It’s a Purl, Man

Found this on Ravelry today, it’s someones avatar/RAVatar. I wonder what kind of response I would get if I changed men for women?

Dude… why can’t we all just knit together…

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The server is giving me some trouble. While I have a new interview recorded I need to get the server working correctly prior to posting the new show. Perhaps tonight will work.

In the mean time, check out this awesome collection of images from the Library of Congress at Flickr.

Also, I have updated my flikr images to include some Team Chuppah goodness.

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In case you have ever wondered what these places look like and how to get to them, please check out the following links:

Mind’s Eye Yarns

Windsor Button

Spark

Knitten Kitten

I think this is where Newbury Yarns is

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Four days to go and I am starting to wig out a little.

It’s not the getting married thing.

It’s the everyone I know descending on Boston thing. Ahh… They are invading…

I can’t wait to see everyone, but it kills me that I won’t actually be able to spend time with everyone who is coming. I love all these people very much and want to invite them all back to my house to hang out or invite them on a walk around boston. But instead we are all going to sit in some room and put on the getting married show.

It’s not fair. I want more time…

Anyhow… everything is coming together and…

HOLY CRAP!!

The Chuppah is done. Team Chuppah has come through with flying colors. It’s so freaking amazing. I can’t thank them enough. I just hope I can make it to group one last time as a single guy.

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Lucy, at Mind’s Eye Yarns, has taken on the job of joining and completing the chuppah for my pumkin and I. She is posting about it on her blog. It is now out of my hands.

I would like to thank all the ladies on my Chuppah knitting team. Patience, Kim, and Lucy have shown us nothing but love in this process and have done some powerful knitting to get this project complete. Final logistics for placement are going to take place on Tuesday at the florist.

Wish us luck…

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Hey all… I just wanted to share my recent loss… My Dog of over thirteen years passed away tonight and I am just feeling like crap.

Beauty was a good friend and an always welcoming presence at my parent’s house.

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Relief.. not for me, but for people who really need it.

As I mentioned in the last podcast, I was looking for a relief fund that helped people in Peru who were effected by the Earth Quake. (seeing as we are all in love with Peruvian fiber and such) it turns out that Knit Picks has a banner on their website that leads you to Oxfam. I would like to thank the people over at knit picks as well as my readers for leading me there.

I am going to go donate some money and send some positive vibes to the people of Peru.

And then I am going to go back to knitting on my Chuppah and wrapping myself in my own little world. Check out the Chuppah meter. It’s almost done… now we move into the kitchner stitch phase.

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Houston:
Mission Control, this is Houston. We have 34 days until the wedding and are experiencing some mission difficulties. Over…

Mission Control:
Ok, Houston, what seems to be the problem. Over…

Houston:
I can’t seem to find time to complete all the things I would like to do with my “free/available time”. It seems that knittig my chuppah, podcasting, wedding planning, family wrangling, bride support, and general house work are all a little much for me to handle all at the same time.
Would it be O.K. with you if at this juncture I focused on bride support and general house work and put off podcasting on any regulated schedule until after the wedding? Over…

Mission Control:
Let me check…

Mission Control:
We’ve looked into the regulations here and have come to conclusion if you need to take some time to make sure that you and your bride do not kill each other prior to your wedding night that it might be a good time to prioritize bride support and house work.

But, you are not done with your podcast. We expect more yarn crawls and insight into your community of knitters when you get back. We also want you to keep us up to date on your chuppah and place UFO pictures as it comes to completion.

Do you understand. Over…

Houston:
That’s an affirmative… I will update my priorities and get back to you with as much detail as I can when my hands are freed up from the chuppah. Over…

Mission Control:
One more thing, stop spending so much time at Ravelry and get to work. Over…

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I went to a great wedding last night and I don’t feel up to doing a show today. I will get my strength up for next week.

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BOSTON KNIT OUT 2007 CANCELED
It’s not meant to be. What can I say. It’s a combination of things, but basically… we did not have enough support to get everything together that we needed. I will be sad not to have the event this year, but this does give us an opportunity to review our model of event and try and make it bigger and better for next time.

But I will be moody on September 30th, mark your calendars.

CHUPPAH
I am still working on the Chuppah. I have a panel that is between 6′-8′ long by about 1′ wide. My pumkin has a strip that is the same length and about .5′ wide. So I think we are going to need some help soon. Perhaps we will hold a knitting day at our house were we will provide refreshements and silly t.v.. Perhaps I should call my stor owner friends and see if they want to have an event. (event, like knitting my chuppah is all that. Am I that full of myself?) Has anyone else ever tried to do a big ass blanket in strips? Any tips about getting the community involved?

WEDDING
Now that I don’t have any more chours for the Knit Out it is important that I start to focus on that other major event this fall. I just realized that I need to start getting a little more excercise in if I plan on looking good in the photos. (don’t worry, I am not psycho about loosing weight). I hope to send out all the invites this week. I cant belive it’s only two months away. I can’t believe I am getting married. It’s a little much this year… 30, uncle, married, no Knit Out… these are the things that make my life now. I don’t think I could have imagined this in my wildest dreams.

FISHING
Never mind, it’s not going to happen between now and my wedding, I guess I might bring a rod down with me on my honey moon.

OTHER

• I have been meaning to record a new show, and I have one show that I am piecing together from an incredible interview.
• I have a plan to meet with a friend and do a quickie book review show
• Wonder if I will get to Rhinebeck this year?
• I need to get back to a regular knitting schedule, I miss going to my groups
• I want a puppy…(just saying)

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