When I went to get in the car to come to work this morning, I noticed bird droppings on my windshield. I was a little miffed as I had just painstakingly washed my car Saturday morning. I hopped in and scowled at the offending mark and then had to burst out laughing. Yup... a big pile of poo. In the shape of a dragon smiling. Or something smiling. I kid you not. Happy poo.
Totally disgusting, but funny none the less. I am taking it as a reminder to smile, even when things are shitty. After all, it could always be worse. So... what did I do with my weekend? STITCHES EAST, people!
I got to see the wonderful Carole from The Celtic Knot Yarn Shop. This happens to be one of my favorite shops evar. To me it is a happy thing when I feel I can walk into a yarn shop and literally, cuddle up on the couch and knit until my hearts content. Thats what Carole has. A shop that is so comforting and homey, filled with great yarn and great people, where you can relax and shop and just be full of happiness among needles, yarn and people. And now BEADS!!! As of this weekend, they have incorporated a bead shop! YAY!!!! *happy dance*
In addition, Lindsay from TCK was there with her new venture
Her stuff is so yummy. I can't wait to stash some of her yarn. It was squishy and soft and so wonderful. One of my favorite things about her yarn is the fact that her colorways aren't take-your-ritalin happy. Know what I mean? I am talking stormy dark purple with bright sky blue and black with pink... You know? Grown up-y yarn. Not a pastel in the bunch! Its great to see an indy dyer who thinks outside the box. Mad props to Lindsay!
I have been wanting to knit this sweater for myself since the dawn of time.
It is a Vermont Fiber Designs pattern by Sue McCain. So I dropped by The Mannings booth and picked it up. From there, my only must haves were SOCK YARN *quiver* and Malabrigo *drool*.
I stopped by Lisa Souza's booth where I carried around a hank of Blimey for about 20 minutes. God I LOVE Lisa's stuff. It's just eye candy. So many colors... I just couldn't decide. And Lisa herself is so nice. :) There was plenty of it left, so I decided to wait and see if something else caught my fancy.
I wandered to Blue Moon Fiber Arts and checked out their Socks That Rock. Pretty stuff, but nothing that moved me.
I hit quite a few other booths, looking for inspiration and then happened upon Dancing Leaf Farm run by Dalis Davidson. I made my GF socks from her Salsa yarn so I am familiar with her product. I spied a hank of her Sock Hop yarn and decided to purchase it. Then I saw 4 more colorways I just fell in love with. I got a hank of Briar Patch, Pansy, Purple Passion and one other colorway that is similar to Carnival, but lighter.
I kept searching for the Malabrigo, but quite frankly, I was tired, and had a long jaunt back to the scary dark parking garage, so I gave up.
On the way out of the city, a friend called and she and I decided to see a movie.
We went to Muvico and saw Elizabeth, the Golden Age. Okay, forget the fact that
Clive Owen
The costuming was magnificent, the story well written. It was definitely worth seeing. Oh, and did I mention, Clive Owen happens to be in it.
Hm. I almost didn't notice. *rolls eyes*
Sunday, I just did random stuff around the house and knit a bit. I resisted the urge to cast on with the new yarn since I still have Shari's socks to finish. Ohhhh but it was tempting. :)
