Ahhh we have pictures, thank goodness!!! I have made progress on my current two main projects, Purple Gables for Mom and the Lime Blue Cardi.

Lime Blue, I just finished up the body and have barely started on the sleeves, this yarn is still so so soft, and I love the color.

Purple Gables is going quickly, I had taken off the sleeves so Mom could try it on and it was a little tight I ripped back and am ready to take the sleeves off again now.

I was going to try and take only two projecrts to the US Open this week, but I think I have to take at least 3. Purple Gables is going so fast, and I would like to have it close to done since Mom will be there to continually try it on. I am also going to take Sizzle to start on,using a red/orange Bamboo. And the Hourglass, using the Purple/Green Plain and Fancy. If nothing else I have airplane knitting time.

I am so excited to get away, I need the escape right now and this will be the first trip traveling with my Mom and Sister, I hope it goes well so we can keep traveling together. I also get to see the super missed Cynthia!!

This blog has been neglected, the camera has been MIA so the blog has been as well. So you get a pictureless blog. And as all the local knitters know, I look at pictures more than I read the content of blogs. So I must keep this short..

I have been in a knitting funk of sorts, progress is getting made but nothing completed yet.

- Lime Blue Cardi is close to being bound off, then just sleeves to go!!

- Cut Away, poor cutaway it should be done, it only has finishing to do. But little to no love in a while.

- Mystery Stole 2, I was gung ho while new clues were coming out, I must be done before I can start the next clue, well now that all the clues are out I am fizzling a bit. I have almost finished clue 6 on one side, I am wrapping up the edging and then I can do the other side. It won't take long.

- Madli just might be dusty.

- I have started a 2nd Green Gable for my mother's bday. Not real far on that yet.

- My fall/winter knit list is growing and growing, Starsky, hourglass, Tubey, another coat like sweater out of Big Girl knits, plus another cardigan out of Big Girl Knits. Oh Sizzle, a Noroeske cardi too, out of Malabrigio though. And much more.

I can't be in a funk I have a ton of knitting to get done before spring!!

I think I may be a big C knitter. We all know what a big K knitter is about, but the big C whether I just made it up or not may fit the bill here. I will get to what the C stands for soon.

I start to then realize a great friend to all of us Denver Knitters is moving soon, which is a sad event with a few nice perks. She will be near Knitter fantasy lands like Webs and Classic Elite which has a discount store there as well, how could all of us pass up a chance to go visit. I mean really!!! This doesn't even mention all the yarn stores in the greater Boston area. Cynthia her very own self, just sent out this email listing her new shopping list:

1) (more for me than you) IKEA is 35 minutes away from my apt.

2) WEBS is 1.5 hours away

3) the Classic Elite Warehouse is 45 minutes away.

4) Rhinebeck: THREE hours!!!

5) Maryland Sheep and Wool: 6 hrs.

So I start thinking, hey I want to visit Cynthia in the near future, I should make the best of it. Now I wish I could check off all of her items on the list above but I will take what I can get. The other night for giggles I start looking at plane ticket prices. Then I look here at the Vendor list for the New York Sheep and Wool festival, seriously look at all of those vendors, it is madness. I look back at the plane ticket prices to Boston, they are pretty cheap. How do I pass this up. I type a few quick IM's to Cynthia and before you know it I bought a ticket. I am going to Rhinebeck this year, I am also going to see Cynthia!!!

I am beyond excited, I am already being a little nerdy and looking up vendor websites and such. I may need a second job between now and then to afford any yarn though!!

So as you can imagine a big C knitter stands for CRAZY!!!