Aug 29 2006

what a weekend!

Published by Mintyfresh at 5:41 pm under life, miscellaneous

This weekend marked a first for me. My first venture into real-life interaction with knit bloggers!

I was heading to Columbia for a short visit with my parents, for no particular reason at all and thus no timetable. So I emailed Lolly and suggested we meet for some knitting. She opened the get-together up to her knitting group, and happily several people were able to join!

Though Lolly has mentioned folks in her knitting group, I’d only ever clicked on a few of their blogs. But now I have five more blogs to read! Check out the picture of all of us here (I’m too lazy to download it and upload it right now).
Jen was knitting a bag out of hemp and the Icarus shawl out of Misti Alpaca. Coleen bonded with one of those ginormous balls of yarn, worked on a pair of not-watermelon socks that are going to be fraternal twins. Diane worked on a pair of socks with yarn she had dyed herself; I wondered to myself if she had made the great bag she carried, and it turns out she had! Sarah provided me my first glimpse of someone knitting two socks on two circs (ok, I’ve seen photos, but never in real life). And though Heather couldn’t join us for knitting, she was with us as we pawed at the wares at All About Yarn.
My mom had given me some money to spend on yarn, but I walked out of the store empty handed–despite the abundance of skeins, nothing spoke to me. We left and headed to a coffee shop (I worked on my calf-high socks; there isn’t enough yarn to make them as high as I wanted!), and when the cafe closed, Lolly, Jen, Sarah, and I found an outdoor spot to go instead.

It was so nice to connect with fellow knitters, to spend a few hours outside my day doing something that’s usually solitary along with others.

Thanks, guys!

15 Responses to “what a weekend!”

  1. # caitlynon 29 Aug 2006 at 5:59 pm

    It looks like all of you had a blast!

  2. # Amyon 29 Aug 2006 at 7:19 pm

    I saw your picture on Lolly’s blog. Sound like y’all had a great time.

    Amy

  3. # Karenon 29 Aug 2006 at 7:26 pm

    Sounds like a great weekend. I recogonized you on Lolly’s blog right away this morning when I read the post. :)

  4. # Liz Kon 29 Aug 2006 at 7:31 pm

    I saw you on Lolly’s blog too! We’ll have to have a Philly KnitBloggers meet-up too. Perhaps at the Knit In?

  5. # Lauraon 29 Aug 2006 at 8:15 pm

    absolutely wish i could have been there!

  6. # Lollyon 29 Aug 2006 at 8:25 pm

    It was such a delight to meet you! I enjoyed every minute of it. There will definitely be a next time - whether it is in MD or in PA ;)

  7. # Ashleyon 29 Aug 2006 at 9:44 pm

    How fun! Next time I’m in Philly…

  8. # Diane D.on 30 Aug 2006 at 1:36 pm

    I enjoyed meeting you so much! I hope the next time you’re down here we can get together again. The pies are really gorgeous.

  9. # Jenon 30 Aug 2006 at 5:06 pm

    It was so nice to meet you! We’ll all have to get together again sometime. :)

  10. # Jeanieon 31 Aug 2006 at 8:39 pm

    I’m so jealous!!!

  11. # Lauraon 31 Aug 2006 at 9:42 pm

    You’ll have to come back and visit again! I was out of town when you were here so I didn’t get a chance to meet you. It sounds like you had a great time.

  12. # Mammaon 01 Sep 2006 at 8:26 am

    I just wanted to make sure you knew my displeasure with my Anastasia socks is purely user error, all my own stubborn fault. I love your pattern and hope to make it again with a better yarn choice. You are simply brilliant!

  13. # maryseon 01 Sep 2006 at 9:26 am

    oooh when worlds collide. it’s fun isn’t it.

  14. # Rachelon 02 Sep 2006 at 6:21 pm

    That sounds so nice! I love the social ease that knitters seem to feel around each other, even if they’ve never met.

  15. # Coleenon 02 Sep 2006 at 10:45 pm

    It was really nice to meet you! I hope you’ll come visit us again soon!

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