But I've got new wool to keep me warm. So what did I do this weekend.....?

Spent the afternoon at Ikea, where I bought a beautiful red rug....bye bye Homemade rug
Stood in line to see Stephanie Pearl-McPhee encourage knitters to resist and fight the stigma of CHOKE (Cultural Humiliation of Knitters Everywhere).. Her talk was so funny, I loved it that she was nervous, it made her very approachable. While we were waiting for the Yarn Harlot, you could hear the clicking of hundreds of knitting needles...really awesome. I won't rehash the evening, Martha does a fair job of it, as does Sherri. Jamie gives her run-away (well almost) mommy version here. And Amanda...we may get her to do socks yet, puts in her two cents! I took pics, but with Jamie's camera, somehow I ended up with dead batteries in mine...boo hoo. I'll post when Jamie sends them over. I couldn't resist taking pictures of Stephanie taking pictures of us!

As for the Yarn Crawl, we started bright and early at Naked Sheep, we almost got Choked but my darling brother altered his plans to get us there on time. Naked Sheep was kind enough to offer us some discounts, but I think I fell in love with something not on the list...of course! I found out that I get motion sick when attempting to knit on the TTC, so that pretty much sums up how much I accomplished on my first sock. I spent my time at Americo crapped out on the couch, (btw, I wasn't bored, I yawn when I get sick) I did manage to wobble a little bit around the store, just to take it all in. But I have decided to figure Americo into my meeting in Toronto on Friday. Two gravols and two gingerales had me mostly fixed for Romni Wool. We then set off for Lettuce Knit in Kensington market. I think the Big Fat Burrito I ate, fortified me to find something to go with my Naked Sheep find, and pick up a cute little $5 denim jacket. (Oh, did I mention it was freezing out and I had dressed for 30 degree sweltering heat!?) After the lunch break we headed out to fight Choke...curse you TTC, and figure out how many knitters can fit in a bus stop...stashes included of course, we weren't putting anything down! Our final destination was alterknit cafe . We proceeded to continue fondling and crooling until it was time to pack up, hit the TTC one last time and return to our families. What an awesome time.

Oh, and the wet part of the weekend? That was Sunday morning, we had our local chapter's Walk of Hope, as part of the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario's walks.

And tired is ok, cuz last night I dreamt of self-striping sock wool all night long......