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Friday, May 23, 2008

YPF, Canadian Style

While in the Seasocks visit to the Beehive Yarns Feeding frenzy, I I picked up 3 skeins of the Hand Maiden Seasilk in the Moss colorway. I think I'm entering my "green" phase because it was the second time this trip that I bought yarn in this colorway. It's so wonderful to fondle and the color is delicious and slated to become a shawl from More Big Girl Knits (the name eludes me right now--it's not the Goddess shawl but the one made from Seasilk).

Photographed outside the Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC.

Sea Silk: 70% Silk, 30% Seacell®; 3mm/US 2; 27 stitches/4"; 400m/437.4yds; 100g/3.53oz.

More Post Cruise stories:

At the Empress, we had a fabulous Tea service

Here we are being well behaved ladies...

But not always...

I love this photo of LCK. I just sums up how I felt the entire trip--having fun and enjoying life.

Have a great weekend!!

Labels: Seasocks Cruise, YP Fridays

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

I'm Back!

I'm Back! I'm tired and broke but I had a great time!! This was my first ever cruise and it much more fun than I ever imagined it would be. Add yarn and a bunch of knitters and it was over the top on the fabulous scale!

I'm still getting my photos organized but here are a few highlights from the trip!

First night with my travel buddies: MamaC, LeftCoastKnits, TassleQueen and SunBny!

I got to meet everyone's favorite Lung Doc!

Brenda Dayne admires LCK's Kerry Cardigan during the "Today's Sweater" show and tell night.

Getting ready for our helicopter flight!

Aerial view of Juneau from a helicoptor tour. Our ship is on the far left.

Alaska sockbags reunited at the Pajama party! I finally got to meet the adorable Trillian 42!

The Sea Socks crew cleaned out Bee Hive Wools in Victoria!

Labels: Seasocks Cruise

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Ready to Cruise!

Do these come in my size?

I've been a bad blogger this week. I can't believe that the Seasocks Cruise is finally here!! My bags are packed. My yarn is wound. My black shawl.....is still...not done. But I brought blocking pins just in case I manage to eek it out. The thing about knitting is that hope always spring eternal.

See you in a week!

And yes, Casey, I have my passport.

Labels: Seasocks Cruise

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Forgive Me Turtlegirl For I Have Flaked...

It's been 8 weeks since my last YP post..

Last week, LCK, Blogless friend B and I were talking about the Seasocks Cruise and how cold it will be in Alaska and decided that we would channel our inner 5th grader and make matching dorky ear flap hats. (The scary thing is that no wine was involved in this decision)

So we all bought the same squishy bubble gum colored yarn:

Aracucania Limari
70% merino wool/20% alpaca/10% silk
11sts=4" on size 13US needles

And made these:

Pattern:Earflap Hat
From: knitsimple fall 2007 issue
Needles: Brittany Birch size 15 & Addi Turbos size 15 circs, crochet hook
Started: 4-Sept 7:00 PM
Finished 4-Sept 9:00 PM (including ice cream break)
(I loved knitting with this yarn.)

So if you're going on the cruise, just look for ~~glamazons~~, ~~dorks~~, the three of us wearing matching pink hats.
If you're not going on the cruise, why the heck not? Join us!

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Tonight at Knit Night at Knit This Purl That I found this cute little guy B made for the Mother Bear Project: