A Death in the Knitty Family….

While we were driving back from the Canon Service Center (details to come), my best friend said to me:

her: I’ve got some bad news.

me: What?, I said, my heart starting to beat wildly.

her: The poncho. It’s toast. The neighbor dog got to it.

me: Oh thank god!

her: I cried. Delenn cried. We all cried.

me: Did you bury it in the backyard at least?

I can honestly say I was slightly ahead of the poncho fad. I made the RetroPoncho pattern, available in the Summer 2003 issue of Knitter’s (the one with the uncomfortable looking guy on the cover) for my best friend’s daughter, in the Summer of 2003 – the end, more like Fall. I used Patons Classic wool and it was the first project I made that included knitting in the round and increases. It was actually my first wearable project. Delenn had grown out of it, but my best friend’s younger daughter had taken to wearing it everywhere with her Disney princess shoes.

Here’s a picture of Delenn and the poncho when it was brand spanking new:

Doesn’t she look so happy!?! Rest in Peace RetroPoncho. May you wear well in knitty heaven.

In response to RP’s untimely death I’m going to make both girls new sweaters in Artyarns Supermerino! I’m also going to make my best friend a scarf (which she requested) using the famed Clapotis pattern. She can’t wear any kind of wool, so it looks like it’s silk for my best friend! (I’ve got time though. I was informed that spring is just around the corner in Las Vegas, so the sweaters will be for next fall. The Clapotis will be for my best friend’s May birthday!)

Pity Party’s Over, Thank you very much!

Thanks for all of the pick me ups. Seems I was a tad premature in feeling sorry for K1R2 – the converstation is hopping.

The camera will be fixed for free, by the kind folks over at Canon. I have to say I was a tad triumphant. The guy intimated that maybe, just maybe, they would try to get it to work and it would be fine. Happens all the time, he said. Ha, Ha, I told him. The shutter’s shot! This baby ain’t working for no one no how. And I was right. The shutter’s shot. They will be fedexing it back to me when it’s all better.

[Full disclosure: I was kind of hoping they’d say it wasn’t fixable (like they’d do that!) I wanted another brand new baby. I know. Gluttony never looked good on anybody. But it’s a WORK thing. It’s my JOB! wink wink]

My best friend and I then headed back to my house where she so wonderously indulged me by listening to all my knitting adventures. After I had pulled out all the stash and shown her all the intended projects I asked her: “Do you really want to hear all this?” She, in her best best friend voice said, “Of course I want to hear it because it makes you so happy.” A better best friend has yet to exist. Thank you, thank you! I miss her so much since she moved away.

Then it was off to dinner in the big city. We had a marvelous meal at Gigino’s in Tribeca. The food was great, company even better. After dinner I dropped her off at her hotel and said goodbye! Thankfully Georgie was home for lots of cuddling last night. I needed it.

But I feel refreshed today. It’s off to the shrink and needle shopping at Purl. Maybe some red yarn.

I’ll be back later – Kerstin tagged me on the movie meme. (Can someone please tell me what exactly a meme is? I looked it up in the dictionary and can’t find it. Is this the answer?)

Oh and I want to send some big, fat, suffocating hugs to all of you out there surviving the infertility torture test that life sometimes surprises us with. It sucks more than anything could possibly suck. To the root, to the core, to the depths of our hearts and minds. Hug your mates really tight and be kind. To your partner and to yourself. Be truly, necessarily kind.

Love, Cara