Tuesday, May 06, 2008

MDSW Fun and Some Syncopation

Phew! What a weekend! It was such tremendous fun hanging out with Liz on Saturday -- and extra special fun meeting her Montco Sit and Knit friends! I keep thinking about how much fun it would be to take a trip up to Philly just to hang out and knit with these people.

The BackBou did a great job of just taking the kids away to look at dogs and sheep and funnel cake while I was browsing stalls with Liz and standing for an hour in the Socks That Rock line.


But now I have my first skeins of STR! There are some rockin' BSJs are in my future ...

I won't bore everyone with a stash enhancement report (I did well), instead I'll show you the great picture from the day ...


Aileen, Sally, Lolly, Isel, Liz, a mystery guest, and Jenna. As you can see from the "Rabbits" sign, we were at the packed Ravelry meet-up.

And now for a FO!



Pattern: Syncopated Caps by Kate Gilbert, Interweave Knits Summer 2007
Yarn: Plain and Fancy Sheep and Wool Co
Needles: US 4s
Notes: No pattern mods even though I thought I would need to add some length. However, I knit the women's size and it fit me perfectly. The yarn, as I've said before, is a dream. Knit with it. Love it.



I had bought the yarn so that R and I would have matching caps, but she really, really wants this to be an end-of-the-year present for one of her teachers. I can't say no since I love her almost as much as R does.

Labels: Ann's F.O.s, Blogfriends, Hats

posted by Ann at 4:41 PM

11 Comments:

Blogger Margene said...

The hats are fabulous!

6:26 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sweetie, y'all can cross the mason-dixon line anytime you want and knit/crochet with us!

we would love to have y'all as a guest!

(I can say y'all cause I lived all over northern va. for 20 years 1979-1999)

mwah!

anne marie
founder and fearless leader
montco SnK

6:30 PM  
Blogger Bridget said...

I'm impressed that you were willing to stand in line for the STR ... I had no desire to, even though I really like the yarn!

Those are really great hats - I may have to try that pattern.

(Sorry I missed seeing you on Saturday!)

7:37 PM  
Blogger Lolly said...

I was thrilled to meet you, Ann! :) LOVE the hats!

(and the mystery guest is Amy "felinemagnet" on Ravelry)

9:38 PM  
Blogger Sally said...

It was wonderful to meet you and your family, Ann! I do hope we can all get together and knit soon.

;o)

10:25 PM  
Blogger Suzanne said...

Rocking the syncopation!

I was too starstuck to introduce myself to Lolly, but I wanted to. I am such a fan!

I started a bsj w/ on of the skeins of str--its better than I imagined. only problem is I have no baby to give it to!

8:04 AM  
Blogger Mandella said...

Trust me, stash enhancement is never boring!

8:48 AM  
Anonymous tiennie said...

How fun!

Wonderful hats!

6:20 PM  
Blogger Jenna said...

It was great fun to meet you! Congrats on the STR score - I don't have to fortitude to stand in that line.

The hats are really lovely! The str would be great in that pattern, too...

6:46 PM  
Blogger Aileen said...

I am so glad I finally got to meet you and your family. You know you are always welcome here in PA. We don't bite, I promise.

10:39 PM  
Blogger Liz K. said...

We had an awesome day, didn't we?

9:09 AM  

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