume 26 - is mainly sweater, cardigan, and vest patterns. Like some of the other booklets I've found, the patterns are not named but are numbered. The first pattern in the booklet, a children's pullover sweater with set in sleeves, is inspiringly called No. 2601.


Again, a pipe is the ultimate male accessory. My dad (a pipe and cigar smoker) was so vogue.


I had to share the back cover page. Notice volume 23 and how the boy is gazing at the girl. Now look at volume 24 and how the roles are reversed with the adults. I'm telling you all - it's all in the pipe. (OK, ya'll - stop thinking of all the euphemisms.)