Madrona Fiber Arts Retreat

My last blog entry indicated a failure to secure My Camera before My Husband exited the country. I did; however, download my Mahdrooohna pictures . . . or upload? Whatever.

Some of the photos are private because they have important people doing or who did things (like knitting) that I paid a lot of money to partake in and do not want to share with the whole blogger world.

Others are photos that anyone could take if they saw what I saw when I saw it.

Like the coolest picture of a Sock Monkey at Blue Moon Fiber Arts booth after a LOT of shopping in the marketplace:





Either the monkey did a lot of shopping or I did.



And, A very nice message in my first class of the weekend:

More Mail

I do like to shop at home . . . don't get me wrong, retail--I still love that I can go to the store and appreciate every human being with a nametag who helps make my day easier, kinder and brighter. But, if I shop at/from home, it's all up to me. I can go into the stash and shop. Or, I can find interesting things on the knitting internet world.

When my most recent internet swipe was delivered, it came with this pre-printed "RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION" tape stucked all around the box borders. I say "stucked" because it is definitely past-tense stuck. A am a grammarian by nature and want to push those rules around when I can.


Anywho . . . the tape.

MY BMFA
MONKEYISTRAPPEDINTHERE ANDCAN'TGETOUT!!!!!

Eiyeiyeei.

Thank goodness the package packing people at BMFA are experienced knitters and would not endanger the precious life of soon-to-be-monkeys yarn.

Aaaaah. The tube.















And, the yarn. Safe and sound. I cannot say that about the taper who put all that tape on my package. Aargh.