Ok, after a weekend to decompress and recover from my delightful cocktail of a headcold and jetlag, I’m back in the land of the living! The backlog of KSD orders have shipped, and fiddle-dee-dee, tomorrow is another (DYE) day to get out yarn for Sock Summit orders. I don’t think I’ll tempt fate by saying everything’s back to normal, but I’ve definitely made a dent!
Sock Summit was amazing, communal, eye-opening, joyous, over-the-top, exhausting, and exhilarating. That many sock knitters in one place, and good things had to happen, right? I got to geek out on my knitting heroines: Nancy Bush, Ann Budd, Priscilla Gibson Roberts, and (HOLY COW!) Barbara Walker, the doyenne of handknitting knowledge. Here she is, with KSD yarn in hand:
OMG! She's touching Kitchen Sink Yarn!
My neighbor down the aisle at market was the delightful Ed Jenkins, whose handcrafted spindles are just amazing. I couldn’t resist a cute ‘turkish delight’ mini-turkish spindle:
(pssst! that’s not KSD fiber! I strayed and bought some lovely plant dyed goodness from A Verb for Keeping Warm. Hussy.)
The Ravelry party was lots of fun; I got to meet lots of great knitters while I hung out at the door prize table, showing off the lovely gifts donated by the party’s sponsors.
I scored an amazing little doo-dad benefitting a great charity that any browncoats among you loyal readers will totally dig! As soon as I find the charity’s contact info (in my massively disorganized swag pile), I’ll post more info here!
Here’s Rodger and Kristin (Girl Friday), hanging at the ravelry shindig. Note the excellent combo of good people, beer and knitting. This pretty much sums up my week in Portland.
Kristin and I went to a restaurant whose food doesn’t warrant much comment (sorry, but true), but the way they wrap to-go leftovers is pic-worthy:
That tin-foil crab is trying to make off with my drink....
More pics later this week!
