Demonic Progress: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

Links I Like

Beth's Free Patterns
Patterns that I've put here on the blog over the years, offered here in a little more organized manner.
Erin's Fund
My favorite charity.
NETA
New England Textile Arts
The Hemp Report
My friend Tom Murphy's hemp site. You can knit with hemp! Hemp is good! Click here & learn more.
Unique One
My store.

Beth's Current Projects

Fifth Project (there should not be a fifth project):
Lace scarf made with Springtide Farms cashmere, a lovely dark red color.
Mindless Easy To Knit/Spin Project to Take Anywhere:
Trekking socks that I started on the knitting cruise at the end of September.
Sweater or Shawl Project:
Hanne Falkenberg Ballerina jacket.
UFO Project (from The Bins of Time):
Black socks that I started knitting who knows how long ago. I found them when I was cleaning...
SPA/Fiber Frolic Project (made from Spa or Fiber Frolic 2009 purchases):
Tencel/merino fiber spun on my new Millpoint spindle; I think I might break the mold and make socks with this yarn instead of gloves. I got both the fiber and the spindle at the Fiber Frolic 2009. I have the first sock knitted and am just starting to spin the fiber for the second sock.

Actually, it was a dark and stormy knitting cruise, but we made the most of it and had a great time anyway!! We were rockin' at the dock on Friday night, so we knit in the boathouse, which was fun. Then on Saturday, we actually had a little sun while we were taking a quick trip to Unique One to make last minute yarn purchases before leaving the dock, and then it got darker and rainier. However, the knitters were game and happily knit away, and the food was AWESOME.

Brenda has a fabulous crew, with John, first mate and master of entertainment. I will probably smile when I think of the Chubby Bunny game for the rest of my life. I still kick myself for not taking pictures of it. Jackie is the most amazing cook. Everything was fabulous and there was plenty of it! I don't care if it pours every single cruise, as long as Jackie is there to feed us. Wow. And her right hand man, Mark, was hard working and fun and also very entertaining! They are a fun crew and made the trip really great :)

We got a lot of knitting done, and saved a ton on sunblock. No one got sunburned. I actually finished my second blue Wandering Path sock on Sunday, and have the first Ty Dy Sock "sweater gauge swatch" (wink wink) nearly half done.

Here are pictures from the cruise:

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