As Kat Knits

It has been a very busy August at Casa Del KatKnits.

If I did not know better, I would think that I have been transported to Lake Woebegone as we had but one weekend of summery weather. In addition, that coincided with the Michigan Fiber Festival. Therefore, it appears that summer came and went in one short weekend.

One more child is ready to head off to college and life is indeed moving onward.

While I am sure that it will be very bittersweet when she heads off, there is something amazingly freeing about this passage of life.

Over the past weeks, there has been a malaise on the Knitting Front and not much has been moving off my needles. However, I did manage to cast on and knit the Milkweed Shawl in three short days. I used my friend Carla’s fabu hand-dyed yarn – it is the Cameron color way, if you are interested, you can find her Etsy shop here. Her sense of color is wonderful. It is a blessing to call her friend!

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I am sorry, Gentle Readers – my intention was to have my darling daughter draw a name a couple of weeks ago.

Obviously, that never happened.

Sooooooooo, I selected a name this morning and my friend, Konstantin, is the winner!

Konstantin – email me at kachrist37 at (@) gmail dot (.) com with where you’d like your book sent!

Happy Friday all!

Today there is celebration over the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee all across the world.

Great, Glorious, Shout it from the Mountain Tops Celebration!

I mean, after all, how often does your knight in shining armor fly in to secure your release from the ogre in the castle?

In addition, how often does the Knight secure your release and allow the Ogre to save face.

All in all, a very good day.

Add to all this Sock Summit ’09 begins tomorrow – a monumental week to be sure!

Surely, there are not enough knitted socks in the world – if there were, Ogres would not be so ogre-ish. More people would be spending more time talking to each other about the fab socks adorning each others feet and what new socks are in process! Knights in Shining Armor would not need to come to the aid of Damsels in Distress, they would come in search of the Holy Grail – hand knit socks to adorn their feet.

If you have not experienced the luxury of a hand knit sock on your foot you have not lived.

It is not hard; it just requires a small amount of determination, a simple pattern, some sock yarn, and some pointy sticks.

Won’t you join me in working towards World Peace – one hand knitted sock at a time?

Oh, and…

Welcome home Ladies!