There is a lot of schtufph (I can never just say "stuff", sorry but I find it more amusing this way) going on here. My weekends and nights are starting to fill up with plans and projects quicker than I can shake a niddy-noddy at. (Just 'cause I like saying that, too.)

I'm sure that we will share more information as it becomes not so terrifying and gob-smacking and in the 'read more' section I talk about all the knit-related schtufph going on, but real quick-like I wanted to let y'all know that we, the Bonez and myself (plus cats), have bought a house. (Not that the cats were involved in the house-hunting, decision making, or funding, but - you know.) Crazy, no?!

Anyhoo, continue on for knit schtufph.

There are tons of A-Longs and good causes to be knitting for right now. Heck, many of them cross lines and will become blended 'A-Longs for a Good Cause' events, at least for me. But for all good plans and wanna-knits that I am inundated with, packing and paperwork are taking a front seat in my life. I will try not to cry too hard about my lessened knitting time and my soon-to-be list of injuries like tape-gun elbow and cardboard cuts.

In the forefront of this list are three events that not-even-a-looming-move-deadline can keep me from: Stalker Angie's Knitters Meet Up, Kid N' Ewe, and SOCKtoBEERfest. I'll save the discussions about the A-Longs and the charity knitting for another post. (Because this was starting to get l o n g!) Still interested?

• Stalker Angie's Stalk the Knitters Stalkathon... or something like that. You can read more about it on Stalker Angie's blog, but basically she's gathering the knitting forces together in Austin for a knitbloggers KIP (knitting in public). It's this Saturday, Oct. 14, and C. and I are heading out of Dallas at 6 a.m., stopping for kolaches at the Czech Stop, and then meeting up with Pla at Hill Country Weavers. At 11 a.m., we'll meet up with Stalker Angie and the other stalkers. There is also the Austin Knit Out and Austin Knitters Meet Up going on. (Wowza!) I hope to see some of y'all there!
• Kid 'N Ewe and Llamas, too fiber event. This is November 10-12 in Boerne, TX. (Yeah, I don't know where it is either, but I'll find out.) There are knit bloggers attending, and some industrious (and geeky, but we like that) knitter put together a wiki for it, ta' boot.
• This next item is time-critical - a SSSS with some of my knitgrrls. It's a Second Sock Syndrome Swap, and I'm knitting my secret pal a single sock. (This is one of those times that I am thankful for not having a lisp.) I have recently run into a problem on my sock (toe-up, and I just passed the heel) and have started it over again (cuff-down this time). And I must finish it before Oct. 28. Why? 'Cause that's our SOCKtoBEERfest swap party! A hefty combination of SSSSsockswap + C.'s beirgarten + pumpkin carving + beer tasting + Halloween fun = ghoulishly good times!

Other dates to keep aware of are our closing date (Oct. 17... yep, Tuesday. Eep!), moving day (looking at the first weekend in Nov), turkey day (going up to visit family up in cold, snowy places), and all the time from here till then working on home projects. (OMG - our "home" projects, not just some apartment or rental place. Le sigh)

Hope to see y'all around and knittin'!

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