Mary Guterson!!! Lucky recipient of a free pass for the VOGUE KNITTING LIVE LA Marketplace ticket!!!!! Thanks so much to all of you who participated. I really appreciate it and I hope that you come anyway and introduce yourselves to me when you do.
OK…I used the first RANDOM GENERATOR that google found me…and up comes a friend from high school…I think these things have a sixth-sense cheating streak in them because another blogger I read kept getting her sister…I almost thought I should try it again, but that would really be cheating. Besides, is fair to disqualify someone just because you once knew them? I mean, we have not seen each other in a coon’s age…2 or 3 coon’s ages in fact … And then I would’ve had to exclude Jules, who I really really hope will come to LA. I want you all to come to LA, including Irene from Toronto. Two words Irene – Road Trip.
So Mary it is, and it is a perfect time to introduce her, because it is SUMMER and she is author of some of the best beach reading around. Last summer’s Gone to the Dogs had me howling and snorting in merriment. Handy if you’d like the beach to yourself…”don’t go near that crazy lady with the book, child”… which is how I like my beaches, deserted. This summer she’s part of the crew that contributed to Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices. I’m running to my Local Bookshop to get that one, and stopping off at my Local Yarn Shop while I’m there, and will probably pop into our new Local Craft Shop, where I’ve rediscovered embroidery thread thanks to Squam.
Oh yes, those socks, or rather that sock. Inspired by Ms. Stitchy McYarnpants herself and countless crocheted Budweiser hats (which by the way were very popular at the hydroplane races when Mary and I were growing up) I could not stop myself from making my own HOLIDAY CRAFT (capitals a must). My HOLIDAY CRAFT is a JULY 4TH PICNIC SOCK, recognize the table cloth? and the stripes?
Once again, Congratulations to Mary!!!
That sock is a bang-up doozie. Stitchy has inspired me to fire up my old knitting machine!
Oh yes, definitely a road trip! We’re planning one right now, but the timing is off, unfortunately.
Ellen, get that knitting machine going! Imagine what we can make…notice I say “we”. Heh. I always wanted to make yardage and felt it…I mean full it..must use the correct term.
Irene, coming to Maine is always a road trip option! It is a lovely drive through Quebec.
Nice post. I learn something totally new and challenging
on blogs I stumbleupon every day. It will always be
useful to read through content from other authors and practice a little something
from their websites.