Thursday…..outstanding day of coffee shop knitting with Marigold (who finished her fabulous sweater tank). She designed the most incredible sweater on the fly —with earth, compost, grass and tomatoe wool from yours truly. I just need to get her to model it. But here’s a pic of part of it and the crochet hook she carved out of a hazelnut branch….How do I find all these talented people?

Friday was a perfect day and I ended up with a great picnic at Queen Elizabeth Park. The food was outstanding, but then again, Claire has never put together a bad meal. She came by to visit the studio. I’m almost embarrassed showing it to people and have officially dubbed it the “shit hole” just because it is in a basement, but really….it’s where all the yarnie good times happen, so to me it is a gift.

Saturday was full of fibre goodness with the Surrey Museum PicKnit and a knit in the park day. I was helping out Pearl with Birkeland Bros display and unveiled the kits. I was thrilled at how well received they were. While the rest of the knitting world was at Sock Summit, we had a lazy fabulous wooly day.

No, the llama did not fit in Pearl’s van. Don’t think I didn’t try to plan out a quick getaway. I loved this little guy from a far.

Our booth was beautiful. A full mix of alpaca and hand dyed and hand spun. Pearl did some needle felting demos while I snuck away to see Mandy’s chat on her new book Yarn Bombing. It was a great presentation and I mananged to snag one of the first handful of copies. Please check out the site and support these very avant garde artists by buying a copy of the book or encouraging your local yarn store to carry copies.

Our display…Yes, yarn lady made her usual appearance.

On Sunday, the world returned to the familiar with the Whistler Farmer’s Market. The day was perfect MelonHead weather. A taunting of rain, overcast and cool. I had several visits from the local S&B and convinced two crocheters to return to knitting as well as two knitters to walk on the wild side for crochet (you know who you are!).

We took our time coming home on Monday, a nice lazy day, but the list of undone from the previous week as well as orders are starting to pile up. Will not be able to post for a few days.

Knit like crazy.