My New Toy

Knitting is one of my favorite hobbies. I also love to read. Since I take a bus to work everyday, that's when I do most of my reading. However, I'm not thrilled about having to drag a bunch of books around with me. Hence, my Christmas gift. Now I can take all of my reading material and place them on this one little device. I love my Kindle Wi-Fi. Yeah!

Knitting Retreat

A group of friends from work went on a knitting retreat to Rush Creek Retreat in Sugargrove Ohio. The cabin was beautiful. It had plenty of room for all fifteen of us.
It's very relaxing to be able to sit and knit, crochet, etc without any other distractions. Definitely will have to make this an annual event.

Me Time!

Knitters Connection started yesterday. Didn't sign up for any classes this year. However,I did sign up for membership and picked up my goodie bag. Our knitting group at work took the afternoon off. After eating lunch we stopped by to see what the vendors were selling. Then we got a good three hours of knitting and crocheting in. I'm going to have to schedule more of these half days for knitting.

WWKIP Day

On June 12th, our knitting group sponsored our World Wide Knit in Public Day at Polaris Fashion Place in Columbus Ohio. Close to twenty people showed up to knit and crochet. The rain held off allowing us to be there all day. A lot of people were interested in what we were doing. It gave us a chance to promote the fiber arts.

Meet the Ravelry Gang

Our knitting group at work (Stitch'n Club) got to meet the Ravelry gang at Yarnmarket. There was a nice turn out. It was great to meet the creators of Ravelry. Thanks to Deborah at Yarnmarket for a successful event.

Winter Wonderland!

Even though it looks pretty, I've seen enough snow to last for five winters. I'm trudging my way to work this morning because they're not closed or on a delay (big corporations never close) and I don't have a laptop to take home. This is perfect day to stay home and knit or crochet all day.

I've been dog sitting my sister's Jack Russell and even he's sick of the snow. He's all white and he gets lost in the snow.

Trying to rush the back door to get back inside where it's warm.

Who Dat?

It's the Super Bowl XLIV champs the New Orleans Saints! Yeah baby!

Sticks N Stitches

I attended Sticks N Stitches at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio. It was the Columbus Blue Jackets vs. the Chicago Blackhawks. It was fun to sit with a group of knitters/crocheters and watch the hockey game. I didn’t realize that with the lights out it was hard to see what you are knitting. Good thing I like hockey because I ended up watching the game.

The Blue Jackets vs the Blackhawks (Blackhawks won)

See how dark it was. I couldn't see to knit.

Here's some of my friends collecting their goodie bags and door prizes.

Happy New Year!

It’s a new year and decade. I've given up making resolutions that I can’t keep. I didn’t even reach the goals I made from last January. They were cleaning out the junk room for my knitting space, finishing up knitting projects and making a sweater for myself. I think I had too much on my plate, so I’ll just pick one. I’m going to work on getting my unfinished projects completed. Maybe I can finish one per month.

Hope everyone has as a happy knitting, crocheting, spinning and sewing year!