sophy's knits, notes, etc.

i love Philadelphia; it's always wonderful to visit, even when our visits are centered around family obligations. Rittenhouse Square was always the center of the city for me; i loved living within walking distance from there.

i made time to walk my old route to work, a route i used to walk every morning at 0700, and meet my buddies and former coworkers for lunch at one of our regular lunch-time haunts, For Pete's Sake. (the Mad Elk was delicious!)

i also met, in person finally, two people i've talked to regularly in the past year: Jennifer (ravelry) and Helen (ravelry). We (with my sister, too) shopped at Loop (passing Jennifer's baby, Nathan, around among us) then went back to Helen's place to knit and chat and drink wine and eat cheese. You can read Jennifer's post about it. make sure you admire her awesome Spiral Boot Socks!

i did buy yarn! four skeins of lace-weight yarns:

while at Helen's, i continued knitting the flower basket shawl, which i had started on the flight over. honestly, i could have finished this on the flight, it's such a simple knit. but, as you can see here, i hadn't even finished the first skein. currently, i'm midway through the second skein. but, i'm knitting two more friendship fingerless mitts for my cousins before i get back to my selfish projects.

of course, a trip to Philadelphia wouldn't be complete without a visit to Rosie's Yarn Cellar. it was a quick trip, really. i walked in, with my sister, browsed the shelves and saw these two books. i then quickly paid for them and walked out before i could see anything else i might want to buy.

at the end of our trip, Adam and i also made quick visits to New York (mostly Brooklyn). We spent a night with friends and met their adorable baby boy. i stayed with my cousins the next night, while Adam continued on to Boston for the weekend.

oh. did i mention it was COLD in Philly and New York? i'm sure it was also cold in Boston...