Cult of Knits
Ah yes, as any crazy fanatical will understand, we want to convert everyone into knitting, because it is the best thing ever! (ok, dark chocolate is pretty darn close on that list). Anyhoo...this weekend I was stuck in the boondocks of Fremont and having to eat crappy hotel food. I was there for 3 days for conference/training. The good part of it is that I suggested that we have a Stitch 'n Bitch circle and they went for it! hooray! It wasn't called SNB -- probably too "out there" for a work function, and because I'm in the legal field, I guess maybe they didn't want to use the name since all the legal hoopla around the use of the SNB between Debbie Stoller and SewFastSewEasy is still ongoing.So, some fellow colleagues from other offices also volunteered to teach and I think some people really caught on! Noelle, one of the volunteer intructors is pictured above. (Noelle had some super awesome Frog Tree alpaca with her and a really nice colorway of the Bamboo from SWTC.) It was really fun having an evening devoted to teaching people how to knit, and throughout the weekend, during some unstructured down time, we'd gather in the lobby
and knit away. My good friend Matt decided to get into the game and he learned to knit this thing that somehow ended up looking like a tie. Others referred to it as a loin cloth or thong. Matt started out with 12 stitches but he kept decreasing. Matt would tell folks that he's a fast learner, but those who know him know that he's full of BS. He likes to make stuff up like, "Oh, I see you are knitting the double back twisted inside out stitch"
or some other similiar BS. Of course, it totally cracks me up and make non-knitters really think he knows what he's talking about. I even made Matt wear his masterpiece at dinner as an earring (I don't know why he turned blood red when he put it on and why he just wouldn't remove his hand! ha!). All in all, I have to say that Matt did a great job, especially considering how much wine and beer we had. He's showing off his Loin Cloth in this picture to the right.
This is my friend Kim and roommate for the weekend. Kim is the one for whom I made the seafoam stitch scarf several months ago. Kim and some non-knitting folks were playing cards next to us -- they were really loud and talking a lot of smack. I think Kim was talking so much smack that she didn't even not notice I was taking pix. ;) Am I right? Kim, you still look great.
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How fun!!!!
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