Wednesday, October 17, 2007

WiP It Wednesday and a Stitches Recap

First of all, here is my Mr. Greenjeans in progress:

Mr Greenjeans 10.17

I'm making good speed on the second sleeve - I only have about 15 rows before I start on the cuff cabling. I have been reading a few people's blogs on how they are modifying the sweater to for the ribbing - I'll let you know what I decide.

My friends Michelle, Patti, Denise, and Kathy and I all went down to Baltimore this past weekend and had a wonderful time. It had its odd moments, though - like getting stuck in traffic due to the Baltimore Marathon next to a Bimbo-mobile:

Bakery Van

Oddly enough, the same bear was on the back but without the curly moustache.

And here are some of the runners:

Baltimore Marathon

I have no clue who won the race - but I honestly hope that next year's Stitches East is not on the same weekend as a marathon!!! There were so many streets that were shut off and I don't think they shut off the streets with enough notice - so many cars were caught between streets with nowhere to go and people were starting to get angry...

Here was the view from our hotel room:

View from Hyatt 1

The eleventh floor of the Hyatt - I highly recommend it ;) We even saw some of the Rams football players in our hotel Sunday morning... apparently our knitting mojo didn't rub off on them...

4 comments:

cpurl17 said...

Wow, you had a great view! Your Mr. Greenjeans has inspired me to give it a go so I can't wait to see how it comes out!

turtlegirl76 said...

That is a great view! But let's talk about Mr. Greenjeans! You're speeding right along on that! Fabulous!

Zonda said...

Love the view! Mr. Greenjeans is looking great! Go you!

Bezzie said...

Ah yes, Bimbo. I thought that was just a very-close-to-Mexico state thing. Guess not!

What a cool trip!