Peppermint KAL

Clay Purl, a yarn store on Nashville, Indiana, is having a holiday knitalong of my Peppermint Stick socks. Visit their site at http://claypurl.com/ for more information about the shop. There is also a group on Ravelry where the KAL is being discussed. Pattern is available on Ravelry as well.

Mystery Knitalong

This weekend, Stitches and Scones is kicking off a mystery-style knitalong of a shawl that I designed. My colleagues at SnS have done a lot of planning and setup work to enable the KAL. Participants are paying $5 and buying their 570 yards of fingering weight yarn at the shop. We will be handing out the first clue Sunday afternoon, and later clues will be distributed via a Yahoo group. I was flattered to be asked to do the design and am really looking forward to getting started. During my last few visits to the shop, it has been fun helping people choose the yarn for their KAL project. I can't wait to see everybody's projects, and hope the knitters enjoy it.

Vacation Plans

We are going to pack the kids in the car at the end of next month and take a week-long trip to San Diego. So far we've planned trips to Legoland, Sea World, the Zoo, a Padres game, and this yarn store, Bonita Knitting.

Not much knitting time over the weekend, but I've been working on a double-moss stitch bib in a very sunny yellow for the last few days, and have finished the first of Ellie's rainbow socks. I need to cast on the second for something to knit in the car. I'm thinking about joining Sockapalooza 4 when it comes around, but haven't decided yet.