"I'll take the lot" says Harry to the trolly lady of Hogwart's Express........
So, She Ewe Knits is having an "I'll take the lot" sale on in-stock Simply Shetland Silk & Shetland Lambswool yarns. Check out my news and specials page for shades and quantities that are available. As usual, shipping is extra and all sales are final.
Happy knitting!
I finished "Road Movies".......and I'm not sure what to say exactly. It's like reading a very detailed travel diary of someone. Because it's someone I'm intrigued by, I found it interesting....at first.....but it became (to me) very same old same old......no insight into the person at all. I finished reading it with no end of book reaction. Nothing. Maybe it's just me? I don't know. Lorraine -- do you want to read it next?
Maryland Sheep & Wool!
Well, what can I say........The main thoroughfare at the Festival is like going to the CNE on a Saturday afternoon......it's so packed and the lines to the food vendors and select booths are so long......
especially the line to buy Festival merchandise -- I swear to you, people waited in line for hours just to buy a t-shirt!!!!!
I caught one of the sheep dog exhibitions........the sheep were particularly cantankerous and made it hard for the dog and shepherds.....
but they managed to get them under control.
One of the unique aspects of this fair is that you get up close and personal with all of the great fibre animals......this is a pretty spectacular example....
Quinn, the Llama........he is so gorgeous, and he knows it!
I succumbed to the spinning goddess, and purchase some fleece and a drop spindle.....here's my hostess for the weekend, Phyliss, demonstrating drop spindle spinning in the parking field at the fair...
-- thank you Phyliss for a great weekend, for your personal tour of Washington, and your hospitality!
I've finished "The Golden Compass"..........I'm going to save my thoughts on that for another post. The anticipation was killing me, I had to start "Road Movies".........
What a coincidence that quite a bit of what I've read so far deals with being in and around Washington.....and here I am about to get on a plane tomorrow to fly to Dulles Airport for MS&W!
Trying to figure out when this Road trip took place........Ms Starmore has had meetings with Taunton Press about their publication of her "Fair Isle Knitting" book, and then she meets with Random House in New York about the "Sweaters for Men" book......."Fair Isle Knitting" was published October 88 and the "Sweaters for Men" was publish in 89 -- and it's around St. Patrick's Day - so this makes it March of 88 when she's driving around the US in her White Thunderbird rental car..........and she loves music......lots of references to music of the time, relating it to her trip.....
Yes Catherine, this is a hard cover book - 302 pages - pictures but no photos if you know what I mean......no photo of Alice standing in front of whatever............artsy b/w photos.....
It's interesting to hear her thoughts on the American way of life....she's obviously intrigued with America -- references back to her Aunties who were in America in the 1920/30s.........she recalls in amazing detail her trip, and as I said, her knowledge of the music of the time is woven in the story.
It made me think back to where I was in March 1988 -- I was living in Hamilton and I was just getting back into knitting........big time....and I bought "Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting" from Louise at Rena's Yarns in Dundas, Ontario. I loved the book, the sweaters called out to my Scottish ancestory, I had no idea that it would influence my knitting so much that I would become totally immersed in the world of fair isle knitting.
I popped in to see Lorraine, of Sheriff of Knittingham fame, and Twisted Traditions designs, aka Knittingham (Ravelry) yesterday after my cleaning/polishing dental appointment. I had brought my "Road Movies" book along to the dentist in case there was any wait time. (There wasn't pooh!) When I got to Lorraine's, I showed her the book, but took it home with me (aren't I mean!).
As usual, we got to talking about traditional knitting, and the enduring fascination of all things "Alice". Is it an age thing? Are all of us traditional knitters of an age when we remember when Alice hit the scene and we have just never gotten over it......are there young knitters out there knitting Alice stuff?
I was so excited when Eunny Jang did her fair isles for Interweave Knits - Venezia and Autumn Rose in Unicorn's Simply Shetland 4 -- hoping that it would inspire young knitters to knit with the traditional yarns, in a traditional manner, these sweaters in the traditional yarn with their updated silhouettes. How many of these knitters will go on to be fascinated with traditional knitting....I wonder........
Back to the book -- If you're an Alice fan (like me) you'll love it....and as it says "Volume 1" obviously there will be more.............. I'm on page 144 and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
Just my opinion of course!
To get a box in the mail, that contained something so nicely wrapped that you don't want to open it, almost.......but you know what it is and you can't wait!
I have about 20 pages of The Golden Compass to finish before I start this.
I'm cleaning up around She Ewe Knits and finding odd balls and small lots of yarns.....so I've started a "Clearance" page over at She Ewe Knits.
As I find more I'll be adding -- and will try to keep it up to date by removing what's no longer available ok?
I'll try........
Happy Knitting
On the knitting road that is -- I love knitting/fibre related adventures.
For years I've wanted to go to the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. This year it was looking good....my guild was going to run a bus tour...what could be greater than a bus full of knitters headed to the biggest party in town!!!! Unfortunately, not enough knitters signed up, so the trip was cancelled.
Then I thought of my knit travel buddy Phylis who lives very close to the festival and goes every year. An e-mail or two later and it was all arranged -- and so I'll be there and hope to meet up with some of my fellow bloggers.
Let me know if you'll be there -- and maybe we can think of some way of recognizing each other?
Happy Knitting!
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