Okay, so I think I can just book plane tickets and breeze out of town without any drama….

Think again. I was running around packing last minute skeins and realized that I had left John with a table full of junk…So I picked up a sheet of glass I had cut from the table. Apparently I tried to pick it up in a way that slices your finger open almost to the bone. No matter. I had not finished my Bacon and Egger Skein, wrapped my hand and got back to the spinning wheel since Pearl was going to be over in a half hour.

I was trying to hold my finger up while I was plying (while bleeding down my hand and on to the carpet) but I was determined to get the skein finished as I had plans for it.

I jumped into the van with all my luggage, a paper towel wrapped around my hand holding the skein in the same hand. No time to stop with a flight to catch. Pearl brought alcohol, gauze and tape and I patched myself up in the vehicle. By the time we hit the airport I was bleeding through the gauze and on to my boarding pass…hell, I didn’t care, we had the skein and then I could do this….

The spun Bacon Egger meets the original Bacon Egger.

Apparently the yarn was a bit stressed out and needed a caesar and some yam fries before the flight. I was really excited. I have never been to Calgary. And I loved the airport.

Sorry for the ripped off Yarn Harlot (substitute sock for bacon and egg yarn) being photo’d everywhere. Calgary greeting the yarn with open arms and open mouths.

We were picked up at the airport, treated like royalty. I was rebandaged and then began a late night of finishing for the show. The bleeding is down to a trickle, and the hats are getting done. I can’t ask for more than that.

I’ll give you a teaser of the palatte arriving at the show, with Pearl beside it for scale and the initial set up.

And now the real work begins. This is our blank canvas. I’m starting to realize that the display is “the thing” and I want to get it right.

Have a great knit night.