Speaking of Ms. Anyssa, she was one lucky girl all around. She was quite the Stitches celebrity, on account of finishing her Westknits Earth & Sky for the Westknits Mystery Shawl KAL. She had stayed up until 2:00 A.M. the night before Stitches to finish it, and although she wore it unblocked, she got quite a lot of attention for it. So much so, in fact, that Kimberly-of-the-Bunny-Ears who was manning the information booth stopped her to tell her that MR. WEST WAS IN THE HOUSE!
Yes, we totally stalked him. Yes, we got to meet him. Yes, he loved Ms. Anyssa's shawl.
Other Stitches highlights included pre-dinner cocktail hour in Pam and Jean's room, with cosmos courtesy of Pam.
We, the sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Fiber got to eat in the swank private dining room at the hotel. Delaine reserved a table for ten and they sat us here, as there was no party booked. We got so lucky! Well, maybe it was lucky for them, because I'm sure had we been sitting in the main part of the dining room, the other patrons wouldn't have appreciated us. I can't tell you what happened, because what happens at Stitches stays at Stitches. But rest assured, we should all probably attend confession.
The next morning, Anyssa and I took Knit One Below—Socks with Elise Duvekot. Both of us knit stupid pretty much the entire day on account of the hangover due to the cosmopolitans we had consumed the night below. Elise was super patient with us, and two of the skeins in the yarn photo are for the Inside-Outside Scarf from her book.
Anyssa and I have decided that Stitches is too much fun to cram into just two days, so next year, we're going for a third!
2 comments:
You should never have to defend stash enhancements! All yarn will eventually become a project. :)
Would be interested to hear is the Signatures help prevents your sock ladders.
What a collection of yarn! Those blues have been my current favorite color way to buy.
And you lucky duck... getting to meet Mr. West.
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