A Weekend Stuffed with Yarn

I think this past weekend may have been my best Mother's Day weekend yet. (Well, except for some allergy related vertigo, that is. But sitting still makes for good knitting time, at least.) This past weekend was completely busy with fiber related activities, & I even have FO's to show for it.

I took Friday off work, & went down to Knitorious EARLY in the morning for the filming of a Stitch N Pitch news spot.

My kids went with me, since the promo shooting was going to be finished early enough for them to get to school on time. One of my kids took this picture. Looking bleary-eyed & half asleep is what I get for waking up at 5 a.m.

I also managed to fit some extra knitting time in around the other things I did that day.



There is video of the event available at Fox 2's website. Linking directly to the video doesn't seem to work, so search "Knitorious" on their site & it should bring you to the story. This link might get you directly to the video, but if not, try the other way.



Saturday was the big STL Ravelry Members Yarn Crawl. I didn't get to participate in every stop, but I did manage to make some of them. It was a LOT of fun. I got to see Ann twice in two days! Mary Beth did an awesome job organizing the Yarn Crawl.
My aunts who were visiting from out of town even got to participate in the Kirkwood Knittery stop, when my Mom brought my kids to join me. (Having the kids with me meant the Loopy Ewe stop was more expensive than it otherwise would have been, though. I ended up with 3 red Loopy Ewe water bottles that I wouldn't have bought otherwise.) I didn't take enough pictures of the day -- should have taken more pictures & bought less yarn! For more details about the Yarn Crawl, I know Mary Beth is planning a big post to cover the whole day.





Over the whole weekend, I managed to finish toes on FIVE socks. Yes, I said 5. One was a second sock to match one I started all the way back in Summer of Socks 2007, another pair had been languishing since last fall, waiting for me to even up the last of the foot sections, & the third pair were my Amtrak Knitting socks from the trip to Oak Lawn. Socks go amazingly much faster on size 1 needles than size 0, I must say.

I still need to weave in the ends on those 5 socks, but the Kitchenering is DONE. Afterwards, I did what I always do when I finish socks, I filled the needles right back up again!