SO Darned Tired!
It's been a full and rich day - a good day - and I'm exhausted!
I'm in Chicago (acutally, St. Charles) at the Pheasant Run Resort. It's nice here - my room is absolutely lovely - and I just taught a HUGE class of very eager, happy and enthusiastic students. EXCELLENT class!
My flight was delayed - we spent more time on the runway and in a holding pattern than we did coming to Chicago from NJ. It felt like forever - oy! I did get a nice amount of work done on the plane, but MAN what a mess it is trying to cram my long legs into those spaces between the coach seats! When I sit my knees touch the seat in front of me, and if the person in that seat leans back, I'm in pain. Let's just say it was a LONG flight!
When I arrived in Chicago I contacted the shuttle company and they sent - a stretch limo! All the way out to St. Charles, and all I could think was, "Oh, this is TOO much, this is just TOO MUCH CAR!" I would have given a lot to have Hannah and Max with me, they would have SO enjoyed it!
The Original Sewing and Quilt Show is such a well run production - it's my first experience with them, but so far, so good! Tonight I taught Combination Knitting, tomorrow I teach Cabling (with some return students!) Since I was so late I just barely had time to rush to the Wool & Company booth to check in, back to my room to change my clothes, then to the W&C booth again to sign some books. Right from there to my class, which ended at 9:00, and now I'm waiting impatiently for Room Service. I ordered a beer.
It snowed here today.
I deserve a beer.
Acquisitions
I've acquired two things lately which have made me SO happy!
IPod I have an ipod. I'm so happy! I can download and watch Project Runway on my ipod, and I'm subscribed to 33 podcasts AND The Daily Show. I may be able to live without cable after all! Between that, and the CSpan stuff I can listen to, most of my reasons for wanting cable are moot...
IKnit You all probably know that I'm a straight needle girl, but I do enjoy a good circular, too! My love so far has been for Inox Express - they're fast, I love the sharp points, and the needle portion is nice and long. I'd tried some of the interchangeable circs, and I liked them, but I didn't LOVE them like my Inox Express...
...until I got the Knit Picks set in the mail! I had heard that they're good, and had even heard them compared to Inox Express, but I wasn't prepared for how MUCH I would like them! I've already worked up a child's sweater with a set, and have been doing some ribbon swatching using a smaller needle as the "exit" needle so the stitches slip off easier. I am very happy with the needles - woo!
And Gifts!
I worked up a pattern using ON Line Linie ribbon - the kind that makes ruffles - and I'm happy to share it as a free pattern. Here's the catch - you have to get your local yarn shop to ask for it!
I'll send this pattern (a pdf file which can be printed at the yarn shop) to any brick and mortar yarn shop to give away to their customers, so if you'd like to make this, contact your local yarn shop and have them email me for the file.
The Fine Print: I will not print this pattern out myself, but I'll be happy to send it to any shop for them to print. The pattern uses the ON Line Linie Ribbon and 3 colors of worsted weight yarn. I'm doing this to get folks to visit their local yarn shop if they haven't been there in a while. There's a lot of great stuff out on the internet, heaven knows I love to do online shopping, but it's also vital that we patronize our local yarn shops. Ignore them and they might go away!
PR Content
So here's the thing - do you think they just kept Jeffrey in because he's controversial TV?
And a big "Thank You" to Lynne E!
I'm in Chicago (acutally, St. Charles) at the Pheasant Run Resort. It's nice here - my room is absolutely lovely - and I just taught a HUGE class of very eager, happy and enthusiastic students. EXCELLENT class!
My flight was delayed - we spent more time on the runway and in a holding pattern than we did coming to Chicago from NJ. It felt like forever - oy! I did get a nice amount of work done on the plane, but MAN what a mess it is trying to cram my long legs into those spaces between the coach seats! When I sit my knees touch the seat in front of me, and if the person in that seat leans back, I'm in pain. Let's just say it was a LONG flight!
When I arrived in Chicago I contacted the shuttle company and they sent - a stretch limo! All the way out to St. Charles, and all I could think was, "Oh, this is TOO much, this is just TOO MUCH CAR!" I would have given a lot to have Hannah and Max with me, they would have SO enjoyed it!
The Original Sewing and Quilt Show is such a well run production - it's my first experience with them, but so far, so good! Tonight I taught Combination Knitting, tomorrow I teach Cabling (with some return students!) Since I was so late I just barely had time to rush to the Wool & Company booth to check in, back to my room to change my clothes, then to the W&C booth again to sign some books. Right from there to my class, which ended at 9:00, and now I'm waiting impatiently for Room Service. I ordered a beer.
It snowed here today.
I deserve a beer.
Acquisitions
I've acquired two things lately which have made me SO happy!
IPod I have an ipod. I'm so happy! I can download and watch Project Runway on my ipod, and I'm subscribed to 33 podcasts AND The Daily Show. I may be able to live without cable after all! Between that, and the CSpan stuff I can listen to, most of my reasons for wanting cable are moot...
IKnit You all probably know that I'm a straight needle girl, but I do enjoy a good circular, too! My love so far has been for Inox Express - they're fast, I love the sharp points, and the needle portion is nice and long. I'd tried some of the interchangeable circs, and I liked them, but I didn't LOVE them like my Inox Express...
...until I got the Knit Picks set in the mail! I had heard that they're good, and had even heard them compared to Inox Express, but I wasn't prepared for how MUCH I would like them! I've already worked up a child's sweater with a set, and have been doing some ribbon swatching using a smaller needle as the "exit" needle so the stitches slip off easier. I am very happy with the needles - woo!
And Gifts!I worked up a pattern using ON Line Linie ribbon - the kind that makes ruffles - and I'm happy to share it as a free pattern. Here's the catch - you have to get your local yarn shop to ask for it!
I'll send this pattern (a pdf file which can be printed at the yarn shop) to any brick and mortar yarn shop to give away to their customers, so if you'd like to make this, contact your local yarn shop and have them email me for the file.
The Fine Print: I will not print this pattern out myself, but I'll be happy to send it to any shop for them to print. The pattern uses the ON Line Linie Ribbon and 3 colors of worsted weight yarn. I'm doing this to get folks to visit their local yarn shop if they haven't been there in a while. There's a lot of great stuff out on the internet, heaven knows I love to do online shopping, but it's also vital that we patronize our local yarn shops. Ignore them and they might go away!
PR Content
So here's the thing - do you think they just kept Jeffrey in because he's controversial TV?
And a big "Thank You" to Lynne E!
posted by Annie at
Thursday, October 12, 2006
10 Comments:
Freaky weather in Chicago, huh? Glad you got here safely and that you got to ride in a stretch limo (the drive from O'Hare to St. Charles can be long in the back seat of a convetional cab). I just got some Knit Picks circs and can't wait to try them out, too! Anyway, I love reading your blog, good luck w/your home selling in NJ and your home search in MN!
I've been looking at the Knit Picks set...are they better than the Denise set? Also, what child's sweater did you knit? I'm on the lookout for something fantastic for my son to be born in January!
Annie, if you would have knit something while you were out on that runway you would have had a....project runway :) I think Jeffrey will win. I've seen all the collections and that is my guess.
I hope to make it over to St Charles to say hello.
I think they kept Jeffrey in because he's a good designer. In fact, I think he'll win - if he's not disqualified. If that's the case, then I think Uli will take it. I love Laura's designs, and if I were a skinny, flat-chested, rich woman, I'd already have a closetful of her clothes. But I think she played it too safe with her monochromatic evening wear show.
Annie, have you checked out www.projectrungay.blogspot.com ? Great site with funny recaps of the show. Don't go there until you're caught up because I don't want you to see anything you're not supposed to. By far the funniest recaps are the ones where they make the screen shot look like a cartoon. There's one of Laura (which I can't find off-hand) which makes her look like Ginger from Gilligan's Island. They superimpose her in front of the lifesaver and everything. It's a great place to visit for a laugh. Plus, most, if not all of the participants read (and sometimes write in) to the blog owners. So, you get more of an inside perspective.
I don't really think Jeffrey is all that controversial--he's just trying to be, and trying too hard at that. Everyone who meets him personally says different of him, so I think he's trying to create a character onscreen. I suppose its a fine way to play the game if you have the energy left after all the challenges!
I'm so glad you like travelling and staying in nice places. You are coming to our knitters guild in March for our Knit In and I can't wait!! Have you made plans to move to Minneapolis yet?? If you change your mind, Madison is a wonderful town!! Lots of great, great knitters.
Well dang! I just got back from getting some yarn. That's what I get from being behind in my blog reading.
:)
Hi Annie
I just got the knit picks set also after some deliberating I was never that keen on these type of needles, too slippery for me. But I love them. I have the Denise set also and like them too but will probably be using the knit picks set for the next few projects. I must say though the Denise sets cable can be joined together for knitting really big pieces and I enjoy that feature with the Denise set and wish the Knit Picks set worked the same. Oh well.
PS. Thanks for sending the dog blanket back. Its good to see it again.
As a small fiber/yarn shop owner in a small town, I thank you VERY MUCH for caring enough about the LYS's and doing what you can to help us out. Thanks again :)
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