Not A Decent Picture of Meg

In this whole bunch of pictures, I did not get a really good picture of Meg. Next year, I need to do something about it.


Honorable Mention though, Al and Lee Ann. Al is the camp photographer and a KNITTER! He takes pictures of everything and everyone. Out of the goodness of his heart. Long about winter, he sends us each a CD of all of the camp pictures. Almost a thousand of them. What a Guy!












What great friends we are making every year!

More Show and Tell

Double Knitting by M'Lou

The author attends Camp 2.75. Here is just a sampling of what she brings to show. We were lucky this year to have her do a workshop for us and give us a tam pattern. It is on the "List" for later this year for me. For now, look at these pics, the inside is as cool as the outside.

Are You Ready?

For some Show and Tell! Over the next few days, you get to see just some of the fantastic pieces that I got to see at camp. This is just a smattering. Some pics were blurry, and my apologies in advance to the models....sometimes, you were making some odd faces, but the knitting was just too fabulous to not show...

Shawls form Camp

If after going to camp and seeing all the lovely shawls on and show and tells, you don't want to jump in to make one, well.....I am not sure the experience worked for you.

When I went to my first camp in 96, that was my state of mind....I will never knit a shawl, who would want to do that? Well, it didn't take me long to change my mind at that very first camp.

Contests and Favorite Things

Later next week, I'll show you lots of entries in the Contest for 2.75 Camp, but for today, here is my last place win.

I'm not sad about that! It was the first time I entered, and I am pleased about that I did that. What is really cool is my prizes. It was these two books donated by Greg. They are spectacular and I think a great prize for finishing last!


The first night at camp I spied this new color of Sheepsdown and knew right away it was the perfect yarn/color for the Box Top Jacket from Cheryl's book. I wound a ball and cast on straight away.

With the cool weather we are having it is perfect knitting on it. On Saturday, Cheryl asked me if I would help moderate the group over on Ravelry for Knitted Jackets. I was honored to be asked.

What more can I say, I love this book and it is one of my favorites, right up there with EZ and Meg herselves.

More

Yes, there seems to be some purple going on. This is for our group project and the deal was to use a color you don't normally use. But, purple seems to be my new normal.

We are going to take the vneck pullover and turn it into a cardigan. Steeking will be involved. So far I have not yet sucessfully steeked and I am excited about doing it.

Lilac...yet another purple. But, this one I only bought one. I am going to do a swatch cap and see if I will like this in an Aran. I've been wanting to design my own Aran for sometime.

Once I decide what I want to do and if I like it in lilac then I'll order the rest for a sweater.

This is a new publication that Amy Detjen is involved in. I thought I'd take a look at it and maybe get a subscription. It is out of Wisconsin and I like home grown stuff.


And almost finally....some books.

I think that is all that I bought this past weekend, except for a cute little necklace. I've got plenty to keep me busy for awhile, don't cha think.

No, This Isn't All Of It


I don't want to overload with too much, so I am posting just a bit of the weekend's new yarn/projects. Meg's is a different kind of experience of yarn, but one tht makes you still want to start something new. With 60 men and women in a group, there are all kinds of avenues to explore.

Yes, yarn for another jacket from Cheryl Oberle's book. Did I mention I am working my way through it?

No other book since the Shetland Books has enticed me to make more than one thing from a book like this one. Well, may EZ and Meg are the other ones.

Okay, so here is another one. But, in my defense, I bought the turq last year for a shawl and as it vegitated this year, it really decided it wanted to be this jacket from Cheryl's book.

I just bought the black Shetland Jumperweight to go with it this year.

This was the shawl the turq was going to be, but after seeing the real shawl in person and trying it on, I thought I would get a lot more mileage out of the grape.

Little did I know that I also had picked out a similar color in a little heavier weight for a group Radical knitting project!

And this really isn't new either, just needed to pick up a couple of extra skeins literally on my way out Sunday night.

I had bought one skein for the Sock Knit Along last winter, and never got to it, so I decided to put it towards yet another shawl that is popular at not only Meg's Camp but I actually took a class at Arnhild's last February as well.

Oh yes there is more, but I'll show those tomorrow. And Sandy, don't tell the tall guy, lets keep this between ourselves. :)

Where To Start?

There is so much to show and it is hard to decide where to start. So, we'll start with vendor day on Saturday. I did the least amount of damage there, but what I did get I thought was kind of spectacular.

The Bohus Hat kit from Kimmet Croft. This is just enough yarn to either wet my appetite for Bohus knitting or cure me from ever wanting to do it again, without the investment of a major sweater.

Kind of hard to see, but I bought new yarn from Cheryl for either a shawl or if I can talk Char out of her two skeins, a jacket from the Knitted Jackets book.

I might have to order it from Cheryl since at the moment I am really leaning towards the jacket.

New pottery from Jennie the Potter. This bowl is going to the yarn room if nothing else for decoration. I do like the concept though. What you can't see is that it has a sheep in the inside as well.


I have a mug that I ordered two years ago from Jennie, but I could resist another one this year.

This is a little different shape than what I had before.

Last but not least, and yes, I have plenty of sock yarn, but this one is special since it is by Jennie as well and of course my special color. Who could resist?

It's Almost Time

Today is going home day. We have had so much fun it's hard to describe. There are so many new things I want to try some with new yarn I bought, others with yarn I have at home.

The real pitts is that I have to go back to work tomorrow at noon and won't have time to play. Next week I'll bore you with lots of pictures and more knit camp talk.

Last night we had a great dinner with fellow knit campers Linda, Nancy, Rollie and their spouses at a Japanese steakhouse. What a great show and dinner to boot! Then back to the big room for knitting one last time.

This morning it is breakfast with group and settling up with the Schoolhouse Press staff. What a great job they have done!

Live It's Sunday Morning.


Sorry there are no pictures, you will just have to wait until next week, when I will bore you silly with them from the big camera.

I cannot believe it is almost over. I do want to get home and try some new things out, but will be really sorry that it is over. We are making some new friendships this year and learning new things about old friends. I cannot explain it fully, it is something you just have to experience.

Yesterday, we saw again some unbelievable show and tell. This weekend, the three of us have definitely discovered some new ways to use the Kauni yarn we all three bought two years ago. I think it is unanimous that we are ripping out the sweaters we already started and doing something else.

In new projects, the three of us have decided that we are going to do a group project and bring it back next year as our show and tell! The pattern is from a Spun Out and we are going to modify it into a cardigan so I can actually steek.

This year, my focus on my knitting has been from Cheryl Oberle's book Knitted Jackets and I got to show my four finished jackets to the group. Cheryl asked me to help moderate the group on Ravelry for Knitted Jackets and I was really felt honored that she would ask! Of course, I said yes.

Today is the raffle and I am shameously going advertise Knit 4 Together and have put my raffle into one of their large shopping bags. Also, today is Contest Day and I am pleased that I have mine to show.

Oy, there is so much to say but for now, gotta go get dressed!

We're Here!
Aren't you all wishing you were here? We are just sitting here relaxing. Linda and Char are knitting and I was doing a little work.

We had a great reuben at the Pioneer Restaurant in Westfield.

As Linda said we are getting pretty good at this stuff! More later.

Off to Camp?

Yes, tomorrow bright and early we will be making our way to Meg's Camp. I am planning on blogging from camp and posting pictures. My bags are not packed and I am still unsure as to what to take to knit on. You know I'll be gone a whole 5 days and there are tons of sweaters that I can knit on while I am away.

Last night the yarn was going in the spare suitcase and then this morning the yarn came out of the suitcase. What to do, what to do. As a fellow knitter and co-worker said to me today...take whatever you want to, you would just hate yourself if you left something at home and decided you want to use it while you are at Camp. So, back to the drawing board there.

Yes, I am off from work, but one of the deals of me being gone is that they have access to me if they need me. I hope they don't, although I have already been responding to a couple of emails. If nothing else to keep my mailbox from over flowing.

Today, I worked a bit at work and then took off for some errands, so now as it is after seven, I'd better get moving on the packing!

Happy Birthday Linda!

Gearing Up

Sorry about the lack of blogs, but I have been busy knitting on the Wrapper. It is finished and going to camp with me. I have not had a chance to take pics of it yet, and hope to get that done before I leave on Thursday and post.

Also, I am working on my contest entry. Not sure if it will make the contest but we'll see.

Lots to do in just two days both at work and at home. I've never been quite this disorganized for a trip. It will come together, I'm sure!

Happy Friday!

It's a holiday for me from work, but I have plenty to keep me busy. Taking care of some business, grocery shopping and then home to clean for the 4th of July Annual Lunch. Mom and my aunt have been coming down forever while the Tall Guy cooks.

This year, it will just be my Auntie who is 89 years young. I should be so lucky to have inherited her genes. You would never know she was 89. She is no longer driving do to macular degeneration, but other than that almost nothing gets her down.

She is going to help me tomorrow go through some great old pictures I found and let me know whe they are. Also, there were a couple of boxes of knick knacks that I need to know if they mean anything. The only thing I remember about some of them is that as a kid, I had to dust them, so I know they have been around since then!

After I get my chores done today, rather by tonight, it is time to enjoy the weekend! That and I brought work home, to see if I can get ahead of next weeks work before taking off for camp on Thursday!

The Wrapper

One sleeve to go. The collar is on too. Hoping tomorrow night at Knit Night, I can get a bit of it done and then finish up on Friday so I can see if the hips will block about a bit.

The couple I have seen on Ravelry and in the book don't come all the way closed either, so maybe it isn't me, but the way it was meant to be styled.

I am anxious to be onto another jacket to work on before camp next week.