Attention all ILLINOIS Knitters!

[mintdee]

You know I find it quite funny that one of the 3 pics that KK takes is of Hildes boobtacular bresticles. :roflhard:

You all are a beautiful bunch!

Score on that bag :thumbsup:

I WANT MORE PICCIES!

[KellyK]

Here's a piccie of Hildies WONDERFUL present.... others said things like "Yarn Ho" and "Queen of the Yarniverse"... I cant remember all of them, but they were all GREAT!



(And, it wouldnt be an IL Knit-together if there werent boobies or butts or SOMETHING!)

[DotMom61]

That poor waiter at Cheeseburger in Paradise couldnt take his eyes OFF of Hildie's "gifts to the world"! :roflhard:

See ... she didn't even deny that she stole that bag right out from under me. I think I broke my ankle :limps away:

[KellyK]

Now, Julie.... you know better than to tell fibs. :fingerwag:

[kimmie]

Wow, it's so much fun just to look at the pictures that I can only imagine how much fun you all had getting together! I was thinking about you all as I slaved away at work today. Those wine glasses are so cute Hildie! You are multi-talented :)

:heart: kimmie

[Jan in CA]

boobtacular bresticles. :roflhard:



:roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard:

Great pics, Kelly! That's an awesome glass! Fabulous job on that Hildie! :thumbsup:

[Julie]

Another great IL get-together...Mosaic was great (aside from the fact that we walked in and they said, "who? here for what?" :shock: We all got some great deals...I couldn't believe the 50¢ magazines!! :happydance:

For once I did not forget my camera! The batteries DID die right before the big group shot, but everyone else got that one. Not everyone got this one though...

[Julie]

A few more...

[Julie]

a few more...

[Shandeh]

Fun, fun! Hildie's gazonga's are stealing the show, and Andrea's BLUE eyes are SURE to charm the fellas as well!

Julie's salad looks like a phallic monument of sorts, and Kelly, I am so jealous of the 50 cent magazines! That yarn is beautiful, Mary!

MORE PHOTOS PLEASE! :D

[sara_jayne]

:waving: I'm home. I need sleep really badly but I just wanted to report that I had a GREAT time with all of you (but sorely missed all of you who weren't there!). After some sleep (aka. tomorrow) I will post my pictures. I was one of those who had a camera in my face A LOT! :rollseyes:

Thanks again ladies for letting me come play & to Hildie for letting me stay with her! :heart:

[DotMom61]

Sara!!! I was just sitting her hoping you got home OK. I was worried about you getting all sleepy! Can't wait to see your pics!!

So glad you could come and share the day with us!

[MaryB]

Next time I'm staying around to eat and/or drink. That looks like fun------although I am very scared by Julie's (DM) salad.

If you look very closely at the picture of my yarn haul, you can see my pretty gift from Hildie. Mine says Queen of the Yarniverse and it is nestled right on the much coveted Koigu. Thanks, Hildie!! :D :heart: :D

Sara, glad you made it home save and sound.

[DotMom61]

My salad might have looked a little scary, but it was YUMMY!!!! Those were big ole plantains sticking out of it, and it was loaded w/ shredded chicken and other really yummy stuff.

My glass from Hildie says "Stitchy Woman." :lol:

[KellyK]

Wooooooo hoooooooooo
Stichy Woman
If you take her yarn then she criiiiiiiiies..

[Angelia]

Wooooooo hoooooooooo
Stichy Woman
If you take her yarn then she criiiiiiiiies..

:roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard:

And if you're a Seinfeld fan, you know that it's "Stitch-AY Woman" ;)

Great photos! I'm glad all of you had a wonderful time! Hild, those wine glasses are so cool--what a thoughtful prezzie to give!

Glad you made it home safely SJ!! :heart:

[Lana]

What a great group! What a great lookin' group!!!
Wish I could have been there and met those I haven't met already.
(Green with envy.)

Hey Hildie,
You mean Dixon has something other than Arthur's now?
I won't mention that to Jim, I'll surprise him. :roflhard:

BTW, have you heard anything about Aunt Mary's closing.
I seldom bought yarn there, but I went there for Susan Bates needles and hooks,
and she has great books.

[Ingrid]

A lovely, happy bunch of women surrounded by beautiful yarn! What could be better?

Hildie, what a fantastic idea on the glasses! You are so clever! (will I see that in quotes?)

Man I need to win the lottery so I can get a jet. I'll hire Paolo as the pilot and we can pick up everyone else who couldn't make it.

Looks like you all had a great time! :heart:

[Angelia]

Hildie, what a fantastic idea on the glasses! You are so clever! (will I see that in quotes?)

Oh no!! :shock:

Mmmmmm....Paolo would make a great pilot for our jet! But wait--who would serve us then? Andrew? ;)

[Ingrid]

:rofling: Andrew could double as security on the ground and 'steward' in the air. Andrea wouldn't need a flight to IL, so we wouldn't have to worry about her hogging his time.

[Angelia]

:rofling: Andrew could double as security on the ground and 'steward' in the air. Andrea wouldn't need a flight to IL, so we wouldn't have to worry about her hogging his time.

:cheering: :cheering: :cheering: We get him all to ourselves!!!

[Andrea]

:fingerwag: No ladies, I would have a very hard time sharing him!! :thinking: But he would make a nice Paolo! And methinks I'll show him the pipcture of Hildies boobs--if it's anything like our poor waiter's reaction ( :shock: "Yes ma'am! :shock: "Wait, what did you order?" :shock: ), he'll be sure to go to Stitches! :thumbsup:

Here's my 3 whole pictures I took :rollseyes:

Oh, and I picked the "Knaughty Knitter" glass because of my current lusting over my rookie :oops:

[Angelia]

That felted wine bag is beautiful! I would love a purse with that design on it! Wow!

Knaughty Knitter... :rofling:

Oh, come on, please share Andrew! :verysad:

[Andrea]

Well...ok :D

[Angelia]

Well...ok :D

:cheering: :cheering: :cheering:

My world is small. :shifty:

[Kirochka]

It's true, Andrea has the most amazing blue eyes... :inlove: :inlove:

My glass from Hildie says "Purlescent" :D !

It was so great to hang out with the gang o' knitters yesterday! :heart: :heart:

[KellyK]

:|








:mad: I dont know where all these people get off thinking they can use MY Paolo for whatever purpose they choose. The NERVE! Not even ASKING first! He doesnt even have a pilot's license! And, HOW, praytell, is he supposed to manage flying a plane and massaging my feet at the SAME TIME??? :rollseyes:

[MaryB]

AUTOPILOT!!

Let the plane fly itself while Kelly's needs-----I mean feet---are tended to! :thumbsup:

[sara_jayne]

I got good sleepies last night - you ladies WORE me out!!!! But, again, I had a GREAT time!!!

My glass from Hildie says "Fo-Shiz Knit" (I love it!)

Here are a ton of pictures from my trip!

Here is Hildie enjoying her gifties I bought her!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2774.jpg

Here is Stanley - he loved me (and my mmmmmmalabrigo!)
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2779.jpg

Here is Cheddar - he liked me too! :cheering:
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2794.jpg

Here is Kelly (looking down Hildie's shirt), Kelly's mom (Gloria) and Hildie
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2800.jpg

Hildie being modest
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2801.jpg

Me opening my swap gift from Andrea! :heart:
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2805.jpg

Random shots proving we were actually knitting (sometimes)
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2809.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2810.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2811.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2812.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2825.jpg

Andrea, Kelly & Hildie
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2814.jpg

Karen & Hildie now believe the other exists!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2815.jpg

Karen & Kelly shopping
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2816.jpg

MaryB & Julie (DotMom) shopping
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2817.jpg

Andrea & Julie (DotMom) shopping & Ignoring the camera. Julie was getting ready to strike a model pose for the picture.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2820.jpg

The yarn that everyone dropped their jaw over. Yes, 1 skein is $96.00. No, none of us bought it!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2819.jpg

Having fun!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/sarajbc/IL%20Trip%20July%202006/100_2822.jpg

Thanks again for such a great time ladies! I had so much fun at my FIRST ever knit together! :heart:

[Ellen Edwards]

OMG!!! I Lurve looking at these fantastic freaking pictures!! PLease, if anyone has more, load us up!! You all are having SOOOOO much fun--I just can't imagine being there with all you and laughing and peeing all over myself!! What yarn shop were you shoppinhg at--was that Chix??? And NOBODY bought the Prism?? Why on earth not--only $96--what a steal!! (And that's what it'll take for it to leave that store too!!)

I HAVE to find some sort of distant relative in Ill somewhere--surely I have a rich aunt there (I WISH) or a great-grand-cousin or something!! :rollseyes:

[Andrea]

:cheering: :cheering: Great pics, Sara!

No, not Chix. It was Mosaic Yarn Shop in Des Plaines... :D

[catownedanna]

I can imagine all the fun you guys had!!! :heart:

Thanks for charing!!!

[Andrea]

It's true, Andrea has the most amazing blue eyes... :inlove: :inlove:

:blush: They look so tiiiiiiiiiired in that picture though!!! :(

[Hildegard_von_Knittin]

It's a little unnerving that my boobs made center stage at the knittogether. :shock: I'm never wearing that shirt again, that's for sure.

And If Paolo and Andrew are coming to our next "activity", I'm bring Jason the waiter. :eyebrow:

I posted my pics in my blog, here they are!!! (http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/viewtopic.php?p=212656#212656)

I also posted completed pics of the wine tote on the watcha knitten forum.

SJ and I had so much fun! We planned on going to bed early, buuuuuuuut we were up till 1am! :oops: She brought me the most FABULOUS presents--a yankee candle, TWO skeins of casecade 220 (in the pic she posted) AND she even brought treats for the kitties!!!! Thank you SJ!!!! :heart:

I'm glad everyone liked the wine glasses. I was going to bring some wine for us to try them out, but I figured we'd all be silly enough WITHOUT it, so I didn't (I was right). Plus, i had no way of knowing that KK would be so buzzed from that gigantic drink she ordered that she would drop her for TEN TIMES at the restaurant.

[Shandeh]

I love "knit-togethering" vicariously through the photos! I can almost hear the laughter. How did you guys work out getting to use that room for your get-together?

[DotMom61]

Sandy ... that's a room where they have classes, apparently, and I guess it just wasn't being used. Plus, they had another table in the same room. I'm sure the other ladies were TOTALLY jealous of all the fun we were having! I also know that they probably made enough $$ off of all of us that they could've cancelled any class they had going on there & done OK.

Oh, and someone asked what Andrea was doing in that picture: She was acting out chicken recipes.

[KellyK]

It's a little unnerving that my boobs made center stage at the knittogether. :shock: I'm never wearing that shirt again, that's for sure.Liar. Your boobs are their own entity. Its nothing you can change. Its like I have THREE friends when I visit you and I love them ALL. :lol:

That wasnt the chicken recipe, DM.... that was the poor guy with the OWL glasses that reported his wife "missing" :oops: But, yeah... Andrea is BEAUTIFUL. I WUV her. :heart: The chicken recipe was "smothered" chicken (said with her hand over her mouth) or "shake and bake" chicken (said whilst SHIMMYING!). She's SO FUNNY. :|

Sandy, every LYS we've called has been MORE than happy to host our group. I tell them I have a group of knitters and that we like to visit different LYSs, sit, knit and shop. Some (well, two) even give us a group discount! (We need to go BACK to Naperville, btw! 20%!!)

Trudy.... we would LOVE for you to visit your rich aunt and therefore us!!! But, please dont pee. :?

Im off to look at Hildie's pics!!

[Andrea]

That wasnt the chicken recipe, DM.... that was the poor guy with the OWL glasses that reported his wife "missing" :oops: But, yeah... Andrea is BEAUTIFUL. I WUV her. :heart: The chicken recipe was "smothered" chicken (said with her hand over her mouth) or "shake and bake" chicken (said whilst SHIMMYING!). She's SO FUNNY. :|


KELLY! That post is SO FUNNY. :|

Oh yeah, I shimmy :happydance:

KK does a great Jerk Chicken! (I showed DH :roflhard: )

[Shandeh]

I'm glad you guys had so much fun. I'm enjoying reading about it. True to form, you didn't disappoint us at all. :D

[margie]

I hadn't come on over to this thread yet to see the pics- what fun you all had!! Love the wine glasses, love the wine tote, love the pictures!! :cheering:

[KellyK]

KELLY! That post is SO FUNNY. :|

KK does a great Jerk Chicken! (I showed DH :roflhard: )

SO funny. :|

What did DH say?? :roflhard:
(I cant believe you didnt GET IT right away!!! :( )

[DotMom61]

[snotty voice]that was the poor guy with the OWL glasses that reported his wife "missing" nyah nyah nyah The chicken recipe was "smothered" chicken[/snotty voice] http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h19/dotmom/Emoticons/65511104_3f39775c64_o.gif


I thought I understood the whole interpretive chicken dance. <sigh> :verysad:

[KellyK]

:( :oops: :verysad: Im a snotty fatpants, arent I.......







Jan... can you add that emoticon to our list??

[Andrea]

Chris didn't "get it" right away either :(

Julie!! If you don't be nice, I'm going to call you DotMom from here on out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111 :fingerwag:

[DotMom61]

Julie!! If you don't be nice, I'm going to call you DotMom from here on out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111 :fingerwag:

[gingerbread man voice]No, not the gumdrop buttons!!![/gingerbread man voice]

[Andrea]

:| (I don't know what the gingerbread voic is, so I don't know if you're being nice or a smarty pants!!!!) :rofling:

[DotMom61]

Did you see Shrek???

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h19/dotmom/farquaad_gingerbread_01.jpg

[Andrea]

Oh...I don't remember that part :(

[DotMom61]

Oh shoot!! I forgot to post this last night:

I talked to Hildie about this already, and she asked me to post something about it here ...

I was washing the lovely wine glass that Hildie gave me on Saturday, and when I went to dry it, some of the paint wiped off. :crying: I was so sad ... if any of you have yet to wash yours, you may want to be careful & just let it air dry or maybe blot it.

I'm going to look for some glass paint when I'm at Joann's next time so I can repair mine. It now sort of says "Itchy Woman" instead of "Stitchy Woman" ... :roflhard:

[Hildegard_von_Knittin]

grrr, and those markers were SUPPOSED to be permenant, too, that's why I used them :mad:

[Andrea]

:(

[KellyK]

It now sort of says "Itchy Woman" instead of "Stitchy Woman" ... :roflhard:

I'm really sorry that happened, but :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard:

[Julie]

itchy.... :roflhard:

I just wanted to mention enabler that Sarah's Yarns (http://www.sarahsyarns.com/TilliTomas.html) has that wooonderful :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: silk we were drooling over at Mosaic, for only $20 a skein :thumbsup:

There was a time I couldn't imagine myself saying "It's only $20 a skein!!" but it is what it is..... :D

[KellyK]

OOH! You enabler! I didnt realize the yardage was so generous!! :inlove: Im bookmarking that!! You know, for when I win the lotto!! :rofling: