Knit Addictions

TNNA was a blast!

I went, I hung, I met, I smiled....TNNA was fun!

First off, I took the Amtrak train from LA to San Diego. Folks, this is the way to travel down there. It was so relaxing. No traffic jams, no car parking to deal with, no stressed out arrival ...in fact, the trip was so wonderful ...Sitting in my seat and looking out the window at the beach...ahhhh. It was fantastic! So I arrived in San Diego very mellow, and very ready to check out all the excitement of TNNA.

The first night there I had an author dinner to go to with my editor, Melanie Falick and authors on her imprint: Leigh Radford, Teva Durham, Mel Clark (knit2gether), Susan (Greetings from the Knit Cafe), Joan McGowan-Michael, Norah Gaughn and a few others who ...forgive me ...now I can't remember their names! Talk about a bunch of talented and creative people at one table! I was overwhelmed!!!!

I got to see the unbound version of my book!!! I must say...it is very exciting and terrifying all at once. I have been preparing postcards to send out once the date is closer....oh hurry up ...March 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The show itself was fun and I met Wenlan, aka Twinkle which was definitely my highlight. Her new book is amazing (I now have an autographed copy...the last one they had which they offered and said, "Oh, but it's a dirty book"...to which I replied..."That's okay. I'm a dirty girl!" ha! Wenlan is incredibly humble and funny and need I add...an incredible designer.

(me and Lisi, co-owner of the Stitch Cafe)

(me and Stitch Cafe pal, Megan)

(Megan and Wenlan aka Twinkle)

The gang from the Stitch Cafe all took the train back to LA together.
Wow.

Back row: Myra Wood, me, Annie Richards, Randy Myer.
Front: Megan Novak, Lisi Grinstein
AKA THE STITCH CAFE GANG!!!!!

Completely Random Footnote
As a devoted fan of Steve Madden, I was thrilled to see they've joined the bandwagon that Converse and Adidas have started...Design Your Own! Yes, now you can design your own sexy shoes. Madness dahling. If they'd only offer leopard print as a 'color' choice instead of those boring solids...hmmmm......

 

TNNA, Cellphones down the toilet and jobs....

TNNA
I'll be there! You gonna be there? If you're going to TNNA on Saturday or Sunday...please come and look me up at the Unicorn booth on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 pm!!!!!

Cellphones down the toilet
Yep! That's what happened over the holidays. Bam's cellphone fell into the toilet. We thought it was all over and we'd have to fork it over for a new one. But ...aha! We took out the battery and sim card and stuck the thing in the dehydrator on 115 degrees for about 3 hours. Works perfectly again. Ya gotta love that!

Jobs
My life has just changed. After a little over a year at the wonderful Stitch Cafe, I have left the shop to go fulltime as a video podcaster with Rock n Roll TV. But don't worry....there's more knitting things planned.......yes....we have a knitting video podcast in our future......hmmmm........stay tuned for details as the whole thing comes together!

Knitty Gritty, Bam and Cats!

Knitty Gritty
The Punk Knits episode aired today! I don't actually have tv but I heard about it from a knitting pal. I hope it's good and I don't act like a dork! ha! Vickie is the consummate tv host and that was soooooooo fun to film!!!!! The book comes out in less than two months now and I can hardly wait!

Bam
So what could Bam and knitting have in common? Well, in December he learned to knit and took to it with a fury! He knitted up something like ...18 scarves? Crazy! He adorns them with mad rasta like fringe and tons of pom poms and ....well, needless to say, everyone in the family received a scarf this year...but to their surprise, they were from HIM and not from me!

Cats
A few months back, we rescued a wild cat and tamed her only to realize that my cat allergies were nearly killing me and we had to find her a home. Well, ...in the process, I started making the fabulous kitty pi bed (made with Noro yarn of course) that Wendy created and then.....well, we ended up taking it with us to Vancouver to visit Bam's family and the cat bed found its home:

Bam's brother Peter has three cats, Chaos, Mayhem and Havoc. And Chaos is the little princess who decided the bed was hers. Boy did she beat up Havoc when he tried to get in it!!!! Hilarious!

Amazing
In the world of knitting, there are those who simply have that artist's eye and creative bent that make me breathless with inspiration and awe. Check out this woman's incredible and LARGE knitting:
Flock

On the other end of the spectrum, there is tiny knitting:
Bug

On the needles
It's always good to know what someone is knitting isn't it? Currently, I have the never-ending Bam sweater which is a simple top-down raglan seamless sweater knit on size 8 needles. I'm almost done with the body, almost done with one sleeve....nearly there. nearly there! But it's black of course and this makes for tough knitting when I'm tired. Ah well. One must sacrifice for rock n roll!

What else....? Hmmmm......I finished up a feather and fan scarf for my mum in law and hats for both her and my dad in law. Lovely. Of course, I forgot to take pics in the midst of the Xmas madness.

Thank you
A very big cyber thank you to everyone for your loving thoughts and kind wishes regarding my father's death. It's been a rough year losing both parents but I feel blessed to have been loved by them. Their deaths have made me appreciate what I have in my life and made me realize how truly lucky I am to love my husband so much. Sappy? Yeah, you betcha!

On that note....
Happy New Year!!!!!