Dogs Steal Yarn

You managed to put up not one, but TWO photos of me that did not make me cringe. You are the master!

Thanks for last night, what a good time it was!

Okay I absolutely love the picture of the group shot at your home with the dog sitting on the couch with everyone. too cute. My in-laws dog is not good around other people until she gets to know them, one time while we were watching her I wanted to have a group of friends over for chilli because my husband was out of town and I was bored. So as everyone came through the front door I handed them a dog biscuit with peanut butter smeared on it and made them give it to the dog, then they were all her best friends from that point forward. Dogs sure can be funny.

No, it's because I've just realized that I HATE the three inches of ribbing I've just finished and must rip it all out. Not to mention that I appear to have temporarily traded necks with The Rock.

I'm so jealous! I wish I could have been there! Hopefully next year, I'll be able to meet everyone.

See you next week!

It looks like you had a great time this weekend from start to finish.

I hope the comprehensive exam went well on Saturday and I'm sure the rest of your requirements will end well as well. Congratulations on being very nearly done.

Yup, New York weekend, A to Zed. That Rachael is the best mugger I've ever seen. I don't mean she mugs people as in beats and robs them - I mean she mugs for the camera. But I think you already knew that. (Cari, what is it about you that brings out the weirdo comments from me, anyway?!) Miss ya already. Your place looks fab, btw. Digging the red sofa - awesome!

I'd swear that you just started that MFA.

Its over? Congrats!

Well, I guess taking a picture of the back of my head is a failsafe way to have it be semi-flattering. Hmmm...

Thanks for the great night and wonderful group gathering.

I can't believe you're finished--I mean it really took me by surprise. I was reading here when you started grad school. Weird.

Oh, and congratulations!

Grpmph. Here I am, causing myself emotional damage.
Congratulations on being done with school! That was worth stopping by.

Congratulations Cari!

P.S. I really wish you had been at Maryland Sheep and Wool, although if I'd gotten to meet you and Em on top of all the other folks, I may have gone insane from the happy. Isn't there some festival up near ya'll sometime in the not-too-distant future?

Thanks for hosting that little confab. And congrats on the mfa!!

loved seeing you on friday. way too short, not enough time to talk. waah waah waah. wish i could have been there last night. at least i did get to see rach/lala for a couple minutes at maryland. i made my first picot edge sock! i was thinking of you while i did it you know b/c we've both been saying how we need to make them after claudia/silvia (ok maybe you've just been saying it but i've been thinking it). i'll put up pics of that & MD purchases maybe thursday - it was too dreary yesterday morning and this morning i was too busy taking naps.

Hey! Congrats on school being done! Thesis finished too, or is that another year?

So sorry I missed you guys on Friday - hopefully I'll catch you all at The Point the next time you meet.

You don't need no stinkin' MDS&W! THe past two years have flown by. Enjoy the end of it all :)

Dammit, I wanna come to NY! Looks like you all had fun together!

Waaaah! I can't believe I had to miss Friday and Monday. Sigh. I'll see you next week, though, barring any unforeseen craziness. Frankly, I think I've hit my craziness quota for ummm, a while.

It was nice to finally meet you on Friday. I really enjoy reading your blog.

Wow, look at everybody there together! Sorry I missed it. You all look fabulous. xo

I can't believe that is a New York apartment! Very swell. A room full of knitters is a lovely thing.

Congrats on the end of your MFA! Breathe a huge sigh of relief and sleep in, please.

looks like so much fun! i'm sorry i missed it all.
so, thesis in, last workshop...less than a week away from the end -- woo hoo!

Do not delay, run to the admissions office. Sign up for a PHD--go to Law School-- do something. As long as you are a student in any way, you can avoid REAL LIFE. REAL LIFE is to be avoided at all costs. Without school, there is no spring break. No Summer break. No sympathy because you are in summer school. Do you really want to be a full-fledged adult? Even with dogs. Even with Italian Greyhounds.

Oh! A lot of my favorite knitters in there. But I couldn't help noticing how FABULOUS your house looks. You are the decorating queen!

Sorry to get off-topic but... I would be awfully interested to know the floorplan of your house? Is it one room wide? Two rooms? How deep? How many stories? Sorry! Home design is my other passion! And congrats on the MFA.

two years goes by before you know it. congratulations on the mfa! anyone who can outdo wallace stevens (at least when it comes to clapotis-based poetry) deserves it!
and now for a really selfish question: did you do any extra repeats of the straight section for your (very very lovely) clapotis, or just follow the pattern? I've added 4 repeats and it still doesn't look long enough.

And now back to you!