I've had a fun filled and exciting couple of weeks...sorry to have neglected the blog though. It all started with a long weekend in the mountains that turned into a mini family reunion. I just love fall in the Colorado mountains. There just isn't anything prettier than the aspen leaves when they turn colors. It was the height of the change the weekend that we were up there, so we all got to experience it.

This past weekend I was up in Chicago, visiting old friends, and making new ones. I was able to deliver a finished Tulips sweater to my friends John and Julie and at the same time, spend the day on Saturday hanging out at YarnCon. It was a blast to say the least!! One of the highlights to me was meeting Ann Shayne, co-author of the Mason-Dixon books and blog! I have "known" these lovely ladies for years through their hilarious blog and when I found out that they would be in Chicago, I was thrilled. Here I am, pictured with Ann at YarnCon, looking extremely short. :) It was wonderful meeting you Ann...and if there had been more time, I can totally see myself sitting and chatting and knitting with you. Oh, if only Nashville wasn't so far away. By the way, the new book is amazing. I want to knit a bunch of stuff out of it already, specifically the Kiki Mariko rug. I have tons of feltable wool just laying around, waiting to become something fabulous...and this just might be it! I have it on good authority that Colorful Yarns has a whole stack of these books just waiting to go home with people. Go on in and get one!

Moving on. YarnCon. It rocked! I loved hanging out with the Piddleloop Sewing Team. Even more fun was meeting up with a bunch of the Ravelry "Friends of P" group. I can now put faces with the names of all the girls I chat with in that group. So fun. The booth next to ours was empty, so we just set up shop and knit and had a generally great time getting to know each other. I love meeting new people, can you tell? I got to meet Franklin. Enough said. I asked if he was ever going to come to Colorado and he said that he hoped to! There were just too many other cool people and booths to mention and I didn't take nearly enough pictures. (why is it that I always realize that I didn't take enough pictures when I'm home already?) I'll share all the details of my purchases in a later post. Again, sorry for the blog silence. I'm back into the swing of normal life, I think, so I should be able to get back into this regular blog writing thing.