SSNB Knitter's Digest 6/6/07

We were met with a pleasant surprise on Monday night. A long, lost friend appeared with zucchini chocolate cake. The cake was amazing and it was nice to see V as well. She was knitting a shawl with yarn made of incredible natural colors fresh off her sheep. You can find her at Logan Square's farmer's market on Sundays. She's also teaching at the HPAC this Fall. For those of us going to Michigan's Fiber Fest, she might join us for lunch.

We talked a lot about the food options at the Fiber Fest. We're split on the people joining Windy City for the healthy fare and the people excited about the fried eats that'll be available. Maybe Windy City can organize laps around the charter bus for those who indulge in the greasier meal plan.

F finished her shrug and modeled it for the group. But alas, there were no cameras. She has moved onto a Bear's hat. N's almost finished with the cardigan she had last week. (How does she do it?) K brought a mobius wrap. M had a shawl again.

Since the last meeting, N's dogs got in a terrible fight. She wondered what the commotion was because they usually don't fight. Suddenly they were dead silent. Turns out they were after a jalapeno pepper and quickly lost interest after having a taste. She also had a British knitting magazine. They had a spread of knit teddy bears. The bears were eating, get this, knit sandwiches. And knit eclairs. This was pattern making genius. She was good enough to find the pattern here. The bears themselves were unattractive, but their food sure looked tasty.

We also spent some time talking about the current entitled generation and how their parents pay for everything. At what point do the kiddies get cut off? We ran the gamut from 17 to almost 40. Until the next digest.