so long sheep!

yesterday was the last day of the wool festival. this was my first one, and it was a good introduction to these kinds of venues. this one is small in comparison to others such as the one in maryland or even rhinebeck. one of the vendors described rhinebeck to me as, "look at how many vendors are in this space, imagine it packed and there's 10 more barns just like it!" eeks! i don't know how you navigate such a large event. i think i would be overwhelmed with stuff. i saw some beautiful spinning wheels and other handcrafted tools of the trade. there were plenty of goodies i could come home with, but, i don't have a bottomless yarn/tool/accessory budget. after i get back home, i will post pictures (of course)! today we're just going to enjoy the community and weather.

i kissed a llama

yes, really! it was soooo cute, long lush lashes, a fuzzy nose .... and i pet an angora bunny, and i supported some farms by purchasing lovely yarns :)
i'm "reporting" from vermont, the vermont wool & sheep festival, or as pinky and i like to call it, the goat rodeo . the first joy was having a sheep stamped on my hand incase i needed reentry. we, ever soooo slooooowly, made our way around to all the vendors. oh, so much yummy yarn! of course, i can't get it all. but i did manage to choose some aubergine boucle mohair, a gianormous hank of silk/merino fingering wt., and some heathered gray lace wt. i decided i need to go to rhinebeck next year, but i need to learn to spin on a wheel before then! and when i got hungry, i walked up to the food vendors and ordered a lamb burger. i was just joking, but they really were serving them, so, i ate lambchop. yum!

we were a litte "bad" before going to the exposition, as we stopped at kaliedoscope yarns on the way first, and i bought two hanks of koigu. some of use were more bad though. i "needed" the koigu, as my LYS is almost out of the yarn, and who knows when they'll get more in.

we've been super lucky with the weather --- clear skies, not too warm, and dry. it's absolutely beautiful here -- i love being able to see mountains in all directions.

look at me!

i'm finally to the point where i can comfortably put the knitting down and go do all things i've neglected this morning, as i've fixed my latest mistakes, and knitted beyond .... pretty sock! a sock that will need blocking to even out the wonkiness of the lace.

title?

what makes a little fellow like this ...



turn into this?


i'm sure it has something to do with the not so innocent beverage in the left side of the photo!

just ask Schmutzi Meilenweit.

in knitting news, i did rip out my 4 or 5 rows of sock, and haven't sat back down to get the stitches back where they belong. i've never had so many problems with a sock before. it's not hard or difficult, i just get going and keep going 'round and 'round, and forget to pause and do the plain areas in between. i plan on getting a fair amount of knitting done tomorrow on the plane, so i need to quit making this same mistake so i can make some progress! in preparation for my trip, i got a new stitch gauge! see!


i think i own about 5 or 6 of these things now. but, i only know where one of them is. i'm determined not to lose this one. i think some of my old ones are stuffed into books somewhere on the knitting shelf ....

i leave very early tomorrow morning for vermont. i had planned on having a cardigan knitted by now, to wear to the festival. instead, i had 3 new pairs of socks. what happened? oh yeah, i moved and had a lot on my mind, and couldn't commit to a sweater.

things are coming along

i'm still trying to figure out the relationship between my pc and my blog ... i can't figure out how to crop ! ooooh, the growing pains! well, i should have learned by now that wine and knitting don't mix, at least when it comes to lace. but, for some reason, i keep trying. and so, here it is --- a grand mistake, requiring ripping --- i knitted beyond my repeat, and must rip back to include the plain rows. UGH! (AGAIN!). i use to knit lots of stockinette st. socks --- and i wore them, and i wear them, but i get so much more satisfaction from more patterned socks. now, if i can just knit the suckers w/o mistakes!

goobers test

goobers test, originally uploaded by haphazard knitter.

yes, goobers. because i've already posted this picture once before, and i'm testing my new connection with my computer and camera ... and i've (maybe)figured out the kinks. (fingers crossed)(the superstitious knitter)

avoidance behavior

... it certainly has its benefits, just look at how much sock i've knitted!



i spent some time on the sofa watching stupid shows, but that was okay because i was also being productive ! i was so productive, i did not notice that i had skipped a repeat of the plain knitting rounds between my last two sets of scallops. ugh! so, a ripping i went this morning. i had actually knitted the heel and was a few rounds into the gusset when i noticed my mistake.
i'm using size 1 dpns on some stash koigu. i think the pattern would be easier to see with a different colorway, but my other stash koigu has been earmarked for other projects, so, i can't touch it! and i can't have more koigu, at least not until after (or during) my vermont trip. who made up these rules ?!

i still have not tried to reinstall my camera software. i spent some serious time yesterday on my computer, wiping out its harddrive and reloading all the programs. (yes, that's the punishment for when the computer is misbehaving --- wipe out its memory!) i did reinstall my dsl (duh), printer and scanner, oh, and norton. i'm feeling very picture deprived as i've yet to get my camera and computer to be friends. in the meantime, i guess the scanner will work as my "camera".



and have you seen this book ? i want it! right now i'm thinking i need a knitted crown. don't we need crowns?

and lastly, interweave press has a new special issue magazine coming in october, knitscene. of couse it's on my i want list! i'm a big interweave knits fan!

knitting is easier than blogging

i say this because after my computer being in storage for the last year+, i hardly remember how to use it. i tried to install my software for my digital camera, but it "didn't take". now, i need to uninstall, once i figure out how to do that, at an acceptable time of day.
but, in knitting news, i did start a new pair of socks! i'm knitting with some stash koigu in a shade of yellow with splotches with the lacy scallops sock pattern on the sockbug's website . i'm using size 1 dpns, and have 72 stitchs on my needles. so, it's a wavy kind of pattern, scallops, like feather & fan, or a chevron, so, it shouldn't be so big, but ... it's looking big. i'm going to keep knitting and see what happens though. (trying to be the faithful knitter)
the other reward koigu got put aside. it's too precious because it's fresh koigu. i'm a freak.