A very knitterly day, the first of a very knitterly weekend.
Today was all about knitting. I dropped my honey off at school and spent the morning with myself (I'm a bit of an introvert, and solitude recharges my batteries like nothing else), having breakfast and reading Drums of Autumn and starting my gloves. After picking up said honey and dropping him off at a comic book convention, I attended a meeting of the committee of the Minnesota Knitters' Guild Yarnover; I'm so pleased that my friend Nicole invited me! I absolutely adore planning events and I hope I can bring something useful to the table. If nothing else, I can do the grunt work. Hey, I'm new - consider it hazing.
We were at the Barnes and Noble that has a remarkably good crafts section; two entire bookcase sections devoted to knitting, and they even carry some spinning books on occasion. This gave me a chance to check out Knitting Vintage Socks (a disappointment; I'm glad I didn't buy it before seeing it), Alterknits (I've heard rave reviews and thought it was a great idea, but didn't see anything I would knit), and my new favorite must-have book: Melanie Falick's Handknit Holidays. Holy tamoley, is that book beautiful. I want to make almost every project in there, which is a remarkable statement.
Tomorrow is the Minnesota Knit-Out, and I'll be there with bells on. If anyone's interested, we're meeting at Big Bowl for lunch at 11 a.m.
Tipper @ 7:31 PM * link
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