Weekend - Ravenclaw dinner, Knitting Group

Saturday was the Ravenclaw dinner organized by Nigel (our fearless Quidditch captain).  Present were Nigel, Jessie (his wife and a Gryffindor), Magical Baby Creature Rio, Jim (Chaser), Renata (Head of Ravenclaw) and myself.  We had a dinner of appetizers and desserts (yum) at the Slidebar in Fullerton.  It was a very nice evening.

Sunday was the knitting group's first meeting at Panera Bread in Fullerton.  We'd been meeting at the Brownstone Cafe in Fullerton, however with a broken espresso machine, off/on salsa, etc. we decided it was time to try other venues.  I liked the Panera Bread restaurant - I just have to remember to get there before 11am if I want any breakfast items.  (I really want to try the 4 cheese egg souffle - it sounds very decadent).  Anne was already there when I arrived, we were joined by Kniterotica, along with 2 others (1 whose name I didn't catch, and 1 whose name I will leave off to help preserve her anonymity)  :-).  I got a lot of knitting done on my seafoam/drop stitch scarf for the waitress Jackie at the Brownstone.  All in all, a most productive meeting.

Now, I'm working on my scarf for my barista at Starbucks.  I tried the seafoam stitch with a sock yarn, but didn't like the look, so I searched my stash again and came up with 2 skeins of Meditation by Skacel in a brownish/pink/metallic colorway.  So, I'm doing a basic K2, Yo scarf with that.  I wound my yarn to make the Mermaid neckwarmer (pattern by Anne from Handicraft Cafe), but I haven't started it yet.  Yarn by Zona (Twirlgirl Fibers).

Welcome to my blog

I decided it was time to start a blog.  Since many of my other knitting acquaintances have one ...  The title is from the phrase so many of us here while knitting in public (KIP).  My usual response has been to smile and not really say anything.  I want to try and ask questions next time.  Such as:  Do you still have anything she made for you?  What was her favorite color to use?  Did she try to teach you?

For the record, my maternal grandmother (Granny K) used to knit, she taught my mother and my mother taught me.  Granny K made me some lovely doll clothes and blankets.  I still have one or two of the doll blankets she made - they were many different colors.  I believe she used up her scraps to make me the blankets.

The current picture is one of the Ravenclaw team t-shirts I made for the awesome Hogwarts party we attended in November.  Ravenclaw won!  The Quidditch World Cup, the House Championship (Quidditch) and the House Cup.  We barely managed to beat Hufflepuff by 20 points.  Since we started the day with a 20 point lead over them, and ended the day with a 20 point lead, and since we won the Quidditch game, logic leads me to believe that the Hufflepuff students were smarter than us.  (Just don't tell my fellow Ravenclaws).

The t-shirts were made by using a stencil, outlining with a copper fabric paint pen, painting with white craft paint, and then with bronze craft paint.  It was a long process (15 shirts in all).  It was a lot of fun, especially handing them out to my team members.

Sadly, that was the last full Hogwarts party. Happily, the Quidditch games will continue!