WOOT WOOT!!!
I'm so excited, I could almost burst, but that would be messy, so I won't.
This August I'm heading to Chicago, for the first time. Technically, I have been there before as I ran from one gate to another to catch a plane home.
This time I will be landing, getting off the plane and exiting the airport. Unless civil war breaks out in Canada and it ceases to be a country so I'll be forced to live at O'Hare until stability returns to my homeland. Hmmm....I'd better develop some carpentry skills before I go.
I know what you are thinking.....I watch far to many movies.
Actually the reason for my visit is none other than Stitches Midwest. (So you can understand the bursting.)
I will be taking a couple of classes, pushing my way through lines to get knitting celebs to hold my sock, eating authentic Chicago deep dish pizza, seeing the local sights, and shopping. Yes, there will be shopping, lots of shopping.
Best of all, I am guaranteed (hopefully), not to have an embarrassing encounter similar to the one MadMad had at the butterfly exhibit.
While I have no proof, I'm guessing that at a convention such as Stitches, people bond over yarn.
Me: Felted Tweed?
stranger that I've been stalking: Why yes it is.
Me: I just love your sweater.
Stranger: Oh thank you, it took me forever to knit it.
Me: Where can I find the pattern?
Stranger: It started off as a commercial pattern but then I totally changed it. Let me tell you all about my modifications.....
Somehow I don't see anyone wearing wool in Chicago in August. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm thinking that it's still stinky hot, in August, in Chicago. And finishing a fabulous wool sweater just in time for Stitches, so you can show it off is ....well.... is either insane or down right brilliant. I can't decide.
In any case, I'm off to knit something fabulous in the hopes of getting my very own stalkers at this event.
Until next time
Yours in Yarn,
The Fibreholic
5 comments:
Outside in Chicago in August: Stinky Hot. Inside the convention center in Chicago in August: Arctic conditions. Perfect for showing off a beautiful new sweater. Go for it!!!
They will have the air on so high, you will need a sweater I bet. What a great time you will have. It sounds like lots of fun for sure.
Nancy
I would totally stalk you! I can start now if you like?
Does it count as stalking if I ask your permission first?
Oh, I would sooooo stalk YOU if I were going! .... was going? I don't know. I was a BAD English major, apparently. (Also? I've partaken in some wine...) Aw, man. Now I want to go, too. It doesn't matter if it's hot - there's A/C, I bet! Wear the sweater!
Lucky you - have such a fun time!!! wear jumpers and talk to strangers!!
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