It's the pink house on the corner!

Ray Smock took this great picture of the Y2Knit shop and my home. I'm so lucky to have the florist and garden shop across the street as there are always flowers to look at. My yard has grown significantly since this picture a couple of weeks ago.
It's always interesting how many people notice the hat on the fire hydrant after walking by it many times. The hat has been there since the first sign of spring, replacing the winter hat and scarf. Also near the fire hydrant is my "BAY-WISE" sign, which indicates my yard and garden are certified as bay friendly. I garden 100% organically, have two rain barrels, and try to maintain only non-invasive species. I am learning which perennials are native to the area and fostering their growth in the garden.

In the back garden, I have little icons of interest. This one was given to my by a friend. The outstretched hands reminded me of someone holding yarn to be wound, so that's what I decided to depict. In the winter this garden god wears a colorful hat.

So what's all this have to do with knitting? Not much! But it is part of the scenery visitors to Y2Knit see when they arrive and walk to the shop entrance. Keep your eyes open!

All weather is good for knitting!

I read this statement today and it's true for me. We're having record heat, which makes me wish I had a pool membership. This morning it was blessedly cooler and I could do some weed management in the garden.

Jill and I were in Columbus at the TNNA trade show over the weekend. I think it was hot there too, but we are in the convention center from 8-8, so we weren't out in any awful weather. We had such fun networking and connecting with people. We went out one dinner with some of the Association of Knitwear Designers members, including Chrissy Gardiner, Gwen Bortner, Myrna Stahman, and Chris DeLongpre . Another dinner we went out with friends Kennita Tully (designer), Barbara Paley (Stitch n Pitch fame) and Margaret Fisher (designer) and are pictured here at Barcelona, a fabulous restaurant we found. Our waiter, Dave, is a knitter! He picked our brains on some knitting problems he was having and brought us a complimentary decadent chocolate dessert.

Another dinner we had a great meal with our friends Mary and Michael from Ashland Sky, Lenore Plotkin from Stitcher's Dream, Kim Smith from Knitting Matters, and Jodi Lewanda, another designer. Yummy food and great company.