Definitely wishing I was there, and now even more bummed out that I can’t hit Stitches Midwest this year (my travel companions all bailed for various reasons, and I can’t afford the trip on my own).
I’ll just have to look farther ahead to Rhinebeck!!! Already got our cabin in the woods rented!
I’m waiting to hear about the annual swim tradition. It’s been a slow and late spring, and I bet the water is colder than a witch’s tit in a brass bra. She’ll definitely need full caffeine coffee after that!
Seeing all those colorful yarn balls on the table makes me think of a pool table. You could use giant knitting needles to hit the yarn balls into knitted pockets.
So obvious you’ve had real coffee. Look at the pace you knitted those socks! When doing stranded knitting, what is your secret? Those already look as though they’ve been blocked. I mean you don’t see any of the strands coming through, and they stay flat! Have fun!
btw, try and not jump into the lake again!
Did you not think that many of the comments were cruel, frightening and nasty?
Joe may have approved the blog, but did he deserve this reaction to his mistake?
Looks like you’re getting caffeinated coffee that’s at least acceptable, maybe even exceptional.
That color wheel of yarn samples looks gorgeous, and like something I’d like to roll around upon while (at the very least) scantily-clad. Hope the yarn really was as soft as it looks.
And that colorwork in the last picture!?! WOW! I am impressed by the knitter’s skills and talent, and by the pattern author’s skills, talent, and hutzpah!
Thank you so much for the postcards. This took me way back to my childhood when I had good times at a rockin 13 year old boy/girl dance in a very similar hall on Squam Lake. Your pictures are so good, I could smell the pine trees and the lake. Hope you had a wonderful, sort of restful time even though you were busy.
I just arrived home after my first Squam and it was awesome, delightful, relaxing, educational, fun, great people, great food and it was a total blast. We were blessed with fabulous weather on Friday – Sunday! Stephanie’s pictures are the tip of the iceberg! I hope to go again next year!
I have decided that I am a sloppy knitter. Your knitting is so precise and perfect . . . and you knit so freakishly fast . . . or is it that I knit so freakishly slow? A conundrum. Someday I will go to Squam and Rhinebeck. Does knitting precise and perfect and fast come to a person through osmosis?
I would make Starry Nights for my daughter in contrast, she is always wearing mismatched socks, except that she would do something stupid like walk out to get the mail in her stockinged feet or just casually throw them in the laundry, and I would lose my mind . . . or hurt her . . . or both.
Hey, I’m making those mittens! Or something similar. The wheel pattern looks like Kristi’s Mittens from the Nancy Bush book, only with a different cuff. And mine are black with hot pink instead of white… Anyway, pretty mittens
You know those postcards that say, “Wish you were here”? Well, I’m wishing I was there. *sighs* Beautiful.
ME TOO!
Me three. :/ And look at those socks! I neeeeeeed those! 🙂
Me four!! NZ is a bit far though.
Not surprised to see a starry night there at Squam. Looks lovely and hoping you’re having a lovely time!
Definitely wishing I was there, and now even more bummed out that I can’t hit Stitches Midwest this year (my travel companions all bailed for various reasons, and I can’t afford the trip on my own).
I’ll just have to look farther ahead to Rhinebeck!!! Already got our cabin in the woods rented!
Lynne, is it the trip or the accommodations that are keeping you from Stitches Midwest? I live in the area.
Such an idyllic spot! Wish it were just a tad closer to New England!
And I love the mitts or mittens or socks at the bottom of the post. Can you tell us more? Now that you are back on real coffee???
socks are “Starry Nights” I believe, she posted about them on May 29
Love the new sock pattern!
looks like a good time!
…I believe the socks at the end are the ones she posted on May 29 “This Rut Is More Of A Crater”
Starry Nights socks… gorgeous!
So so lovely. Have a wonderful time!
I hope someday I can join you at Squam. What a beautiful place!!
Looks so lovely.
Also, can I say these pictures look fantastic? Taken with the new camera?
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so. insanely. jealous! ENJOY!!
Oh, how lovely! I hope the rain didn’t dampen your the occasion much. And I bet they had real coffee too. 🙂
Squam, Port Ludow and Rheinbeck…. all on my bucket list. To have a weekend dedicated to knitting and other fibery arts would be heaven.
My bucket list, as well. Someday…
I’m on pins and needles to see if you knit the second sock this way or with the colors reversed.
Isn’t it possible that the reverse was shown just to give one the idea that they can be knit either way? I wouldn’t envision them as a pair.
That way the two skeins of yarn come out even…….
Life’s too short for matching socks
Rita, I’m with you – I think a whole knitting weekend with other knitters would be glorious! I need to make that happen someday.
And I am going to knit those socks, God help me.
Beautiful! Looks like you’ve figured out the new camera!
Squam! It’s my dream to go there.
the photos are gorgeous and I’m with everyone else in that I’m adding Squam and Rhinebeck to my bucket list…enjoy!
Such gorgeous pictures! And the socks are beautiful as well….need to learn colorwork so I can make some!
Gorgeous! Maybe one of these years I will make it there… It’s not that far of a drive….
I’m waiting to hear about the annual swim tradition. It’s been a slow and late spring, and I bet the water is colder than a witch’s tit in a brass bra. She’ll definitely need full caffeine coffee after that!
Enjoy Squam. And, of course, you needed a new sock to knit for that!
I hope my travels next year take me right there.
(btw: how was your morning coffee!)
Suddenly missing Baboosic Lake and New Hampshire, 27 years after moving away–beautiful photos, so glad everyone at Squam gets to be there.
Gorgeous! I dream of going there someday!
Seeing all those colorful yarn balls on the table makes me think of a pool table. You could use giant knitting needles to hit the yarn balls into knitted pockets.
You are clearly mastering the new camera. These photos are beautiful. If I can’t actually be there, at least these make me feel a bit like I am there.
That new camera of yours takes beautiful photos. I wish I had been there!
So obvious you’ve had real coffee. Look at the pace you knitted those socks! When doing stranded knitting, what is your secret? Those already look as though they’ve been blocked. I mean you don’t see any of the strands coming through, and they stay flat! Have fun!
btw, try and not jump into the lake again!
Best wishes to Joe – he certainly did not deserve any of the abusive remarks in the recent comments about the coffee…
Don’t worry — I specifically told Joe yesterday how much I love him.
Plus he knows us (The Blog) pretty well by now…and Steph wouldn’t have posted without his okay.
Besides, the Blog found out that buying decaf was the worst thing he has ever done to Steph…we all want him!!
Yes, we do know that Joe has never done anything worse, but, according to some comments, he would not live long enough to make another mistake…
Did you not think that many of the comments were cruel, frightening and nasty?
Joe may have approved the blog, but did he deserve this reaction to his mistake?
Appears you’ve never lived with an addict……
Beautiful, and so much appreciated. It was 85 degrees and humid at our outdoor market this week, and we would have so loved to be at Squam with you…
Looks like you’re getting caffeinated coffee that’s at least acceptable, maybe even exceptional.
That color wheel of yarn samples looks gorgeous, and like something I’d like to roll around upon while (at the very least) scantily-clad. Hope the yarn really was as soft as it looks.
And that colorwork in the last picture!?! WOW! I am impressed by the knitter’s skills and talent, and by the pattern author’s skills, talent, and hutzpah!
I’m in love with the coffee cup picture…
Love the pictures! All they say to me is wish you were here! It’s wonderful and idyllic.
A picture is worth a thousand words they say. Yours speak volurmes
Just gorgeous – wonderful pictures. Looks like a really lovely time. AND… I love those socks!!!!!
Beautiful pictures, and I started your newest book this morning and am loving it! Great work, as usual.
That seriously looks like heaven. Wishing I could escape to a place like that just now!
beautiful postcards – have a love time. The picture through the windows toward the silver light outside is so serene. thank you
So fun! Sorry to miss you this year. I am ‘Fiber Frolicking’ up in Windsor, Maine. We don’t have a beautiful lake, but we do have alpacas!
Wish I was there too! I socks are spectacular. Enjoy your weekend!
Warmly,
Michele
Thank you so much for the postcards. This took me way back to my childhood when I had good times at a rockin 13 year old boy/girl dance in a very similar hall on Squam Lake. Your pictures are so good, I could smell the pine trees and the lake. Hope you had a wonderful, sort of restful time even though you were busy.
I just arrived home after my first Squam and it was awesome, delightful, relaxing, educational, fun, great people, great food and it was a total blast. We were blessed with fabulous weather on Friday – Sunday! Stephanie’s pictures are the tip of the iceberg! I hope to go again next year!
All beautiful! Is the last picture show a sock, a mitten or a sleeve?
I have decided that I am a sloppy knitter. Your knitting is so precise and perfect . . . and you knit so freakishly fast . . . or is it that I knit so freakishly slow? A conundrum. Someday I will go to Squam and Rhinebeck. Does knitting precise and perfect and fast come to a person through osmosis?
I would make Starry Nights for my daughter in contrast, she is always wearing mismatched socks, except that she would do something stupid like walk out to get the mail in her stockinged feet or just casually throw them in the laundry, and I would lose my mind . . . or hurt her . . . or both.
So magical – some day I’ll go!
Hey, I’m making those mittens! Or something similar. The wheel pattern looks like Kristi’s Mittens from the Nancy Bush book, only with a different cuff. And mine are black with hot pink instead of white… Anyway, pretty mittens