"meandering" at stitches west

i had a chance to shop the market at stitches west on friday. i manged to find all the different sock yarns i wanted to try and then some. the weather is horrible today so i haven't taken any photos of my newly purchased stash.

i stopped by the blue moon fiber arts booth in the hopes of meeting tina and kaci. tina was not there but i did get to talk to kaci. she is so nice. of course, since i was there, i had to browse around. i was good and did not buy any more str since i already have a huge stash of that. BUT i did spot...

"MEANDERING"

it's MY pattern!!!!
which i designed for bmfa last summer!!!

and it is now available for purchase.

i felt a surge of excitement seeing my sock and its printed pattern hanging there in the booth! the sample is knit with socks that rock lightweight. the colorway is "midsummer's night". i loved the subtle color changes. i had to give the socks to them so will have to reknit them again for me one of these days.

i also stopped by the swtc booth, home of soysilk yarns, and talked to jonelle. my first published design was for swtc. i designed "pink peony" using their optima yarn. jonelle really liked the sock so has asked if i would redo it using their new tofutsie. it was one of the yarns on my shopping list...what a coincidence! i get to play with it now. silly me! i'd already bought some at my first stop!