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July 28, 2008
The knitting continues...
Even as busy as I've been - OF COURSE there's been time for knitting!
Let's see.... where to begin?
I finished a baby gift for one of my friends, by she reads this blog, so she's going to have to wait until her baby shower! (Err - that reminds me - buy stamps tomorrow!)
I started a new pair of socks while I was at my conference 2 weekends ago at the Lake. I bought the yarn - Happy Feet - at a little yarn shop in Osage Beach called the Yarn Basket. It is temptingly located right next to a frozen custard shop, but I was there pretty early in the day so I resisted. The owner is kind of old school - she doesn't really do the internet thing - but she was really nice and let me hang out there for over an hour killing time before my next meeting. I had some really great knitting time during my meeting, but I ended up rippping it out and restarting with a new pattern. It's the Go With the Flow pattern from Favorite Socks.
Next up! I cut out a bazillion squares for a scrap quilt.
I'm just kind of making this up as I go. I finished sewing the squares together last weekend. I'm still trying to decide on the pattern for the quilting - any thoughts?
(Please keep in mind that I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to quilting. I just wing it. So nothing fancy, K?)
Finally, I pulled out an old project and worked a little more on it. I'm just going to put up a sneak peek since it will probably be a Christmas gift.
I'm off on another bit of traveling... I have a conference in Chicago next week, and I'm taking advantage of the work-sponsored travel (as well as saving work a bit of money on the flight) and going a couple of days early to visit my friend Claire.
Chicken Knits posted about her visit to Loopy Yarns earlier today, so that's definitely in my travel plans! Any other suggestions while I'm there?
Posted by zarah at July 28, 2008 8:25 PM
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Mmmmm, love that Manos Silk Blend! :-) I'll be eager to hear about Loopy Yarns - I've been wanting to visit that shop myself.
Posted by: Tammy at July 28, 2008 9:19 PM
Oooh, I am loving these projects! I've yet to knit socks. I am hoping to tackle this soon, after I go through my yarn stash. The scrap quilt looks great too!
Hope your day is great,
K
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at July 29, 2008 11:08 AM
My favorite shop here in Chicago is "My Sisters Knits" down on the southside. Also, Knitwerks is not too far from Loopy - Knitwerks has a beautiful custom colorway from Lornas Laces. Have a great time while you're here - summer in Chicago is so much fun! :)
Posted by: Amy at July 29, 2008 8:20 PM
Hmmm, a Chevron Scarf? That's my guess. Very pretty colors.
Posted by: Jennifer at July 30, 2008 7:10 AM
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