Mossy Cottage Knits

Sittin' and Knittin'

First, and most importantly, if you are a member of the Cuzzin Tom How-Weird-Is-It-To-Actually-Know-A-Buddhist-Monk Fan Club, be sure to go to his blog, see that he has arrived (and, boy, are his arms tired...), read about his first impressions of Mon-frickin'-golia, and see the first photo of Dear Reader Patti's bear, Bhaavgai, in his new home. Does or does not The Cuzz look right at home in front of that temple—even if the many layers of sweaters do make him look a little like the Michelin Man? Good stuff, that.

On to the Knit-In...

What I remember most about the Knit-In was the drive home. It seemed symbolic of the whole day, the kind of drive where your car is running smoothly, strongly and silently, the temperature in the car is warm and soothing, you feel protected from the moody and stormy weather outside, every light turns green just before you reach it, and you roll into your driveway calm, happy, and satisfied. It was, Dear Readers, a great ending to a great day.

Mary’s house with its open spaces and its bright, light chiffon-yellow walls was the perfect and perfectly cheerful place for the party. Knitters arrived en masse around 1:30 and then in dribs and drabs throughout the afternoon, but all excited to be there and all focused on churning out FOs for Dulaan.

My favorite moment was unveiling and handing out the White Tara postcards sent from Cuzzin Tom himself in honor of the party. Karen posted a great picture of hers on her blog. As her blog says, White Tara is "the female Buddhist deity of mercy, compassion, and altruistic activities” and that day we were all about the altruistic activity, baybee! (Don't miss the other photos on Karen's site of people at the party, including one of me looking equally like the Michelin Man, in fact, a drunk Michelin Man, only without the many-layers-of-sweaters excuse. Also, if I forgot to give anyone a White Tara postcard, and you want one, I think I have a couple left. Just let me know.)

Here, going clockwise from Yours Truly (in my white Dulaan t-shirt made by The Mysterious K herself) in the corner: me, Mary, June, Diana, Devorah, Patti, Melinda and Karen:

From left to right: June, Diana, Devorah, Patti and Melinda:

From left to right: Devorah, Charlotte the Cat (who didn't get much knitting done, I'm afraid), Patti and MaryB:

Clock wise from the left, April, Melinda, Susie and Flora:

This picture below is, obviously, all about the food, including double-dee-licious brownies made by Karen's sister, rich egg 'n' cheese 'n' green chili muffins brought by Diana, toffee-chip scones, cookies, chips, crackers, tea, soda, coffee... Hungry yet?

More details and more photos on Wednesday, including the answer to the all-consuming question, how did The Mysterious K keep herself occupied during this all knitting, all the time party? Suffice it to say it involved an accordion.

Posted by Ryan at March 21, 2005 10:20 AM