sheep in the city

Blogging Buddies Unite!

It was another great meeting of the Mile High City knit group Friday night, this time at Lesley's house. (you too can join the fun by joining the Yahoo group!) She defintely knows how to host a party...there was wine, chocolate fondue, strawberry shortcake with real whip cream!, spinach artichoke dip in a homemade bread bowl, and I'm sure there is more I'm missing. Can you believe it? All of this was done after she took a Thermal Physics exam?! What? Smarty woman in the house! Thanks Lesley for hosting us, you can have us over any time! Here she is printing out the pattern for her very own Clapotis!

(it is catching you know!) She and Tamara both decided to cast on for one, and Jenifer, Cynthia, and I were all working on ours. Cathi (aka, the model) brought her now famous Clap to show off, and yes it's still gorgeous, and yes I still want to steal it each time I see it! So Cynthia decided that we should all take a group picture when we are all done knitting our scarves and title it "the Contagious Clap" or "the Clap that swept Denver". I think that this is a hilarious idea, and I'm all for it! The evening was filled with so many good conversations, all happening at the same time, that Cynthia and I had to laugh because we just couldn't be involved in them all. I don't know what happens to me at these events, but I rarely work on my project for long. Not when there are other knitters to talk to! I discussed the start date of "Project: Rogue" with Cathi and Michelle and we have decided to start July 1st. You heard it here folks, this isn't an official knitalong, but join us if you want to! I am hoping to get the yarn for the sweater for my birthday (hint hint mom) in June. I think I have decided, I'm 97% sure, that I'm going to use Peace Fleece in Georgia Rose. There is still time to change my mind though, so if any of you readers out there have any suggestions, than suggest away!!

Before I got to the knit group, there was a little bit of yarn tradin' going on. Wanda stopped on her way from work at my house and traded me this:

It's leftover yarn from a project that she has finished already, and in her words she's "done with"! So, I gladly took the yarn (which is Interlacements Peru) off her hands. I plan on making the same thing that she did, a three point poncho. No comments...it's a poncho, I know. But it's a great pattern. I'll give the details when/if I knit it. Next, Tamara, who is still blogless, (come on woman, you're killin' us, start one already) brought some of her homespun. Isn't it wonderful?

I can picture maybe making another 'My So Called Scarf' out of this yarn...thanks Tamara! I'll get you in touch with her, if you like the look of my greens, she has much more where this came from!