What a Weekend!
You know how you sometimes need a vacation after your vacation? Well I need a weekend after my weekend. Wow, was it one crazy, busy weekend!
Firstly, Ashley and I headed to Boulder on Saturday to participate in the Knit Out that was taking place. I had instructions from Amanda to bring my drop spindle with me as she was going to be handing out CD spindle kits from Interweave and teaching spinning. Ashley and I didn’t arrive until a bit after 11am and Amanda was worried that she brought the kits for nothing as she had only given out 2. But, I’m suspecting about a dozen were handed out before the end of the event.
This young boy was highly amusing. When Amanda first got out the kit for him and was assembling the spindle she was showing him how it was made from recycled CDs. So, he asked what people used before there were CDs, LOL! It was handy that I had my Mt. St. Helen’s spindle out and could show him :-) I have many pictures of Amanda teaching others to spin. However, since it was my camera and I was running it I have no pictures to show of my teaching anybody, but I did teach a few myself :-)
I got to meet several knit bloggers from the Mile High Knitters Ring and that was a lot of fun. I especially enjoyed meeting Jenifer whom I have exchanged comments with in the past. It was even more fun to get her bitten by the spinning bug! I also helped CynCyn learn about drop spindle spinning. She insisted she was not taking anything home with her, but I didn’t see a discarded spindle left behind in the park ;-)
I also had the pleasure of visiting with some fellow students from the spinning class in August…
Afterwards, Ashley and I enjoyed a great lunch at The Boulder Cafe on Pearl Street and then went to Shuttles for a quick stop. I am quite proud of myself for spending only $3.71! I bought 1/2 oz each of three more Ashland Bay tops for a few more warmlets. I’m in that sort of mode at the moment - instant gratification. I think it is because in my personal life I have some long term projects going on that are kind of dragging me down a bit. That, and the main things on my needles right now are big projects - the Wear-Everywhere and the Leaf Lace Shawl. And, I’m already starting to wig out about holiday season and everything that needs doing as we’re trying to be as low consumer for it this year as possible.
Once I got home I had to get busy becoming a whore. We had a house warming/birthday party to attend with the theme of Pimp and ‘Ho (how do you spell that anyway?). It was a fun party and much to my surprise kind of fun to have an alter ego for the evening :-) Needless to say, I was exhausted when we finally got home from the party as that made for a very loooooong day!
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