Older Than My Teeth

I never knew getting older could be SO much fun! Yes, yet another Sunday Soiree was held at my house, this time it combined a great movie -- Best In Show -- with great friends and a wonderful Northwest Salmon dinner as prepared by the Best Husband ever!!

Even though gifts had been strictly prohibited, my guests professed complete ignorance of the prohibition and brought very nice things which I still can't get over. Beautiful flowers, wonderful wine, gorgeous merino roving and wild and wacky Targhee roving, wowwowwow (or, as in the movie, bowwowwow!)

So what could I do? I had to feed them the Chocolate Motherlode Cake from Claim Jumper, but first they had to stare at it for a while and get really hungry:

In the meantime, we set ourselves up in Madame Glitchbane's Fiber Parlor and Magical Mohair Movie Theatre, where Ginger immediately decided she would be one of the girls:

Jojo on the other hand could not choose between Ryan and Lori and so wandered between.

My long-lost/recently-found-again friend Ryan worked with me years ago at what was then one of Seattle's largest law firms. She has not lost a bit of her style, wit and personality. Ryan was quoted in a recent article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The article was about knitting and its surge in popularity. Ryan, it seems, began knitting socks after 9/11 and has not stopped knitting socks since. She likes to see people cry when she tells them she's making them socks-- and I can assure you they do not cry because of the quality of the socks! Oh, no! Lorna's Laces gorgeous yarn on size 1 needles with a beautiful lace check... very, very nice. I recognized Ryan's name in the article and knew immediately that it was A Sign that I needed to get in touch with her and the rest, as they say, is History.

Here's Ryan in a more contemplative moment:

With Ryan came Kathie, a Gardener Extraordinaire. Even though she uses Macs, I like her a lot and it is fun to hear about her plans for the dye garden she is planting.

Sam came, bearing her delicious Scottish shortbread cookies (a Habitually Requested Item because they are so good!) which was great because she had to miss the last soiree! I unfortunately didn't get a picture of the wondrous fibers that she rescued from the Basket of Widowed and Orphaned Yarns recently and gave Kool-Aid Makeovers. The colors were beautifully subtle and didn't look sticky at all! Finally working on the sleeves of Cromarty (in an Eggplant color), Sam is a lesson in Sticktuitiveness, an antidote to those like me who are Fiber Gypsies, wandering from one project to another. This time Sam endeavored to teach me to drop spin on the bottom-whorl spindle that my dear pets gave me for my birthday. Sam is a beautiful woman, and this picture does little justice to her, but here she is:

And Sam brought her FiberTraditions co-moderator and longtime friend Lori, who was a pleasure to meet at last. These women must be doing something right, because they sure don't look the age they must be! Lori brought Victoria, a Mags Kandis design she is knitting in Eggplant Mission Falls 1824 Wool, a very pretty lace pattern. And when she wanted to switch off, she fascinated all present by drop-spinning fine yarn on her Bosworth top-whorl spindle.

One of my favorite Returning Guests also arrived, and finished her Savannah Blue self-designed Gansey right there at the soiree! We witnessed the final stitch and took a photo of the proud designer wearing her new baby (which is really a gift for a very lucky gentleman across the Pond).

Speaking of gentleman, I am the luckiest woman in the world. My husband is the sweetest, most patient man ever and not only that, but he can cook! He prepared a feast worthy of the finest restaurant, and it was delicious to the last bite.

So how old am I? I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth, and that's the truth. But I do need more frequent naps :-)

Posted by Sheila at March 10, 2003 05:54 PM
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