So Angie and I made it to the Orlando Needleworks Show on Saturday. Even though both of us haven’t been feeling 100% lately we had a blast. I was not going to miss it just because I couldn’t breathe the night before. My sister has lived with severe asthma her whole life but I was told that I had slight asthma. But that was a long time ago and I haven’t used an inhaler in like 5 years. So there I was, the night before the Needleworks Show gasping for breath, well it wasn’t that bad but I was definitely not comfortable. I ended up being fine but I really was not going to let that stop me from going. The Show was pretty good (compared to the last one we went to…) and it had quite a few booths. We oogled and squeed over yarn. I swear we were separated at birth or something. Every time I grabbed a skein she was looking at the same one. We did buy a bunch considering we’re almost always broke. I got a skein of Pagewood Farms Hand Dyed Sock Yarn in Bird of Paradise and some pretty fall looking Roving from…(dang I don’t have the name with me, but I’ll get it!) we even made it over to Sip N Knit to sop some more. I got a skein of Araucania Ranco Multi Sock Yarn in the blue-purple color. Both of the yarns are gorgeous!!! I can’t wait to spin up the roving too. I thought I lost my drop spindle but I found it after tearing apart my knitting areas. We did not make it to IKEA but we did drive by the exit. That whole area was packed! There was no way we were making it in there. 
I finished the Striped Sock on Friday but didn’t get to post about it yet. The toe came out great. This was the first time I grafted a toe in fingering weight yarn. I started the 2nd sock right away but I haven’t got very far into it.
I finally finished Fetching over the weekend. I don’t know why it took me so long. I knit the first one back in February and never thought twice about the 2nd one. Since it is getting cooler here I had the urge to just finish them. I was surprised that it only took me a day to knit it. The first one took me a couple of days. Maybe I am just getting better at this?
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran
Needles: 4.5mm Bamboo Dpn’s
Pattern: Fetching (Knitty Summer 2006)
Pattern Designer: Cheryl Niamath
Date Finished: 11/18/2007Now that I have been finishing things up around here I can cast on for Ballet Cami. Maybe this week? We’ll see…
2 comments:
Your fetching turned out great! Wow! Finished in one day? Maybe I need to make a second pair. I could use a FO that's that quick.
I had a great time Saturday. Thanks for taking me along for the ride, despite all the setbacks. :)
I've been dying to upload a ton of pics and write my own little synopsis of the day, but I haven't had the time yet. Soon, though. :)
Maybe J will fall asleep early tonight.
Glad to hear you were able to make it to the show. It sounds like you had a great time. Wahoo, one sock down, one to go. Your fetching gloves are gorgeous.
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