Big Sock Candy Mountain

I'm headed to the history-making Sock Summit 2009 in Portland this coming August. It wasn't easy, but I'm in.

Registration was slated to begin at 12:00pm central time. On the dot, I tried to register. And tried. And tried. I got a call from Janelle in Pennsylvania, my sock knitting companion for this event. We were having the same issues. Seems their registration servers were getting slammed. Finally, I got a page with the registration button on it at 12:31. The things is, according to the registration rules, once you start, you've got 15 minutes to get registered and paid, otherwise you're dropped from the classes you signed up for. Way tougher than at the college where I work! I finished with 1:24 to spare.

And what's more, I got all my top choices! Here's my class schedule:

• Thursday, August 6th: Vintage Socks - Old Tricks for New Socks taught by Nancy Bush (6 hour class)
  
• Friday, August 7th: Special Stitches for Special Handpainted Yarns for Special Socks taught by Merike Saarniit (3 hour class)
  
• Saturday, August 8th: Hip Hems for Him and Her taught by Stephen Houghton (3 hour class)
  
• Saturday, August 8th: Hizsocks, Making Socks Manly taught by Stephen Houghton (3 hour class)
  
• Sunday, August 9th: Knitting Happily Ever After - Ergonomics for Knitters taught by Carson Demers (3 hours class)
  

There are other events that I'll be attending as well, including an opening reception, a sock hop, and a panel of luminaries that will include Cat Bordhi, Nancy Bush, Lucy Neatby, Meg Swansen, Barbara Walker and more! Plus a whole exhibit hall filled with socky goodness.

Can't wait!