I cannot remember the last time I did this. It might have been in Boston. No, no, on second though I think that I did make it to the Freeze Peach in Astoria one afternoon. But that had to be over 18 months ago. I'm sorry to hear that the Freeze Peach closed.

Anyway, I recently found myself in Boerum Hill (that's the Bo of BoCoCa--the fancy-pants conglomeration of neighborhoods in brownstone Brooklyn) with time to spare. It was cold, so I ducked into a café for a quick coffee. [I must agree with some of the reviewers who wrote about the burnt coffee. It certainly will not go down as the best cup of coffee in my life. Still it was a nice space. Next time, I'll get tea.] As I sat with the sunshine warming my back I remembered what it was I used to do when I sat in a café.

Ah! I could really get used to this. Perhaps this should be a New Year's resolution: more café KIPing.

I'm still plugging away on my Sophie's Shawl from Morehouse Merino. It's such a delightfully simple and relaxing pattern.

Sorry about the terrible colors in this photo. I really need to find a bright backdrop so that the yarn is highlighted and not just washed out.

Here's a closeup of the pattern. I like how there's no wrong side to the shawl.

And I also like how much I enjoy this project.

As the title of yesterday's post implies, I was down visiting Kate over Christmas. I'll tell you about it today--New Year's Eve.

Oh yeah, her parents and my parents were there too, but really, it was all about Kate.

And I think that she knew it:

Why does this picture make me think that in her own two-year-old way Kate was thinking "Sheesh! Those paparazzi!"?

She spent the entire holiday trying to get away from the camera:

She even hired a driver:

Despite these efforts, she had no luck giving us the slip. This isn't to say, however, that our girl Kate wasn't busy having a good time:

Here she is enjoying another round of that classic game "Let's Shake Kate's Chair."

But, life can't be all fun and games. There's work to do:

I expect a busy 2009 ahead. Happy New Year, everyone!

The title says it all. You and I boarded the same flight on Saturday, both bound for JFK. I noticed the needles as you stood a few people in front of me.

I saw you there, wearing that red plaid shirt and holding that green bag. The Shepard Fairey Obama button telling the rest of us that maybe you were one of those that helped NC to go blue in November.

Then on the plane (and I wish that I had been able to snap a photo of this) you were working with huge needles. What on earth were you knitting? A rug?

Of course, you were long gone off of that plane by the time I passed your seat (that 90-minute delay was a bummer, no?) so I won't know for sure.

Unless you're reading here, oh mystery knitter.

As I wrote earlier in the week, if there's one project that I can always get excited about, it's a hat. So, after queuing ("queue" is a very strange word to spell) The Fantastically Bowed Cardigan (i.e. the Big Bowed Cardigan) in Ravelry, I was cruising around Blogland and I saw this (again, photo stolen, but saved to my own server):

It's Sarah's Columbia Beret (free pattern). The little detail on the top will work perfectly with the scarf detail on the cardigan. And because one is knit and the other is crochet the two together won't be too matchy matchy.

Because if there's one thing we don't like here at Subway Knitter, it's matchy matchy.