Maker Faire

Sunday was Conrad's turn to spend the day with me. (Saturday was filled with prom preparations with Kajsa). A little after nine in the morning we headed off to San Mateo and the Maker Faire . We spent over 6 hours there, exploring everything from robots and rockets to legos and spindle spinning. I think that even if we had spent more than twice as long there we could not possibly have seen everything. One of Conrad's favorite things there were the marshmallow guns! I think he will probably build one in the near future.

High School Prom

Saturday was my daughter's High School Prom.

Isn't she beautiful?!

She had a lovely time.

Ravelry Meet-Up

One week ago a friend and I headed to San Francisco for a day of knitting. We drove to Fremont and took Bart (the train) from there - for maximum knitting time! Once in the city we met up with  a couple of hundred other knitters and just enjoyed each others company. There was a potluck and we even received a complimentary hand massage!

I had finished my new shawl,  Traveling Woman the Thursday before the Meet-Up and as you can see I wore it proudly! Proudly,  because this is the first project I have knitted from yarn that I have spun myself.

This is what the yarn looked like

I spun it from two different colors, one 100% merino coral color and the other a fuchsia colored merino/tencel blend. I call it Pink Audition because I picked up the roving in Solveng on the way to one of Kajsa's college auditions.

School Auction

This year the school auction was a great success. As usual I knitted something for the silent part of the auction, this year a pink garter stitch baby blanket from odds and ends I had laying around.

I also worked with the third graders and helped them with their class project - a beautiful ceramic platter.

Friday Fun with Fiber!

Alison and I headed to Stitches West on Friday for a day full of color and texture overload!
I went without a shopping/wish list and it could have been easy to go overboard, but I think both Alison and I restrained ourselves pretty well - our husbands should be proud! I came home with some yarn, spinning fiber, a few gadgets and lots of inspiration! After the six hours we spent wandering the halls at Stitches we headed home in the rain, surprised over how quickly the day had passed.

I spent the rest of the weekend catching up at home with the family. Phil and I did quite a bit of gardening on Sunday in the lovely sunny weather. Our yard has really suffered from the "winter neglect" that we have inflicted on it. it is going to take quite a bit of more hard work to get ready for spring.

More Mother-Daughter Time!

Kajsa and I drove back down to So-Cal this weekend. It is nice that she can take her turn driving now! That way I am able to knit while she is driving - makes the trip more enjoyable! This time she had an audition at CSU Long Beach and we also squeezed in a campus visit to CSU Fullerton. She thinks it went well at CSULB. Now we have four days at home before we head off to Flagstaff and the next audition.
Even though it isn't much fun to drive that far weekend after weekend it is nice to have all that time together. Sometimes at home things get so hectic that before we know it, a couple of weeks have passed since we last really talked. These last few weeks with all the traveling that we have done, we have really been able to catch up and just enjoy each other's company.
Kajsa took some interesting pictures with my phone during the drive along I5.

Warning!!! Another Completed Knitting Project!

Last Tuesday I wrapped up and finished the last couple of rows on my tweed sweater. I am very happy with how it turned out and I have worn it several times already. I didn't use a pattern but rather improvised as I knit and I kept trying it on. For the first time ever I used short rows to shape the bust area and the upper back, will definitely do that again. I knit it from the bottom up and it has raglan sleeves.