I started this last summer. I know I had it at Alt. Schmores Knitting Camp '08. I finished it right before Alt. Schmores Knitting Camp '09. It is two skeins of Suri Alpaca. I don't know the name anymore. It just reached. I probably could have done one more row because I had about a foot left over. The shawl is designed to tie around the shoulders at chest level to keep you warm and have your hands free. It's a copy of a gray one I remember from years ago that my roommate, Gwen, gave me. At least she gave it to me for a few months, but then she moved and she wanted it back. I had no choice but to knit my own 20-some years later.
I got back from knitting camp this week. The company was terrific--smart and funny, the food was sehr yummy, we found the best campsite ever, and even the weather was perfect. I saw a lot of these butterflies, but this is the one I saw first:
I neglected to take a picture of everybody. I won't torture anybody by posting her picture since I can't torture everybody. You should come next year, at least for the day. You don't have to actually camp. Think of it as a day in the park with knitting. A knitting picnic.
MollieBees, Elizabeth, Sue, Helen, Christy, Janice, Sheryl, and Jen, thanks for the memories and the treats including 3 kinds of marshmallows.
5 comments:
Oh, I am SO jealous! But the shawl is lovely.Did you do this without a pattern? I can't imagine doing that!
We should make you the Director of Marketing for Gourmet Schmores Camp.
Love that shawl! The nerve of that roommate.
Hey, me too! Maybe you forgot because I was dressed up as a giant pink marshmallow.
oxo Jaala
Aw, shit, Jaala!
I couldn't think for the world why my count didn't come out right and who it was who stayed Sunday night, but not Tuesday night. Then I realized I hadn't counted myself. I am like one of the stupid sisters in the fairy tales. The crazy thing is, I've been thinking about how you're getting on with getting KnitCircus in and getting it distributed.
A thousand pardons, please!
Kathy
I can't imagine why I bother to take my camera to Knit Camp. For the second year in a row I've come away with no photographic evidence that I was there.
I might blog soon, though, maybe.
Let us see that shawl modelled, please! I've been wondering about it for over a year now.
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