Chicago!!

Friday morning we left for Chicago for Carl's cousin's wedding. I am an awful flyer so to get me through I of course brought my knitting! I worked on the sock on the plane and with the help of the little blue bottles of joy they sell I made it to Chicago without flipping out!

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Friday night we managed to see a little of Chicago. Mostly I saw the Loopy Yarns while Carl paced around the block for apparently 45 minutes. I think I lost track of time while I was in there oops! I picked up some Lorna's Laces Lion and Lamb in Vera so I can make the shrug below (which I am not starting till I finish a few more WIPs) and one skein of Silk Rhapsody in this gorgeous orange/pink/gold.

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I just loved this graffiti on the way to the store.

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Then we grabbed some margaritas at this place Lola's before having dinner with friends.

Then it was wedding wedding wedding all Saturday. Today we hopped on a plane so I made a little more progress on the sock which is great. I have about 2 inches to go on the cuff before I do the heel flap. I'm getting there. I'm starting to think that I should just frame this one when it is done and then start an actual real pair of socks that don't have all my little mistakes in them. Its just a thought.

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I just love my little black sheep stitch marker. So sweet.

I'm exhausted though so its going to be an early night. We definitely had a fun filled couple of days. I just got this fortune cookie, I think its trying to tell me something about my knitting ADD.

One More Day...

I can't wait for vacation. So its only 4 days but its 4 days I can spend doing nothing but knitting shopping and spending time with the family. To me that's a perfect vacation.

I did some research and its looks like there are two knitting stores "near" my grandmother's house out on the Cape, Adventures in Knitting and Ladybug Knit Shop, both of which will be open while I'm there. I can't wait to explore new knitting stores. The one's in NYC can intimidate me sometimes. Some of the women (and men) who run them are very sweet however many of the others can be a little...well...bitchy. When I walk into one of "those" stores I always feel judged like I'm not advanced enough to be in that store. Maybe that's just a New York thing who knows but it will be nice to try out new places and maybe I'll come back with some fun new yarns! I don't know if I should look for something for a particular pattern I want to try or if I should just get whatever catches my eye. I wonder what other people do...I think I feel a poll coming on!! If there is anyone reading this is your time to speak out!! YAY!!

Oh and I finally found a way to track my package from Joann.com and it is out for delivery and will arrive today. Note to self, never order from there again.