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October 13, 2005

Long Weekend

So I'm taking off Friday and Monday so I can go to a certain Sheep and Wool Festival up in NY. My non-knitting friends have taken to calling this festival many different names, such as "The Fish and Chips Festival" or "Visiting Chip and Will". Har. It's kind of hard to explain to the non-knitters why going to something called a sheep and wool festival is really, really fun, but I've tried. You've got yer alpacas -- they are DAMN cute. And also the yarn -- there's SO MUCH OF IT IN ONE PLACE. And so many colorways and fibers. And then there's all the knitbloggers that might be there ... but try explaining knitblog friends to a non-blogger. They immediately envision some sort of Dungeons and Dragons-type convention where extremely weird people get together and dance around yarn. (Hmmm -- that might not be too far off.)

But who cares what the non-knitters think? RHINE. BECK.

Since I promised I would post one, here's a picture of the socks I finished for The Pants:

One pair down.

I promise they are very similar, although that picture makes them look kinda different. I still need to block them because Jacob has the BIGGEST FEET ever and the toes are still a little tight. Remind me not to promise him socks on any kind of deadline any time soon. (P.S. Dear Jacob: in order to fund my Rhinebeck trip, these socks are your early (and only) birthday present. Love, Schmoo. ) (Just kidding.)

Like I mentioned before, I started on a bulky mini-cardi right after I finished the socks, didn't do a gauge swatch, and lived to regret it. Oops. I was a little distracted watching The Life Aquatic (which I hated SO. MUCH. ) and I seamed up a whole sleeve before realizing that the thing was way too small. So, I'll probably find some other stash yarn and start one for the trip.

I really stink at packing for weekend trips - I always overpack, but then have nothing to wear. I don't want to run into the same issue with the knitting, so I think I'm going to bring Clapotis, which is v. close to being done, a pair of socks that I haven't started yet, and said bulky mini-cardi that I haven't started yet. I have some starting to do tonight. And packing. And also I need to spend time with the schmoos. ACCCCKKKKKK.

Ahem.

To avert my attention from the travel anxiety (which is actually all based upon my fear of flying), I will post this picture of my brown hair. I've been meaning to for a while and I just keep forgetting.

(Dear Internets, I'm a brunette now. Love, Carrie.)

We were going for dark chocolate brown and it turned out as more of a caramel brown, but I'm going to hang with this color for a while and go darker in a few weeks. Just in case you were wondering about my hair color plans. On that note, I'll sign off... I'll probably see some of you this weekend...let's hope the rain slows down. At least long enough to buy some yarn.

Posted by carrie at 05:32 PM | Comments (32)