On Tuesday I read an email by my knitting guru, The Scarlet Knitter, describing her Stitches West experience. True to form I hung on her every word and went directly to the link she provided when describing the work of a particular designer. Stop the presses! Hold your horses! All bets are off! I was . . . "smitten" is the word that comes to mind. My dictionary provides the following definitions:
1. struck, as with a hard blow
2. grievously or disastrously stricken or afflicted
3. very much in love
Yes, I was and still am all three. After following that first link, I went to Ravelry and followed any related links and their related links to many places. I ordered the pattern book later on Tuesday and it arrived on Thursday. I reset my agenda, my priorities. UFOs be damned. USOs will remain so. I picked the cover pattern (I intend to knit them all eventually) and ordered the yarn on Friday. I stalked Ravelry for more people, more blogs referencing more patterns and followed them to the ultimate. I carry the book around with me, even to bed. I read it like a novel. I am definitely smitten!!!
This link will lead you into the depths: The Fine Line. Enter at your own risk.
Bona Fide Knitter
Bona Fide Knitter
About Me
- Bona Fide Knitter
- I'm a retired career woman trying to live la vida loca. I love to travel and I'm a hobby junkie. Tell me about it, show me a picture and I'll want to do it too. Whether it's needlework (sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet, needlepoint, cross stitch, crewel), cooking, baking or making ice cream, I'll do it all. And although I began with a knitting blog, a couple of the other joys were mentioned and pictured more than a little. Actually, so much that I now have a cooking blog, "Kitchener to Kitchen." If you know of my sock knitting obsession, you get the play on words.
1 comment:
I too am smitten with the book. I understand that Grace Anna was not at Stitches West (I met her last summer at Stitches Midwest). She is as elegant as her shawls. Have fun knitting. I get great comments whenever I wear the shawls.
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