I was sad to wake up on Sunday morning knowing that this afternoon I had to leave Stitches and all my new friends to return to normal life. I was anxious to hit the market floor one last time and got impatient waiting for my husband, so I went to the market a few [...]
Posts Tagged ‘stitches west’
Stitches West 2008: Sunday Surprise
Posted in Events, Guilty Pleasures, Spinning, tagged Carolina Homespun, Debra's Garden, Gita Maria, Lendrum, Lendrum DT, Spinning, spinning wheel, stitches west on March 3, 2008 | 20 Comments »
Stitches West 2008: Saturday
Posted in Events, Guilty Pleasures, Knitting, Yarn Collecting, knit accessories, tagged 100% Alpaca, AffectionKnit, Article Pract, bag, Blue Sky Alpacas, Fibersphere, Fiona Ellis, journal, Julie Weisenberger, Knitspiration, Lain, Longmeadow, malabrigo, passport, patterns, Ravelry, ScrapHappy, stitches west, Valley Yarns, WEBS, Williamstown on February 28, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Luckily on Saturday morning I woke feeling fairly good. I can only attribute it to the 2 doses of Flexeril and the Melatonin combination. Hubby decided that shopping in the market didn’t sound so bad, so he joined me on our walk to the market floor. I have no idea how to [...]
Stitches West 2008: Friday
Posted in Classes, Design, Events, Guilty Pleasures, Knitting, Personal, knit accessories, tagged Cat Bordhi, class, ear light, Full Thread Ahead, health, patterns, Ravelry, Sock Architecture, stitches west, stitchmarkers, Tangled Yoke on February 27, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Friday was an amazing day at Stitches, especially since I attended an all-day class taught by Cat Bordhi on the Foxglove Sock Architecture as explained in her latest book. It was amazing just being in Cat’s presence, but watching and listening to her information about sock construction was very enlightening. Her visual aids [...]
Stitches West 2008: Thursday
Posted in Events, Guilty Pleasures, Knitting, Travel, Yarn Collecting, tagged Chameleon Colorworks, DH, friends, hotel, Ravelry, Socks that Rock, stitches west, Stitches West 2008, Tulip Baby Cardigan on February 26, 2008 | 18 Comments »
There’s so much to share with you regarding Stitches West, but I’m going to break it up into several posts so I don’t overload your systems with photos.
We left the house Thursday morning and drove from Southern California to Northern California. We were lucky enough to be staying at the Santa Clara Hyatt Regency [...]
Stitches West 2007: Part 3 (Saturday)
Posted in Classes, Events, Yarn Collecting, tagged Beth Whiteside, knit pattern, stitches west, Yarn Place on March 1, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Are you getting tired yet of Stitches West recaps? Well this is the very last post about it (at least for THIS year).
Saturday morning I woke with excitement, but I was also a bit sad since I knew this was my last day at Stitches. When we arrived at the convention center, we soon [...]
Stitches West 2007: Part One (Thursday)
Posted in Events, Travel, Yarn Collecting, tagged Blue Moon Fiber Arts, Brooks Farm, Claudia Handpaint, knitting needles, Koigu, stitches west on February 26, 2007 | 13 Comments »
First, I want to say how sorry I am that I haven’t responded to all of you regarding the fabulous comments on my scarf. I do sincerely appreciate it when comments are left for me, especially when you tell me how good my knitting is. Thank you!
Next (and what you’re here for anyway), [...]
I’m off to see the knitters….
Posted in Events, Knitting, tagged Classes, FO, scarf, stitches west on February 21, 2007 | 13 Comments »
I’m leaving for Stitches West in about 3 hours, then you’ll have to put up with another post or two about it, and then I’ll try to stop talking about it. Now I understand why you guys talk about Rhinebeck to death! It’s very exciting to be attending one of these events & [...]
