Subtitle: I haz sad
Sub-subtitle: does it count as Day 6 if it’s not a whole day?
Sub-sub-subtitle: How long do you think I can drag this trip out in blog posts.
Wow. Just wow. I still don’t think I can summarize the week yet. Of course that could be the severe lack of sleep, late nights, walking for 6 hours carrying 50 pounds of wool festival booty, or the really good food. (I’m trying to figure if it would be uncouth to invite Angie and Dan down and have Dan cook all the meals.)
I’m amazed at how few pictures I took. (although I didn’t download all I could of them off of my crackberry yet) I am however not amazed at the lack of knitting. There was way too much fun to be had.
Including Cookie’s “shawl of doom” ™ that she knit for me. You’ll have to ask her about the detail-details. I know it’s The Honeybee Stole and the yarn was some type of jaggerspun super-tiny lace stuff.
I couldn’t knit it and she was nice enough to do it for me. Although I don’t know if she is talking to me yet. O.o The thing is huge. HUGE. It took up most of my guest room in the blocking. We’re guestimating it at least 10 feet. (I had to get creative and unbend hangers and used over 150 t pins and a bunch of the yellow balled quilt pins to boot.) If I get more blocking wires, it could go longer.
Don’t those Wisconsinites look happy? Ya, yabetchya!
My plane should be here shortly and I’m excited to return home and be reuinited with my new stash.
Happy Monday y’all!








#1 by Carrie on September 14, 2009 - 8:16 am
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Dude, you weren’t kidding. That is a huge Shawl of Doom ™. (Those Wisconsinites are so cute!)
Sigh. Sounds like great fun.
#2 by Manise on September 14, 2009 - 8:19 am
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Great photos of the Honeybee! That is one very long stole. Kudos to our Cookie for her perseverence. Love the artful draping over the Rudbeckias.
#3 by Cheryl S. on September 14, 2009 - 9:23 am
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Yikes! Over ten feet? Are you and Texas going to snuggle up in it together?
#4 by Joy on September 14, 2009 - 9:41 am
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Great photos – that shawl *is* huge, and lovely. Have a good trip home!
#5 by Nora on September 14, 2009 - 9:57 am
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Sheboygan!
#6 by Cookie on September 14, 2009 - 10:53 am
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Is that the purl side?! :p
And doesn’t our Angie look happy. *L*
Aren’t you glad I knit it as written?
xo
#7 by Carrie K on September 14, 2009 - 3:02 pm
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They’re plotting to steal the shawl of doom.
#8 by Angie on September 14, 2009 - 8:21 pm
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Definitely, Sheboygan.
Certainly a shawl for two, TX should enjoy that. Or a superb shawl for one as demonstrated.
It will probably take a month to process the past 6 days. Zzzzzzzzz
No not purl side….. We made sure!
#9 by Beverly on September 15, 2009 - 12:38 am
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Holy crap! It’s huge!!!!!!!
Like “the big pipe”
#10 by gayle on September 15, 2009 - 7:12 am
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Did you specify to Cookie that the shawl should reach from her house to your house?
Wow!