Because I Promised (okay maybe threatened)

FIRST THINGS FIRST: I need to thank my super hard working coworkers for making this event so fabulous. I owe them many kudos for all their wonderful work and dedication to making these events run smoothly. THANK YOU ALL.


Now I bring you my incredibly artistic photos of my good buddy (or at least she was before this) Laurie. She was a great help at the event - as you can tell.

She is a hard worker. Making sure all the customers are ready for their books to be signed.

I know you love these pics L -- your welcome! :)

The Yarn Harlot In Indiana

Here she is with the sock taking a group shot!
What a fun event - we think there were around 250 knitters that enjoyed themselves. Stephanie was a trooper and signed books and books and took pictures til just about 11pm.

This is a shot of Stephanie talking. Even my non knitting coworkers were laughing.
My son Joe made an appearance to get his picture with Stephanie and the infamous sock!
Here is a gal showing off her first socks! (CHECKOUT Laurie behind Steph in the black shirt blond hair in front of the railing -- I will throw in some more L pics later tomorrow -- she was in a ton of my photos!)
AND last but not least Me and the Yarn Harlot -- I was so excited for my sock picture!

What fun -- of course I knew that a store full of knitters would be a wonderful thing...now I think my coworkers agree!

Tomorrow it THE Day

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (pictured above!) will be speaking and signing at the bookstore here in town! I am such a Yarn Harlot fan - I can't wait. There should be lots of knitters, lots of laughs & probably lots of other people wondering just what the heck is going on.
I will photograph the event and report back here.

Twelve

Here is the peony scarf - it is completed! It is my 12th finished knitted item of the year. If you are following closely - it is only the 1st project I have finished this month.
Lots of things were started -- now to remain focused and finish a few more things!

It is a nice light scarf - sort of an early fall - late spring scarf. I think it looks lovely modeling out in the backyard.

Pretty Pretty Yarn

So here are some more pictures of pretty yarn from the shop. How could you not enjoy checking all this out. The colors are bright and fresh. The one thing I have to do before buying any yarn it touch it and feel it -- is it soft? is it thick? is it thin? will it work with what I have in mind? Usually I do know what I want to make with a yarn before I buy it -- but not always.

When my husband and I were in NYC I just bought yarn there -- with no clue what it would become. It is sorta like buying a little knickknack to remind you of someplace you visited.

Now I just need to go work on my knitting!
Enjoy the view here on the blog!

Tuesday Knitting

Here is a lovely picture of yarn from the shop where I knit on Tuesdays. Ahhh yarn - always comforting.

So I knitted today - but I started over on my summer project - that is tough taking something off the needles and starting again. But it had to be done. I think I am much happier with it already and it is only about 2 inches into the sweater.

I have focused on the pink & green scarf (now being called my peony scarf because the colors make me think of peony flowers). I probably only have about 5 more inches to knit before it is done - I am hoping to finish it before the weekend. I will keep you posted.

Focus

I think that is what I need today. I need to focus on one knitting project & finish it!
I am free this morning and I am going to pick up that pink & green scarf and work just on it.

This is hard because I have a new project on the needles -- but I worked some on that yesterday so that should be enough for now. I need to get a project or 2 done this month because I have yet to finish one in April. The point of this blog is to keep me knitting and finishing knitted items.

Yesterday was nice I knitted with my friend Roxane -- i wish it could have been longer but work needed me.

Do you know that knitting is really a social thing? Or maybe I should say it is for me. There are only a few patterns that I have to do away from friends because they need my focused attention. But most of what I knit I can do with friends and keep the the conversation moving.

So I am off to focus....at least until the kids get home (it is an early release day -- why I have no idea).