Saturday I had to venture over to the big city of St. Louis to attend a local RWA chapter meeting. After a nice gabby lunch with fellow writers, I took myself over to a LYS in Kirkwood, fittingly called the Kirkwood Knittery.
I went to buy a ticket to Stitch ‘N Pitch. On May 28th, I will join hundreds (???) of other St. Louis needlework enthusiasts to root on the St. Louis Cardinals. We’ll sit in some nosebleed section of the stadium and play with our yarn and needles. I’ve heard there are tote bags full of goodies, a drawing to go down on the field and watch batting practice, and who knows what else.
When I was buying the ticket, the salesperson asked me to fill out a slip for a drawing. Since free stuff is always good, I filled away while asking “what for?” A trip down to the field to watch batting practice. Apparently I actually am one of the few women in the shop who likes both baseball and needlework, as a I mentioned that I hoped we’d stop leaving runners stranded by the end of May. (The saleswomen in the store didn’t have a clue what I was talking about.) I wonder if we should knit up some baseballs to give to the guys if I win that drawing?
Since it would be rude (wouldn’t it?) to have gone into the store for the sole purpose of buying a baseball game ticket, I carefully explored each bin of the cramped store to see what they had. A lot. I didn’t recognize many of the brands, and the rather high prices were a shocker ($63 for one hank I petted). Since, of course, I am queen of the cheap acrylic yarn.
But I found this Malabrigo laceweight towards the front of the store on my second circuit and I couldn’t put it down. (And I was thrilled that 470 yds of this 100% baby merino was only $10. THAT I can afford. Although apparently the Addi Turbo needles I bought cost more than the yarn. Hmmm.)
The pattern color is called “Loro Barranquero”, which means “Burrowing Parrot”. Here’s what they look like:
The store also sold me a pattern called “Restuarant Stole” because I liked the display model so much. Very simple pattern, they said. (Uh, picot cast on?) A very interesting element is that you “kill” the stole during the finishing process by ironing it on high heat with lots of steam!
Maybe I’ll make the stole at Stitch ‘N Pitch.
No, better not. I might spill mustard from my hot dog on the yarn!
