The Knitting Mafia

Kid-nap Day

2008-01-11T18:29:00.000-08:00

It's been awhile, but I'm back. Better than ever? Ya you could say so... My laptop broke, but I'm getting a new one at tax time so no worries. Christmas was great, lots of box-sets!! Mia got me a $50 gift card to Halcyon (yarn mecca).....
Today was my "kid-nap" day. What is a kid-nap day, you night be asking yourself. Well let me tell you....... Kid-nap day is when my two best friends (Amy and Des) planed a yarn crawl up the southern coast of Maine! The purpose of a kid-nap day and not an outing? This was so I can get the other yarn I need for MY WEDDING!!!!!
We started with Grace Robinson Co. in Freeport. A little gem of a place, that I will definitely be stopping at again. Our next stop was Purl Diva's. Let me tell you, Miss Purl Diva is a really cool lady, who knew about as much about knitting and yarn as she is nice (which is A LOT!) Her store was rich with great yarns, a warm and cozy atmosphere, and a very sweet dog. I got the Rebecca #32 issue and a really sweet Ravelry pin (Where my stitches at?). Also a new ravelry friend!
From there we made a stop at The Knitting Experience Cafe. This is where I found the yarn for Briana's wedding sweater. (modified stardust from knitty) Cascade Sierra that is in the prettiest soft amethyst purple. This is the color that I have been waiting to jump out at me (she will look so sweet!) This knitting stop was equally as great, in a different way (if that makes any since). It was bright and cool, great couch too. The girl behind the counter... another new ravelry friend!! I also bought a green tea biscotti for Mia (green tea freak). And they had the recycled fish food Lantern Moon bags, oh I want one!
From there, lunch!! Wild Oats.... turkey BLT on tomato herb bread...yum yum yum... also a really yummy pumpkin cream cheese roll.
Then HALCYON!!!!! Well well well where should I start? Two skeins of white gemstone 100% silk. For my wedding shrug! The sublime book 600, the Knit Closely calender, a Lantern Moon post-it holder, and a button for Mia's sweater!! The funny thing is when I payed I had my Celtic tote made with Brown Sheeps Pride in Kiwi, so the funny thing is the lady behind the counter was pricing a counter full of... Brown Sheeps Pride in Kiwi....... just funny to me I think.
What a great Day!!!!

It's really coming together...

2007-12-21T12:30:00.000-08:00

I am so excited I just got my invite to Ravelry! I am so excited. We just started the knitting mafia group, and we already have our next meeting planned for the 11th! It's really coming together!

Finally...

2007-12-19T21:51:00.000-08:00

Well we're at it again... The first official meeting of the knitting mafia took place Tuesday the 18. it was great. we stitched we bitched we ate cookies. I am really excited! Everything that I had envisioned is now coming to vision.
Amanda

2007-06-18T19:15:00.000-07:00

Check it out my friends...... www.theknittingmafia.com !!!!!!!!!!
it's still in it's infancy.....so don't make fun
Love you all...
~Ruth and ~Amanda

My nemesis...how perfect

2007-05-30T18:57:00.000-07:00

Your arch-nemesis is:	Dorothy Gail

Why?	Because they beat you at table tennis
The winner will be...	You will join forces to conquer evil
Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

Stitch n' Pitch?

2007-05-14T08:58:00.000-07:00

So I was at work the other day and my friend Amy (vintagescrapsandrags ) and I were talking about knitting (what else really?)..... It truly was a great day... The new Inter-Weave Knits had just come out...Seriously knitters porn if truth be told, but anyway.... So here we are talking about the new patterns and articles and such... then a thought hits me...We were talking about the designers as if they were sports all-stars or something...
"Hey did you see that new sock pattern from Ann Budd?" or
"Check out the complex simplicity of Veronik Avery?"
They truely are all-stars in my book... I mean Veronik Avery hits a grand slam like every time she creats something anything!
And Please people don't even get me started on Ann Budd and Norah Gaughn AMAZING!!!! For me they are every day house hold names. I hope that I am not the only one.
It's crazy that a "craft" has turned into a super power. I was looking somewhere (I really don't remember) and I saw something called a "Stitch n' Pitch" stitchnpitch.com where you go to a baseball game and knit! It's huge!
I wonder if your grandmother while knitting your baby booties every thought that one day you would be talking about designers like they were players or even being part of a stitch n' pitch...

Let me know what you think...
~Ruth

Knitting hiatus

2007-05-02T12:33:00.000-07:00

Well folks I'm back...Did you miss me? Anyway I'm back maybe better than ever? I'm not quite sure of that, but anyway... What have I been up to you might be asking yourselves (probably not, but I'm going to tell you anyway hehe)

I am STILL working on the sweater from hell... Hey a great "B" movie "The intarsia that wouldn't die" http://www.interweaveknits.com/preview/2006_winter.asp (it's the rambling rose)
...Is it hard? No it's not. It is terribly annoying I'm at the point of the yoke where it is just about to curve over my shoulders and I can't even look at it.......
I finished 3 wonderful books that everyone should check out no matter how old you are: The Chicks with Sticks the first and second ones (the third is coming out in October!)
Knit One, Kill Two this one was awesome!!! Literally it was the last 15 pages when you find out who did it...I am on the second one now (Needled to Death) I'm only 100 pages into it and it is really really good. Bonus... I went to Good Will and found the third in the series for only .99! How cool it that?!?
Ever the procrastinator I am in search for a light cotton tank top for my Grammy's birthday. The rambling rose will never be finished!!!

So this weeks question.......
Are any of you out there having troubles with their projects? Is it something that you can't even look at you are so annoyed... Let me know, and be assured that there will be sympathetic words of encouragement
Thanks for listening to me babble,
Ruth

The bitter taste of anticipation

2007-02-07T16:35:00.000-08:00

Well I'm back... The top answer(s) that I received was... The Purest. No fly by night knitters here, no sir!
I think that I am the ALL OVER THE PLACE knitter. I'm the purest, the snob, and I do occasionally suffer from Knit-xiety. Unlike the the snob I can admit that I have problems, but much like the snob I can be, well, for lack of a better word a snob. Though I will say for my mom I will knit a chenille/ fun fur scarf......
Any way.................... I recently rediscovered Ewe'll love it. An amazing knitting store in Nashua NH. Right away when you walk in, it's like a warm atmosphere of knit-paradise. Amazing yarns, great books and of course Lantern Moon needles (they do have other needles, but I only have eyes for them)..... All on two floors!!!!! When you walk in (at least the two times that I have been there) you are greeted by Beverly. I don't think I've ever met a nicer yarn store associate... You are greeted with a smile and a warmth that isn't usually in a yarn store....argue if you will, but hardcore knitters, the ones that actually open yarn stores, aren't usually the nicest.......anyway I digress.....My friends who don't knit or look like knitters or are in the slightest bit interested in knitting were greeted with a smile (not a fake smile, but a real one). I don't know about any of you, but that means a lot to me when I go into an establishment. So anyway....Boy I ramble don't I?........So if you are in the Nashua area check out Ewe'll love it! Heck if you're not check out there web site: www.ewellloveit.com
What did I buy in the fine fine store, you might be asking yourself? Well I'll tell you.... A pair of sz.6 circular Lantern Moon needles, two skeins of Angora yarn by Elsebeth Lavold (lime green and blue <- they made the best scarf) and a knitting water bottle (it was so cute www.knitonecrochettoo.com/waterbottle.htm)

This weeks question....What really freaks you out about knitting? Whether you are struggling with something or you just can't bring yourself to go to that next level.....Lets talk about it...
Please feel free to comment and let me know whats on your mind.....

Whats your Knit-dentity?

2007-01-10T22:46:00.000-08:00

I've been wanting to start the knitting mafia for quite some time now. Well, truth be told since knitting got the big popularity "boom". Don't get me wrong (please...I really don't want to open angry e-mails) I'm all for new knitters and everything (really I am), but what I'm not down for is the frilly, furry, acrylic-ness, the second cousins of the knitting world (if you will). If you're down for that, GREAT. But I'm not.
I'm for the history and the physics of the whole thing. When I sit down with two sticks (ordinary wooden sticks!!) and some (for lack of a better description) animal hair, I can create anything! How crazy is that? There is definitely a seat in Heaven for the person responsible for that!!!!! It makes me feel close to my ancestors in a way. Don't get me wrong.....If my great- great.......grandmother had had a cell phone or I-Pod, she DEFINITELY would have made protective covers for them.
SO......What are you?
A purest The snob (yes there is a difference between the two) or The ______

(let me know and I'll post the top 10... with your reasons)

I'm Ruth and I'll tell you what I am next time......