Some of you know that back in December 2006 I was a part of a missionary trip to New Orleans. We helped to distribute gifts to the children of the city and to help clean up one of the neighborhoods. I fell completely in love with New Orleans on this trip... I cannot begin to put into words what the city and the people we met mean to me.

But the Yarn Harlot does an amazing job of talking about it in her latest post... she made me cry at work.

New Orleans... I miss you.

The wonderful Dave emailed yesterday and noticed that Knit Mainea has been rather quiet lately. And I knew it had been a couple of weeks, but hadn't realized it's pretty close to a month. Oops! To be honest, I keep things updated over at Ravelry and forget to update here.

So here is the past month in a nutshell...

I finished my first toe-up Magic Loop sock.


The specs: 40" Addis size 1, Greenwood Fiberworks cotton sock yarn, no pattern- just simple 3x3 ribbing.

I really loved making this... not only because I found Magic Loop fun to do (although I am not getting rid of my dpns- I like them too much), but because the yarn was super to work with. I'm about half way through the second.

I've become a Loopy Ewe addict.
Yes, yes. Shut up. Four orders in a month isn't that crazy, is it?

I've restarted Mystery Stole #3.
I joined the Secret of the Stole which starts October 5th and figured I should get my ass in gear and finish Mystery Stole first. I was able to breeze through Chart A of Clue 1 in a couple of hours, but then got distracted by the Red Sox game. I'll finish it sometime about the time I turn 50.

I'm working on the ever popular Chevron Scarf.


I'm using Amy Boogie sock yarn in the colors "Strawberries and Cream" and "Poison." Don't you love it? Poison Strawberries and Cream. I've almost gotten my brother's best friend Julie to learn to knit just because she loves how this scarf is coming out.

I went to my first Ravelry yarn crawl.
We started at Purl Diva (Ellen is so adorable!) and I picked up some gorgeous Trekking XXL and some Misti Cotton (no pictures yet) and purchased patterns for the Fiber Trends Felted Clogs and EZ's Baby Surprise Jacket. I've been waiting for the Baby Surprise Jacket to be available sans book simply because it is more easily portable (and there is a huge thread about the legalities of copying a pattern from a book you own to use as a working copy over at Ravelry). Having the pattern separately solves the problem.

And the most exciting thing in my bag from Purl Diva... I got a Wild Woolly! I'll talk more about that in a different post (along with pictures), but if you're curious now, google it... it is such a super cute idea and I can't wait to release my own Wild Woolly into the world.

After Purl Diva, we went to the Knitting Experience Cafe. Chesley is seriously so freaking awesome and I just love her to pieces. My friend Beth (who just learned to knit and is doing amazing) and I are heading down to Brunswick tonight for the Thursday night knitting group. The ladies I met on Saturday were so great and I had such a good time talking with them! Also, if you are interested in knitting pillows and are in the area, check in on Patti's Cable Pillow class. She'll be offering it sometime soon and her example pillow is gorgeous.

We finished up the evening at the Sea Dog... good food, good beer, and super people!

My baby boy started Kindergarten.
Hence all the startitis... I've needed something to keep my mind busy. He loves it and spent all of Labor Day weekend wishing he was at school.

I could also say that I've started Amy Boogie's Chunky Cardigan or that I am almost done with my second Hedera or that I am on a temporary yarn buying diet (balls!). The leaves are starting to change which bums me out a bit. Autumn is my favorite season, but the freaking leaves started changing at the beginning of August. I am still trying to figure out where summer went.

Happy Thursday!