And a Good Time Was Had

Today I held a wedding shower for my friend Karen (akabini), shown here with her mother, Lisa, just before the guests arrived.

The weather turned out beautiful. The group turned out the right size and a nice mix of women.

This was Karen's 'Knitting Shower.' We drank champagne, ate lots of food, especially sweet food, and knit hats for Afghan refugees.

I think I would have done just fine if I drank champagne and knit, or if I played hostess and knit.

But the combination of champagne, hostess, and knitting didn't work so well.

Before I joined into the round I tried to knit two rounds (to make twisting less likely) but at one point ended up knitting back backwards. I've been doing that on my cardigan and apparently it's now ingrained in my knitting memory banks.

Then I kept knitting off the second needle onto one. I quit when I ended up with this. I'm not sure what I did. I'm on one needle, but in two loops with the two needles nowhere close to each other.

I think an autopsy may be in order.

Fortunately, everyone else did fine and we will have a dozen or more nice hats to ship off. Notice two hats completed in an hour and a half and most over half done.

I'll post more photos tomorrow. We had a great time.

Comments

[Karen B.]

Too bad about your knitting, but it certainly looks as though Karen was well pleased with the party!