Category: Knittastic!

In just over a week I’ll be flying east to go to Maryland Sheep & Wool with Mac and Adelle. Off to the land of fibery goodness. And as I plan my trip, I end up feeling the same way I always do before I go anywhere with knitters…

What should I make to wear?

Of course, this is somewhat unreasonable, as I have about a week to make something. The only time during the week that I will have anything that resembles free time is my flight to Philly. Knitting something this fast? Probably not too likely. But maybe you know something I don’t know? Maybe there is some speedy knit out there, the “must have” thing of the spring? You know, like Fetchings were this past winter? I cranked them out fast. Surely there must be something out there? Ideas, anyone?

Would it possibly be cool enough that I could get away with wearing a sweater? I could finish the sleeves for my green Four Play (mmmm… Brooks Farm) sweater and wear that. I could do two sleeves in a week, I think. Hm… I’m definitely going to be wearing one of the t-shirts I designed, so there will be knitting related wear if nothing else. (I’m going to design another one – “Life’s too short to knit with ugly yarn.” Teehee!)

OH! If you’re going – Blogger lunch meetup at 1pm on Saturday and Sunday! Thanks to Chris for tipping me off to that!

A much more eloquent version of what I was trying to post last night:

Are you are a knitter, a knit blogger, a friend of knit bloggers, a knit blog lurker, a crafter who feels kinship with knitters, or a yarn fetishist? Will you be in Austin during SXSW?

Planned snugly between the Boss Lady panel (with Vickie Howell from knitty gritty) and the serious evening parties – Suzanne from Hill Country Weavers has kindly offered up a place for us to get a little stitchin’ and bitchin’ done. Other crafters and knitters-to-be welcome as well!

There is a van that will kindly provide transport between the convention center and the LYS.

So if you’d love to hobnob with some friendly faces, and get the inside scoop on the Austin knitting scene – we hope this will be a nice cross section of locals and out of towners alike!

Please spread the word! (There is an Upcoming Event listing for this too.)

Unfortunately – my SXSW plans are actually pretty low key at the moment, and Mike & I have dinner plans several nights of the event. I don’t know if this conflicts with them or not, as I forgot to check with him last night. Oops. So I’m still on the “maybe” list, but I’ll figure it all out soon!

After all sorts of drama with the podcast itself – for some reason, my mic has decided to crap out and I sounded like I recorded it in a tin can – the 14 episode of the PointySticks Podcast is now LIVE! *cheers from everyone in my house!* Mike even participates in this episode! Be sure to check it out!