Life's a Stitch

Nadia, a UBC student and a knitting blogger, left a comment on my blog a while back when I posted about Koigu coming to Vancouver. Since she lacks transportation I offered to pick her up last Saturday at the seabus, take her to lunch and to West Vancouver’s Knit and Stitch for some Koigu. It was especially fun for me as my two girls are away at school and it nourished my mothering needs. My son couldn’t believe that I was meeting up with someone I met on line. "For all you know she could be a 65 year old dirty old man posing as a student," he advised me with his 14 year old wisdom, "What would you do if I did that?" I told him I’d go with him. He took that as an invitation and accompanied us. Turns out her friends told her the same thing. I assure you, it was very innocent, two devoted knitters out for a day on the town. Nadia did a good job of enhancing her stash as she had a good week selling on E-Bay. She bought Koigu for a pretty blue Charlotte and yarn for three other projects. Take a look on her blog, she took photos at the shop to post. It’s interesting meeting another knit blogger, despite the age difference you have so much in common.

Nadia gave me this, which she whipped up that morning, being an accomplished seamstress as well as a knitter. It’s a travel case for two pairs of circular needles with pockets for double pointeds, crochet hook or a cable needle. Thanks, Nadia. Poor girl got a taste of life in our family complete with 14 year old attitude and the dog puking in the car.