how about a guinness for lunch?

no, no, no - not THAT kind of guinness!

the world book of records type of guinness!

and here we are, at high noon on friday, august 7, 2009.

myself and about 900+ of "my people" preparing to set a world record for the most knitters knitting together in one location. it really wasn't too difficult a task as the previous record had been set several months earlier in australia with a mere 250 knitters! we did 'kick arse'!!

the whole process was very official - we had to register on numbered cards with both our printed and written signatures; we had to be using straight needles only (no circulars or double points); and we had to knit for 15 minutes (gosh, not a problem for this cowboy!).

it was both fun and thrilling - here i was, surrounded by a group of people of all ages and all ethnicities, doing what they love to do! you could feel the love and electricity in the air! many, many squeals of excitement and bubbly chit-chat! well organized and very official - lots of officials watching over us with an official start and finish - needles up!!

i had the good fortune of sitting next to a woman from south carolina, who brought her two nieces (ages six and ten) from portland, oregon. they were all knitting blue washcloths as a special memory of the occasion. they were awfully excited to be a part of making history!

the whole affair was tremendous. when in this lifetime will i ever have the opportunity to knit with the icons of the knitting world: barbara walker, meg swanson, priscilla gibson-roberts, stephanie pearl-mcphee, nancy bush, cat bordhi and cookie a; and set a guinness world record? probably not anytime soon! but, for now, its back to the double points and more socks!!