People I'm going to meet, and other stuff

Okay, there should be some pictures in this post taken with the new camera. I hope. I want to take it with me to The Point tomorrow, when I get to meet Knitty's Amy Singer (which is the only way I've ever seen her referred to in blogs. I wonder if she gets tired of it?). I'm very excited about the whole thing, not just because she's, you know, Amy from Knitty (see? I'm trying to change it up a little), but because I've had a design I want to submit to Knitty for awhile now and just haven't had the impetus to finish knitting it. I'm hoping during the "submit a design" portion of the evening, she'll tell me how much she loves it, because I think that would give me a good hard shove in the right direction. Or she'll tell me it's shite and I can leave that project on the back burner and knit more socks.

As previously mentioned, I had planned a whole weekend chock full of fiber related activity. Tomorrow night is the Point/Knitty thing, Saturday there's the Garden State Sheep and Fiber Festival and then Sunday is NYC's Knit Out (and my knitting hero, the Yarn Harlot, will be there. Yippee! Digression: I am not normally a "go and meet the author who neither knows nor cares anything about me but just happens to be famous" kind of person. But the Yarn Harlot is special. It's her fault I'm knitting socks, fer cryin' out loud. So I'm going, and I'm excited, and I'm okay with it.). But after further reflection, Saturday is going to be a no-go. Becky is under the weather. I'm under the weather. The weather sucks. And mostly, it's an hour and a half away which is a really long way for me to go with the Beckster by myself, especially since I'd have to pump in the car while there. Too much. So I'm not going to that, but will still be going to Rhinebeck in October, since Chris is coming along to that one. And look -- I'm a square!



Something I learned about myself recently:
I have absolutely no concept of time, or rather the time involved in knitting. 2 socks in one week, when I've never knit a sock before, have a full time job and a little baby who still doesn't sleep through the night (it's a diaper issue -- she doesn't like them. A lot.)? No problem! Ha. You will recall I had planned to wear these for my big exciting meeting with the Yarn Harlot. I have just passed the heel on the first one. I do not see myself having a pair by Sunday. Coming off the whole Mexicali fiasco (I'm working on it, I'm working on it) this lack of being able to realistically plan projects has me somewhat concerned about my Christmas plans.

Wow. Dude. I just found the coolest thing ever (for knitters). There is an extensive online stitch encyclopedia. How did I not know about this? Holy crap, this thing is awesome! I can't believe I haven't been seeing links to it all over blogland! No pics, but she (yes, I'm assuming) does refer you to (offline) sources. I'm still digging around on the site and -- holy cow! There's a sweater generator! Knitting Fool, you rule.

And in other knitting news, I get to teach a friend to knit! Now, this is not one of those situations where said friend approached me, eager to pick up the needles and bask in my knowledge. No, this is someone I have lured in, baited with scrumptious yarn (I made her hold my ball of Cascade Imagination) and this pattern (no, the yarn and the pattern don't go together). I don't normally do this -- while I am an enabler, I try not to be a pusher. But I'm telling you, this girl was born to be a knitter. I can feel it. This week I spent just introducing her to some potential patterns so that when we go to Seaport Yarns next week, she won't be so overwhelmed by the possibilities. Well, she'll still be overwhelmed -- it's that kind of yarn store -- but at least she'll have a target in mind. She remains anonymous for now, as she wishes to present her friends and family with a fait accompli.

This is getting really long, so I'll leave the pics for tomorrow.

posted by Laura Y. @ 4:44 PM