Sorry, no photos for you today. We got home from TNNA in Columbus at 5:30 yesterday evening, and are still recovering. It was an awesome trip. I can’t even begin to tell you how glad we are that we went. We met fabulous folks, each took a class, met fabulous folks, went to the ballgame for Knit in Public Day, met fabulous folks, talked, walked, felt fibers, and otherwise had a fabulous time. I got to see samples of my designs hanging in two different booths, brought home incredible yarn, and got my picture taken with Cookie A. It was fabulous from start to finish. Well, except for the flight delays, but whatcha gonna do about those? Grin and bear it. We weren’t delayed anywhere near as long as other flights were, so didn’t have it all that bad. Dave was bowled over. He’d no idea that the show would be so big. I think it was the yarn fumes. They even got to him.

I’ll have pictures and better descriptions for you soon. I promise. Today we spent a lot of time going over our notes from the show. And running tests on my computer to try to find out why it died Thursday afternoon before we left. Yeah. Like that was good timing. Not. I was still trying to print stuff out to take with me. Luckily I got the main stuff printed in the morning. Whew.

Summer Knitty

Another thing that happened computer-wise but this time on Wednesday was a self-induced tragedy. I’d gone through every pattern of the new summer Knitty magazine, then closed the window without saving it after typing most of the post. Lost. Lost. Lost. I had to walk away from the computer for a while. At this point, I’m not even going to try to recreate what I lost except for this: Deadliest Crab is hysterical, and my favorite pattern in the issue is Miss Honeychurch by Cheryl Niamath. What follows is the meager amount that was saved before I blew it.

Hats.
I’m the only one in my family that I know of who has ever worn a knit hat, and I haven’t done it since the last time I went skiing—years and years ago. Because of this, the two hats in this issue, Urbanista by Wooly Wormhead and Trilobite by Hannah Ingalls are patterns that, though both nice, I have no use for.

Lace.
I love the geometric designs in Cold Mountain by Kieran Foley. I love the bead placement in Entomology by Laura Nelkin, but the double point at the bottom center feels a little odd to me.

Socks.
I like the stitch pattern in Mermaid’s Lagoon by Sadie Bellegarde, though I’d continue it down the foot until the toe decreases begin.