Return from the Summit

Wow--what a blast! I was completely overwhelmed by Sock Summit! It couldn't have been any better. So much beautiful yarn. Wonderful knitty friends (sock campers ROCK). A passel of knitterati. Interesting classes. So many gorgeous shawls. An incredible sense of love and community. Tina, Stephanie, ST2, and all the volunteers worked very hard to make Sock Summit something I'll never forget.

As usual, I was so distracted by everything, I didn't take as many pictures as I should have. I'll share the few I took.

I made new friends on the flight to Portland, Tracy and Margie.

I got goosebumps when I first saw the sign.

I made a huge mistake when I got there on Wednesday. After I checked in I volunteered to help Team Blue Moon set up their marketplace booth. So. Many. Pretty. Colors.

My first class was with one of my favorite designers, Anne Hanson. Her class was great and she is a lovely woman.

Carla, Leslie, Liz and I helped to set the world's record for number of people knitting simultaneously (sorry, Aussies)!

I got to hang out with friends, Leslie and Christine, and help out at the Ravelry Meetup (yeah--Team Rav!).

We set up and handed out the swag bags, then got to eat pizza and knit with Alice and Susan.

I'm just starting to unpack all of my SS09 goodies (good think I took an empty tote bag in my suitcase ;P

Sockapalooza '09

Well, I'm all packed up and ready to go. And not just my knitting. I also packed my clothes. Which seems a little bit wrong. I'm usually still packing 'til way past my bedtime. I guess I'm just a wee bit excited.

I've got my two-needle-knitting all ready to set a World's Record, a swatch or two and some stitch dictionaries for sock design class, and several colors of worsted weight for my color class. My knitting bag is also packed with a couple more swatches to finish up before Thursday's class. The only thing left is to decide which sock to bring to knit in-between things. Hmmmm.