i survived my third knitter's day out. i absolutely look forward to this day every year. it's more exciting than my birthday.
i only took one class this year instead of 2, since i didn't know if i even COULD go since the babies were due only a few weeks beforehand. i chose an afternoon class in the case that i could go, i wouldn't have to rush to get to a morning class after a sleepless night. i missed not taking 2 classes, especially since there were so many cool ones to choose from, but i wanted to allow myself some slack.
i got take out at the red rabbit. it's a wonderful old fashioned drive in burger joint where the waitstaff come to your car. much like sonic but way less commercial. we don't eat there very often, but i like to go there for patronage. got a burger, fry, coke and a bottle of water for KDO. i should have taken the time to eat there but wanted to get the the school in time to look around the yarn market and find my classroom. plus i didn't know how long it would take me to check in at registration.
parking was tricky but fortunately the school has a couple parking lots. i just had to park further than i'm used to. registration was painless and this year they gave door prizes to everyone. i got a craft magazine.
yarn market was expanded this year with new vendors. i didn't see the stand where i get the good handspun. that was a bit disappointing. my first stop was mannings, where i got cat bordhi's new sock book, and a skein of crazyball. also got a cute button. i was stepping up to check out, and saw a lady hovering around the register. i asked her if she was in line and she said "yes, and i was standing here for a while". the clerk apologized and took care of the lady, and when i stepped up to the register she apologized again becos she saw me first and not the other. i said, "get a bunch of knitters in a room full of fiber and everyone loses all sense of reality."
bought 2 baby blanket kits from knitter's dream. they were selling "bobble yarn" which i had been coveting for a couple of months now but didn't know where to buy. they had loose skeins but i really liked the blankets. i can't find an image to paste, but here's the linky of the pattern:
http://www.plymouthyarn.com/index.php?nav=cYarn.yarnDetail&yarnid=1043&searchcollection=5&pattern_id=002262#pattern-tab
i splurged and bought a skein of quiviuk. a pale terra cotta peachy color. have no clue what to do with it, but i've always wanted a skein of it. i have a luxury knits book with some lacy scarves, so that's prolly what i'll do with it. it was actually the cheapest skein there (i had picked up a red one that was $20 more), but this is a 50/50 blend with silk, so that might be why.
while i was paying for it the owner said someone else was eyeing it up and would be disappointed to find it sold. hence, why i get something becos inevitably it disappears and then i kick myself for not getting it while i had the chance.
bought some 5" size 4 DPNs. bought 2 16" circs in size 6 & 7 for making hats. bought a mother of pearl button for mil's shawl.
went to drop off my bag off in my classroom but it was still occupied. so i took my first round of purchases out to the car. the room was still not open so i did round 2 of the yarn market. i'd seen some yarns i liked but didn't buy in the first round, so that's how i wound up with the malabrigo, the frog tree and the mushishi. round 2 went out to the car.
the yarn market was packed with people. it was hard to move around. it was even harder carrying my knitting bag, my yarn bag and purse. what was frustrating was people would just stand around and talk oblivious to the fact that people were shopping. i saw one girl with a stroller, and another with a toddler in a carrier. i felt a tiny twinge of missing my kids, but remembered why i was there - a kid free day for me!
did i say that i felt like a kid at KDO? not in a kid in a candy store sort of sense (which i did feel, becos i do lose all sense of reality when surrounded by yarn) but becos i was YOUNG compared to a lot of attendees. i'd say the average age of knitter there was 55-60. a lot of women my mom's age. a lot of women my mom's age with THEIR mothers. a lot of women my mom's age with their daughters my age or older. what is it about older women that make me feel like i'm still a little girl?
sometimes KDO brings out the pretentious knitter. everyone wears hand knits there, and i wore linus (aka clapotis). at a vendor where i was buying sock yarn a woman ahead of me was buying skeins to make a clappy. the clerk commented on how pretty the yarn would be for a *CLAP-OH-TUSS* and the woman corrected her by saying "i'm a high school french teacher and *I* say "CLAP-OH-TEE". WTFUCKEE. i say cla-po-tuss and i even googled the correct pronunciation of this scarf and never did find the proper pronunciation. i don't even know what the accent syllable is. i say if you're going to be that pretentious about saying clappy's name, you have no business knitting one!
my class was really neat. i took double knitting, which is a style of knitting with 2 strands of yarn to knit an image on both sides of the fabric. it makes a double layer of fabric, which makes it really good for making potholders or reverseable wearables like a hat, scarf or blanket. our project was a potholder. the class taught us the tubular cast on and cast off and reading charts. i had a lot of trouble with the cast on and felt bad when i had to use a basic cast on for my project (i did cable cast on). basically DK is rib knitting, alternating strands of yarn. it's easier said than explained! i hate ribbing, but it wasn't too bad. it was my first "real" experience reading a chart, and it wasn't too bad but i did trip up a few times and ripped out rows (rather TINKed them). i finished my potholder last night, and did a pretty good job considering:
hubby took care of the babies and the boy while i was off doing my thing. he took the kids to the surplus store and Kmart. how he did that with 2 babies by himself i'll never know. the boy was there to help, but sometimes his "help" is more a hindrance. hubby said it wasn't too bad. it made me feel guilty that he did that. but he wanted to, and it's his choice. and eventually i'll have to do the same thing.
so KDO is done for the year. next june the class booklet will arrive, and i'll pour over it, picking the classes i want, saving up my pin money for the yarn market, and dream of my day where i'm not just a mom, wife or daughter, but a KNITTER.
i only took one class this year instead of 2, since i didn't know if i even COULD go since the babies were due only a few weeks beforehand. i chose an afternoon class in the case that i could go, i wouldn't have to rush to get to a morning class after a sleepless night. i missed not taking 2 classes, especially since there were so many cool ones to choose from, but i wanted to allow myself some slack.
i got take out at the red rabbit. it's a wonderful old fashioned drive in burger joint where the waitstaff come to your car. much like sonic but way less commercial. we don't eat there very often, but i like to go there for patronage. got a burger, fry, coke and a bottle of water for KDO. i should have taken the time to eat there but wanted to get the the school in time to look around the yarn market and find my classroom. plus i didn't know how long it would take me to check in at registration.
parking was tricky but fortunately the school has a couple parking lots. i just had to park further than i'm used to. registration was painless and this year they gave door prizes to everyone. i got a craft magazine.
yarn market was expanded this year with new vendors. i didn't see the stand where i get the good handspun. that was a bit disappointing. my first stop was mannings, where i got cat bordhi's new sock book, and a skein of crazyball. also got a cute button. i was stepping up to check out, and saw a lady hovering around the register. i asked her if she was in line and she said "yes, and i was standing here for a while". the clerk apologized and took care of the lady, and when i stepped up to the register she apologized again becos she saw me first and not the other. i said, "get a bunch of knitters in a room full of fiber and everyone loses all sense of reality."
bought 2 baby blanket kits from knitter's dream. they were selling "bobble yarn" which i had been coveting for a couple of months now but didn't know where to buy. they had loose skeins but i really liked the blankets. i can't find an image to paste, but here's the linky of the pattern:
http://www.plymouthyarn.com/index.php?nav=cYarn.yarnDetail&yarnid=1043&searchcollection=5&pattern_id=002262#pattern-tab
i splurged and bought a skein of quiviuk. a pale terra cotta peachy color. have no clue what to do with it, but i've always wanted a skein of it. i have a luxury knits book with some lacy scarves, so that's prolly what i'll do with it. it was actually the cheapest skein there (i had picked up a red one that was $20 more), but this is a 50/50 blend with silk, so that might be why.
while i was paying for it the owner said someone else was eyeing it up and would be disappointed to find it sold. hence, why i get something becos inevitably it disappears and then i kick myself for not getting it while i had the chance.
bought some 5" size 4 DPNs. bought 2 16" circs in size 6 & 7 for making hats. bought a mother of pearl button for mil's shawl.
went to drop off my bag off in my classroom but it was still occupied. so i took my first round of purchases out to the car. the room was still not open so i did round 2 of the yarn market. i'd seen some yarns i liked but didn't buy in the first round, so that's how i wound up with the malabrigo, the frog tree and the mushishi. round 2 went out to the car.
the yarn market was packed with people. it was hard to move around. it was even harder carrying my knitting bag, my yarn bag and purse. what was frustrating was people would just stand around and talk oblivious to the fact that people were shopping. i saw one girl with a stroller, and another with a toddler in a carrier. i felt a tiny twinge of missing my kids, but remembered why i was there - a kid free day for me!
did i say that i felt like a kid at KDO? not in a kid in a candy store sort of sense (which i did feel, becos i do lose all sense of reality when surrounded by yarn) but becos i was YOUNG compared to a lot of attendees. i'd say the average age of knitter there was 55-60. a lot of women my mom's age. a lot of women my mom's age with THEIR mothers. a lot of women my mom's age with their daughters my age or older. what is it about older women that make me feel like i'm still a little girl?
sometimes KDO brings out the pretentious knitter. everyone wears hand knits there, and i wore linus (aka clapotis). at a vendor where i was buying sock yarn a woman ahead of me was buying skeins to make a clappy. the clerk commented on how pretty the yarn would be for a *CLAP-OH-TUSS* and the woman corrected her by saying "i'm a high school french teacher and *I* say "CLAP-OH-TEE". WTFUCKEE. i say cla-po-tuss and i even googled the correct pronunciation of this scarf and never did find the proper pronunciation. i don't even know what the accent syllable is. i say if you're going to be that pretentious about saying clappy's name, you have no business knitting one!
my class was really neat. i took double knitting, which is a style of knitting with 2 strands of yarn to knit an image on both sides of the fabric. it makes a double layer of fabric, which makes it really good for making potholders or reverseable wearables like a hat, scarf or blanket. our project was a potholder. the class taught us the tubular cast on and cast off and reading charts. i had a lot of trouble with the cast on and felt bad when i had to use a basic cast on for my project (i did cable cast on). basically DK is rib knitting, alternating strands of yarn. it's easier said than explained! i hate ribbing, but it wasn't too bad. it was my first "real" experience reading a chart, and it wasn't too bad but i did trip up a few times and ripped out rows (rather TINKed them). i finished my potholder last night, and did a pretty good job considering:
hubby took care of the babies and the boy while i was off doing my thing. he took the kids to the surplus store and Kmart. how he did that with 2 babies by himself i'll never know. the boy was there to help, but sometimes his "help" is more a hindrance. hubby said it wasn't too bad. it made me feel guilty that he did that. but he wanted to, and it's his choice. and eventually i'll have to do the same thing.
so KDO is done for the year. next june the class booklet will arrive, and i'll pour over it, picking the classes i want, saving up my pin money for the yarn market, and dream of my day where i'm not just a mom, wife or daughter, but a KNITTER.
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