Technology

So, i got a new phone. Not just any phone though, an Apple iPhone 3G. All in all, it is a nifty bit of technology, and I've been having fun browsing through the applications--there's a few available specifically for knitting, some paid, some free--I've snagged the free ones. *lol* Also managed to find free apps for Pandora radio, the local news, a selection of free books, and various apps related to health and wellness. Sooo much cool stuff!

I also just got myself a twitter account; now that i have this cool phone and all, why not, eh?

In knitting news, i am still working on Silvie, and have moved on to the back panel--which is going to look identical to the front panel. Sorry, no pics--but really, since it looks identical to the front, you can look at the pictures I've already put up of the front panel, and get the idea.

A thought on Sock Summit '09. No, i did not get to go. I wasn't planning on it anyway, but after seeing pictures on various blogs, Ravelry, and the Yarn Harlot's blog about the event, i am kind of sad i missed out--it looked like a total, and absolute blast! I am deeply impressed and amazed by what was accomplished, even with all the bumps along the way. I hope that another summit is planned for the future--there are rumors about 2011 being the next date--and i hope that, if there is a future event, i am able to attend. I don't quite know how I'm going to justify a sock convention to my boyfriend/fiancee, or the amount of money I'm likely to spend at such an event, be it in lessons or in yarn, but i have plenty of time to figure that out.

After all, he is encouraging me to go yarn shopping at a local shop with one of our friends, who we recently learned is a knitter. And he is planning on saving as much as we can for when we go to Maine, and to the Common Ground Fair. Knowing full well that i am going to buy yarn there--and possibly even raw fleece and a drop spindle, and learn how to spin. Well, okay. He may not know about that last part. But he does know i am going to be spending money on fiber, and is planning for it!

"Yarn? What yarn? These are my kittens..."
~~Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, aka the Yarn Harlot, on stash management.