Knitting the Blues: Not Going to MDS$W

So, blogging is so much more fun when I have something interesting to blog about. Or educational. Or pretty. Or silly and witty. Or if I am going along on the wool orgy of spending, spinning and knitting. BAAAH! I have none of those today, folks! So, just to let you know I am still here (and not at MDS$W, in case that's what you might have thought) I'll let you in on my works in progress. Oh! Stop Groaning! It isn't that bad! At least it is all new. And heck, next week when the MDS$Wers are back, you'll be one up on 'em. So there.

Believe it or not, I am participating in the ECalong. I even have proof!

Aren't my sheep cute?

But.....these sheep won't be at MDS$W.

My apparent lack of progress on the Retro Prep Cardi is mainly due to this and this. The two knit for hire projects that I currently have going. The first is in Karabella Yarns Aurora 8 (color #2). Too bad this color doesn't show true online. It is a gorgeous color-think a deep red wine. No wonder they call it Cabernet. And no photo can do the yarn justice. It knits into a springy, spongy fabric with excellent stitch definition. Almost too good. Take a closer look. It is super soft as well. See all those cables? My new skill-cable needle free cables-ain't workin' here folks! The stitches want to slide away and I was spending too much time trying to make it all work. It took me a bit, but I figured out that life is way too short! So, my lonely cable needles are pushed back into service. Here them cheering?

Next, to please you is Berroco Pleasure in all of it's plum-y, purple-y goodness. If you love really soft yarn (the angora and merino blend it a tactile pleasure) that knits on a size 10 needle, then you must check it out. I for one feel as though I am growing an angora bunny in my lap as I knit. You might say it sheds a tad.

Just to make it clear-I won't be working on either of these projects this weekend while on the ride to MDS$W.

Have I told you that I will not be at MDS$W this weekend? I am thinking we should have our own Pitty Party right here! Let's all share what we did this weekend to "drown our sorrows", so to speak, and not think about the wooly fun we are missing. So, shopping, knitting, stash enhancing, lounging, whatever.... leave a comment, email me, post to your blog-let's have our own celebration! MDS$W? We don't need no steenking MDS$W! (Sniff, sniff, hold on while I grab my Kleenex!)

Readers of this blog may know that I collect teapots. The news is, I also collect sheep (not the real live ones!) of many kinds. I even have two teapots with sheep right on them! I'll share some of my sheep stash in the days to come. So, since I won't be adding to that stash this weekend, I thought I'd give away some little sheepish fun to another sheep lover who didn't make it to "you know where." Just email me and tell me what spring-time event spawned the photo to left. All correct answers will go into a drawing for a little bit of sheepy something or other. This shouldn't be as difficult as my last game. Whew!

Before I hit "post", I just want to thank everybody for any comment or email you have sent me. I could never manage to reply to all of you, though I really do try! I do appreciate the time you take to say "hey!" And about my girls, they are pretty super, but it would be even better if I could get one of them to pick up after themselves, put a dish in the dishwasher, or (heaven forbid!) change the liner in the waste basket! Yep-they are normal. I'll let you know if that changes!

Check back here over the weekend. I'll warn you now, there won't be any updates from that place I wish I went to! Have a great weekend whether you are going (green with envy) or not!

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January 2013

Comments

Yass, dawlin', let's haves us a pitty party. I'm with you. *sniff, sniff* I lovvvvvvvvvvvvvve your sweet & wonderful sheep caught on the fence. Let's enjoy the weekend as best we can withOUT MDS&W. Baaaaaaah!

Posted by: Norma | April 30, 2004 at 01:42 PM

Since I live nowhere near Maryland, no festival for me. This weekend will be spent working around the house, hopefully planting flowers in my yard, and of course, knitting!

Posted by: Natalie | April 30, 2004 at 02:31 PM

You are so crazy. I'll have some fun for you while I'm at you know where!

Posted by: Christy | April 30, 2004 at 02:33 PM

Heavy sigh. No Festival for me either! Can I come to the Pity Party? Boo-hoo :(

Love the Karabella yarn. I am (sometimes) knitting the twisted cable cardi from that yarn, and whenever I get it out, I just want to snuggle with the yarn. So scrumptious.

Enjoy your weekend!

Posted by: annie | April 30, 2004 at 02:46 PM

Have a great weekend never the less !
I love your sheepy stitchmarkers and the sheep on the fence.
Happy knitting. :0)

Posted by: Emma | April 30, 2004 at 06:38 PM

No sheepy, shoppy, fuzzy fun for me in you know where this weekend either. I'll be home knitting on my insomnia scarf, swatching for a t-shirt, and making a travelog for Flat Stanley. Some fun! Sure wish I had a guess as to what the picture is. I had some alarming thoughts, but they are better left in my head.

Posted by: Jane | April 30, 2004 at 11:15 PM

I won't be there either. I'll be in San Francisco strutting my stuff on the runway! By the way, I also collect teapots (chintz specifically) and I have just started collecting sheep. I also collect bees and hearts, after a fashion (meaning I'm pretty picky about what I collect in those categories). I hope you have a good weekend, despite not going to that place we are all wishing we could be...

Posted by: Nathania | May 01, 2004 at 01:51 AM

Hey, cheer up! I'm not *there* either. Though I'm workin' on a way to get to NH Sheep and Wool Festival on the 9th. It will be MOTHER'S day, after all. :)

Posted by: Kerstin | May 01, 2004 at 07:15 AM

My daughter and I backed out of going to Maryland because we decided to paint the bath...gee what fun ugh....check our blog tomorrow, going to post about it and not going to Maryland. We are a sad sad sad bunch. ; )

Posted by: Cindy | May 01, 2004 at 04:41 PM

No Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival for this West Michigander! But lucky me! I do get to go to the Fiber Fest in August! Probably a smaller version of the Maryland event, but I love it! And when I did not go to the MDSW, I got to "enjoy" a luncheon with my mom, mother-in-law (and we have a typical AGGG! relationship) and two aunts-in-law (who are awesome! How can they be related!?!?) We had a great time chatting and eating Lemon Lush that my mom made... to die for dessert!

Posted by: Laura | May 03, 2004 at 09:53 AM