I'm going to Rhinebeck! The holiest of all holy knitting events, and this little kid is going. Catherine and I booked our place on a bus tour in the summer (mildly sketched out at first, we blindly sent money to a stranger and crossed our fingers that it was legit and not a knitting scammer), and we leave on Friday morning. This is where we are going. I'll wait again while you check it out.
I've been getting emails every week from the organizers of our trip with reminders and itineraries and I'm super psyched. I'm even excited for the 9 hour bus ride to get us there, where I can knit and chat and read and eat car snacks. I've been trying to focus on what I actually need to get while I'm there, since I didn't buy a single thing at the Knitters' Fair this year. Catherine and I are meeting up on Thursday to go over vendor lists and project plans - we'll be keeping each other on track and on budget. I really think being accountable to your buddy is necessary at a place like this. It's way too easy to bring a credit card and just stop thinking about how much you're spending. Here is my project list that will require purchasing yarn at Rhinebeck:
- Knitted pillow shams in a bulky weight yarn (preferably roving style), mentioned in my last post here
- Baby bunting bag for my hair dresser who is expecting a baby around the new year
- Possibly getting yarn for a sweater project for me, I'm leaning towards this:
It's called "Paulie", and I'm in love with it. I can see myself wearing it at my go-to fall and winter sweater, and likely wearing it at work
- Sock yarn, any and all. If it's cheap or pretty or it's being sold by the pound, I'm going to be all over it. I don't have any patterns in mind, but it doesn't matter. I always need sock yarn.
I'm setting myself a budget of no more than $400, although I'm not picky about what I have to get from that amount, and none of the projects on my list need to be done right this second with only brand new yarn. I will be bringing a reasonable amount of US cash with my for general spending, but I hate going to the trouble of getting US cash and then not spending all of it (and refusing to lose money by selling it back to the bank), so I'll also be using credit cards. Expect an epic blog update later this month.
In regular non-Rhinebeck knitting news, here's what I've been working on.
Rock Island shawl is DONE.
It's too pretty. I wish it was for me. I'm debating whether Tam Tam will get it for her birthday or Christmas. Her birthday is coming up at the end of October, but I have something else planned for that (horseback riding! Shhh, don't tell her). I've already taken this shawl everywhere without the joy of actually wearing it - it came to the first Guild meeting of the year for Show and Tell, I entered it in a Fall Fair contest and won first place, and it came to regular knit and chat night. Right now it's neatly folded up in my stash baskets, waiting for me to decide its fate. I'm leaning towards Christmas.
My Cuff au Lait fingerless mitts are DONE! I don't have a picture of the finished pair, so you'll have to settle for a picture of the left finished mitten. Get over it.
I like this picture because it looks like I'm holding the ball of yarn between my fingers.
I'm working on Fuzzyhead's Christmas socks - a manly man's pair of socks in semi-solid black, in a railway stitch. How masculine. The stitch pattern is from Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush, one of my favourite sock books, but modified with a toe-up construction.
I'm really curious to see if the rows of knit stitches will even out with blocking or if they will stay a little wonky.
I also want to knit a quick brain slug for my Halloween costume this year. Last year, I spent way too long and way too much money on a costume I will probably not wear again (which is too bad, because vrock as sexy hamburglar needs to happen again). I'm working on Halloween day and I was searching for the perfect costume that is work appropriate, and not so awkward that I can't actually work in the costume. I've decided on a brain slug on a headband as the perfect costume. I can wear my normal work cloths and it doesn't require special make-up that needs to be re-applied or checked on all day. I might even bust out my rarely-used crochet skills and try my hand at this little beauty:
Or support a fellow Guild member and make one of these felted slugs:
It has tabbies for all of the most important Christmas planning activities - a calendar to keep my on track, the list, the master Christmas card list with addresses, home stuff, and food.
It even had a ribbon to tie it closed and keep peeping peepers out of the Christmas secrets.
Also, I'm firmly into the role of President at the Knitters' Guild. If you haven't seen me strike passion in the hearts of Guild members, you should stop by and watch me in action at a Guild meeting.
And now I've got zombie-themed baking to accomplish today readers. It's the season premiere of Walking Dead tonight dontcha know.
Onward,
vrock
1 comment:
oh man, I am sooooooooooo looking forward to Rhinebeck as well! More so the adventure you and I are going to be going on! I only took out $200 US money to spend so that once it runs out, I'm done shopping. Maybe I will get another $100 before we go... lol maybe not.
I will have to look at some projects to make also. See you thursday!
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