As of two minutes ago we have 47 folks confirmed as attending the Chicagoland Dulaan Knit-In and a further 36 who have yet to RSVP. It's okay, we got a lotta chairs and couches. There's still room for more if you haven't yet asked for an invitation.
And such a quality group this is going to be. If you're the type who likes to stalk knitting celebs, here's two for you: Bonne Marie Burns, aka ChicKnits and Shannon Okey, aka Knitgrrl. (Shannon doesn't live in Chicago, but she's appearing at Arcadia Knitting earlier in the day. Talk about lucky timing for us.)
The range of door prizes is lengthy and impressive. A full list will be posted next week for your drooling pleasure.
In addition, the post office has dropped off a donation from blogless reader Penny. Penny now lives in Los Angeles, where wool clothing is not so much in demand as it is in Mongolia. She has therefore–are you sitting down?–sent us her wool stash to be distributed at the Knit-In for use in Dulaan projects. And we're not talking crap wool, either. This is good stuff.
Here's a shot of some of what arrived in large, heavy packing box. I have included a dairy cow for purposes of scale.
Penny, may bucketfuls of silk, linen, or whatever it is you Southern California chicks knit with rain gently upon your sweet head.
Hallelujah!
ReplyDeletePenny, you are growing yarny angel wings!
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Wow! What amazing generosity.
ReplyDeleteTell me what to knit, and send me the yarn. I'm SO in.
ReplyDeletePenny, may the stash-giving generosity return in whatever form of karma you need.
ReplyDeleteHey Penny,
ReplyDeleteI'm in Los Angeles too! You sound like a groovy gal, do you go to any of the guilds/groups in LA?
I would pester you on your own blog... but seeing as you're blogless.
Wow Franklin, you must be having a fantastic time with that dairy cow wandering your house...
I am occasionally truly amazed at the goodness of people.
ReplyDeleteYarny blessings on Penny! That has to be years' worth of good karma, just from that one event. May Mongolians hunt you down and tell you how your gift warmed them through the long winters and allowed them to go to school, where they learned everything they needed to become successful and win Nobel prizes right and left.
ReplyDeleteThat cow for scale cracked me up. Love Doloros, too. I enjoy you blog very much.
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How's Dolores coping with the cow?
ReplyDeletePenny needs a felted halo. Wow.
Penny is definitely the "poster girl" for the notion that knitters are some of the most generous people in the world.
ReplyDeleteThe dairy cow for scale was priceless. How do you come up with these things?
ReplyDeletedo dolores and elsie get on well.
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is cow one of the 'furs' you can spin yarn out of??? there'd be enough there to make, leg warmers or something!!!!
my verification word is zorda, made me think of zorba the greek!
Ack! I would love to come, but I live in California and I have to stay here so I can pay my rent.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap.
ReplyDeletePenny, I bow to your steely self-control. Me? I'd be sitting on that if I lived in Hawaii.
Wow. Blessings on you, Penny. Your good karma doth pile up as the dust bunnies under the bed. Only yours are made of silk.
ReplyDeleteI know, it makes no sense. But I kinda liked it. Penny, you Da Bomb.
How incredibly wonderful and generous . . . between the people who are knitting for Dulaan and the generosity of yarn and door prizes . . . I am awed, totally, totally awed . . . may all of you never drop a stitch again!
ReplyDeleteTo say that's a dairy cow is udderly ridiculous. (Said in a Groucho Marx voice.) She's missing something important and I'm not talking about her stubby little tail.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful gift from Penny! I so wish I could be in Chicago and if it was 30 years ago I would be. Happy knitting, y'all.
Many fibery blessings to Penny for her generosity and to you Franklin for organizing the Knit In.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! That's alotta wool! All the best to the group, & Penny too!
ReplyDeleteGuess I should have posted in Wednesday's section but that photo of you is fabulous! Handsome, indeed! I love your blog, btw, you're a wonderful writer.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is wo-o-o-o-o-ow.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious to hear more about how Dolores and the cow are getting on. Actually, I'm just impressed that none of the three of you have drowned in yarn yet!
ReplyDeleteOoooh! Bonne Marie is coming?! YAY! I was also planning to dig through my stash & bring stuff -- who knows what's lurking there? Maybe I can drop off before Arcadia so the wool's there before I am...
ReplyDeleteQuite worthwhile info, much thanks for the post.
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