Slacking Off

Sorry for the prolonged absence, lots going on these days. Moving, starting a new job, and planning a wedding at the same time is quite an adventure.

I did find a little time to relax this weekend, thanks to a visit from a good friend. The famous Lilly from my February 2008 Florida post was in town this weekend with her family for the Drum Corps International Championships. Lilly and I, along with her mother and grandmother, hit the Indiana State Museum to see their Racial Lace and Subversive Knitting exhibit. It plays through August 24th and was fascinating. From the tiniest of tiny knitting to a video of an American Flag being knit with telephone poles by two heavy machinery operators this exhibit covers the spectrum. One of my faves was a dress knit out of shredded dollar bills. You can also stop and get your knit on: local volunteer knitters are manning a project table where they invite visitors to add a few rows of garter stitch to afghans for Afghans.

Lilly and I also made my inaugural visit to Mass Ave Knit Shop (which I mentioned earlier is right around the corner). Nice, big shop with lots of good basics as well as a wonderful variety of colorful specialty yarns. Wide selection of Jo Sharp yarn, a manufacturer I've not seen a lot of ... looking forward to getting to know it though! Lots of yummy colors, textures, and luxury fibers.

The main event of the day was the DCI Championships down in Bloomington, Indiana. Talk about flash-back to high school for me (I am a former hard-core marching band nerd... saxophone.) I had a blast watching all the corps perform, and knitting in between groups!! I've got a baby hat in progress for one of the many new little ones that seem to keep appearing in our circle. It was nice to spend a day away from it all: no searching the internet for hours for the perfect dress/cake/photographer, no worrying about unpacking the house (yeah, we are still not done with that), no thinking about how the job I am very much trained and qualified to do is about 10x harder than usual becuase I don't know where things are or who everyone is yet, just a fun day hanging out with good folks.

Okay, off to get ready for another session of trying on wedding dresses. Hee hee hee! I am having fun with that part ...