In Which the Pirate is Knitoxicated.

On Saturday Michael and I went to Public Knitoxication, a knit in public event at a local winery – we’d gone to this event back in 2018 and had a great time. Michael worked on the second sock of his Ugly Christmas Socks, which is already past the gusset decreases and onto the foot… …and while we sampled tasting flights of white wine and cider and listened to an excellent guitar/drum duo playing all the songs we like, I finished a slouchy hat that I’d started the day before on the machine, specifically so that I could work on the crown decreases at the winery. I’ve figured out how to knit the crown on the machine in a way that doesn’t look too gathered, but I didn’t have anything else on the needles that would be a good traveling project. We each bought some yarn from Shirsty Cat – and I can’t even blame the knitoxication, because we did our shopping before tasting any wine! I got a sweater quantity of “Troll Fur” and he kept picking up skeins of “Prismatic” in different weights until…