kitty: Happy KIP Day - events in Columbus Ohio - updated

HAPPY WORLD WIDE KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY!!!!!!!!! - Thanks MG... She sent me the link to remind me that saturday is the day! Events listed for Columbus on the Site
On the way to this mornings KIP where Knitters Connection was last year, I spotted this parked outside the over pass. Somehow the Midwest Haunting Festival and Knitters Connection seemed like an odd group to be together in the same venue. United States, Ohio, Columbus Hosted by: Knitters Mercantile Location: Convention Center Time: 10:00 AM Date: June 14, 2008 How to get there: Convention Center in downtown Columbus. North end, upstairs outside the ballroom
Libby (Wonder Knit) and Karida (Neighborhood Fibers)
Merchant Room	Bad picture of the KIP	Merchant Room
United States, Ohio, Columbus Hosted by: April Location: Easton Town Center - Fountains Time: 3:00 pm Date: June 14, 2008 Please bring: Bring your knitting, or even crochet if you don't know how to knit, any yarn you want to swap, patterns you want to swap, and of course yourself :) The backup plan is: Barnes N Noble downstairs in the cafe`.

MG: conductivity

think i'll head to the 2nd street market--to knit with knitters and contribute my blip to the knitting lights stringing up across the world today.


our block fell under power outage last night. lasted until 7 this morning. things i missed in the electrical dark:

• reading blogs
• ravelry
• checking weather maps online or on TV to anticipate the next storm
• adequate lighting for reading and lace knitting
• watching dvds
• fans and/or AC to keep cool enough to sleep
• trusting the fridge to feed me tomorrow

MG: hey there

it's been a while. how have you all been?

i've been cocooning. resting restlessly. dreaming. doubting. settling in to dayton. holding on to berkeley. reading. trying to change, trying to peel away the layers of me i don't need anymore, trying to see through to who i'm going to be--want to be--next. and procrastinating. lots and lots of procrastinating, though i can't always tell the difference between needful rest and fearful procrastination.

all of that leaves me feeling not so great about myself, which in turn makes me want to hide a bit. it's not as bad as it sounds; it's what i need for now and where i want to be. why are big changes so hard on egos? is it the violation of expectations? is it the uncertainty? is it not yet being good at it--these new ways? i guess it's also a threat to identities; we can't become something new without giving up some of what we've been.

what do caterpillars do in their cocoons? are they restless? fearful? or do they while away the necessary time in zen slumber?


there are good things happening. i joined a lovely CSA, found a new fiber shop to love, attended a few fiber events. the above is me knitting in public on KIP day after enjoying the Knitters Connection market with Kitty Kitty.

hello out there to Melinda: i don't have contact coordinates for you (maybe it's time we move from blogger) but want to thank you for the kind and warm comment you left on my last post. i can't tell you how much i appreciate it. it feels good to remember people are waiting to hear from me, that my writing here matters a little more than i assume. so thank you for caring and especially for verbalizing that care. i think i will take your prescription and blog every day for a little while to fight the paralysis. hugs.

see you tomorrow. :)

MG: a shortcut to mushrooms

started a new project--one of those little cardigans taking over the world. i'm using KnitPicks Andean Treasure in Embers, a deep, heathery wine-red. it's 100% baby alpaca and so soft i'd like to snuggle it like a teddy bear. the body is knitted bottom-up, the sleeves top-down, and both with provisional cast-ons. live stitches everywhere and construction thrilling.


i've been trying on my little cardigan as i knit, and it's snug. i need someone to tell me--sight unseen--it'll be fine; it'll stretch a little as you wear it; no, not at all like sausage casing... before i frog (again). i took it to the movies last weekend; Gromit and i clicked our needles together.

we've had lots of food photos around here, and i don't think it'll cease anytime soon because here is more Berkeley Farmers' Market loot. these are my favorite mushrooms: royal trumpets and shimejis, i believe.


i love the way mushrooms grow. it'd be nice to be small enough to live under a mushroom canopy.