KNITTING WITHOUT DOG HAIR IS NOT AN OPTION

I love knitting gadgets, and especially stitch markers. I bought some skulls from Melissa yesterday. She promised to make more and put them on her Etsy Shop.

They are very cool, aren't they?

Before knitting yesterday, Jen, Melissa and I went to lunch. We originally planned to go to a new place called SIP. But, dangit, they are closed on Sundays. Don't they know that there are knitters out on Sunday who need to fortify themselves for several hours of stitching and bitching? We ended up going to Taco Mac instead. Jen mentioned that they have a gigantic selection of beers. And boy was she ever right - I have never seen a beer list that long. It was actually overwhelming. Since I did not have my personal beer advisor (aka Hubby) with me, and it would have taken too long to study the whole list, I ended up with my usual favorite: a Bass Ale.

We finally showed up at Knitch around 2 pm, and all the spots around the big table were taken. But the little table in the corner was totally at our disposal. So I sat there for several hours with a very fun group of bloggers - ESC, Chickengoddess, Melissa and Jen. We had a bunch of wonderful conversations. I actually got a high-five from Jen for a totally obnoxious answer to a question from Chickengoddess (hey, ESC, I know her real name... ). We were talking about knitted gloves, and Jen suggested knitting the gloves top-down, knitting I-cords for the fingers, and then joining the I-cords where the palm starts. Chickengoddess was contemplating this suggestion because she hates the traditional way (knitting gloves bottom-up), and asked how many I-cords she would have to knit, and I couldn't help blurting out "five". You can imagine what finger she showed me in return...

Anyway, it was a lot of fun and totally relaxing. We will have to find another spot to meet for next Sunday, since Knitch is going to be closed for the final climactic renovations, inventory, etc.

I also finished something yesterday morning before I left for knitting in public... The first sleeve of the lace dress is done - very pretty:

I have 6 more inches on Brett's sweater before splitting the front and back for the armholes. And Mom's birthday scarf is growing. I am going to buy her a bunch of knitting gadgets as well. As always, when you ask her, she already has everything she needs...

And here is yesterday's cow:

(Yes, Steve, I like the blue paper. ;-) I know a store where they give it to you all the time...) This cow is called Boca Bovine and she was part of the Cow Parade in New York City in 2001. The original, life-sized, Boca Bovine was sponsored by the Boca Raton Resort and Club on behalf of Take Charge! Cure Parkinson's, Inc., and raised $15,400 in an on-line auction. You can read more about the cow here.

My lunch break is almost over... With this - have a great week.