After a little work today, I went down to the dock to knit today. I was hoping to see the manatees but no luck. About 3 weeks ago, a girl jumped off the dock and tried to ride one while her parents took pictures. Local fishermen started yelling at them because riding manatees in Florida is highly illegal. They have fine hairs all over their bodies that they use to navigate. Any contact with a manatee can damage those hairs and harm the manatee. The girl never rode the manatee but I think she has managed to scare them off. I check everyday, but so far they have not been back.
The yarn in the picture is my Summer Alligator Green and the pattern is a new fingerless glove pattern from Helen Waittes. I was hoping to finish them today but the sound of the water was too relaxing, so I didn’t do much knitting. Maybe tomorrow.
The only work today was setting up some yarn to dye. I also contacted one of the organizers of the Hands On Retreat about whether they are having vendors. It would be a long trip for us but I am totally addicted to fingerless gloves, so I am keeping my fingers crossed. We are only doing a couple of shows in 2010, and I am really hoping that Hands On will be one. Hands On is beginning to look like Sock Summit, but for fingerless gloves and mittens.
annieroo // Sep 16, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Great Blog! Can’t wait to see you and meet your yarn! Or vice versa…
Kathleen // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:57 am
Years and YEARS ago, as kids we swam with manatees in the Cocoa Beach canals. There wasn’t too much wildlife preservation back then, so we had no idea about the hairs. They were gentle and it was fun. Glad someone is trying to get the word out to protect them now
Happy Knitting