MDS and W

In my continuing efforts to be the tortoise of the blog world, I bring you photos of the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, 2008.



Here we see a shot of the main drag with crowds. Every year it gets more and more crowded. And loud. Also, every year I am older. Hey you kids, get off my lawn!

Here are some sheep waiting to be judged.

Little Brewer #1 with her stuffed sheepdog, Oreo.

There were lots of Ravelers at the festival. Here's a shot of a bag I covet.

We went to the Rabbit Barn to get my Ravatar sticker. Unfortunately, this is as far as we could get into the barn. So.many.people.
But wait! There they are, the patron saints of Ravelry- Casey and Jess.
At this point the battery in my camera died so I cannot show you the photo of the UFO landing and its occupants passing out free copies of Knitting Without Tears. We stuck around for a few more minutes, but left after it became obvious we weren't going to get anywhere near Casey, Jess or the handout table.

Bug off

Little Brewer #1 has had a run-in with Pediculus humanus, aka head lice. We had received a notice from the school last week warning parents that lice had been found on a few children so I feared this would be coming.

Hair washing, bedding washing, nit-picking. It all seems so...so medieval. My scalp itches just thinking about it. I think I would be more awed by the evolutionary marvel of human head lice if I weren't so icked out by them glued to my daughter's hair.

On top of it all, I managed to slam the loaded laundry basket into my ribs when I caught the corner on a doorframe. So now I'm grossed out and in pain.

I am enjoying Ravelry immensely. I love the database capability, although I hope they will expand their library soon so I can enter my vintage knitting books. I have also discovered I have a load of size F crochet hooks. Who knew? Is 7 too many?

I've also tentatively picked a pattern for the Strikke-along. I'd like to make Veronik Avery's Sugarplum Pullover from Handknit Holidays, using one of the stranded patterns from Norsk Strikkedesign for the yoke.