Other past knitting escapades...and future plans

So, while I did go to the Renaissance Festival a second time, I never did get around to any more pictures. I would like to get a picture of me in the stocks, although I doubt I'll be able to successfully knit anything while there....my hands would be too far apart!

Some of the places I've knit since my last posting....

• at the last regular season baseball game at the Metrodome (for which we bought the tickets on ebay 10:30 the night before and drove 5 hours each way in one day to see!)
• at the highest spot in Minnesota (Eagle Mountain elevation 2,301 ft)
• at a wedding (although I stopped during the ceremony..didn't want others thinking I was rude)
• in costume for Halloween.
• at High and Middle Falls at Portage State Park

Speaking of the highest spot one....my fiance and I have the goal of getting to the highest point in every state eventually. So I figured...why not combine that with my "extreme" knitting, and knit at the highest point in every state.

While I'm on the topic of goals....here are some places I want to knit, or things I want to do while knitting

• underwater/snorkeling
• while swimming (not 100% submerged)
• under a (small) waterfall, or at least in the spray of a waterfall
• up a tree
• while rock climbing (well, while rapelling at least)
• in a cave
• in the snow
• in the dark (I have some special glow in the dark yarn!)
• on top of a house or other structure

Knitting at the Ren Fest Part 1 (August 30th)

Beginning the Extreme Knitting Journey

This initial post comes from my other blog...but I figured I wanted a seperate blog for this and my shop/general blog

Let me preface this by saying: I knit a lot. I knit everywhere. So far the only places truly off limits for me are weddings and funerals. Although I think if someone gave me the go ahead...I'd do it. I do intend to knit at least once on my wedding day, if for nothing other than a photo op :)

I've knit in dentist chairs while being worked on, in restaurants, bars, my bathroom, at the movies, buses, and in countless other places.

Where I live, most of the people have gotten used to seeing me knitting at the bar. But I think it throws the tourists for a loop. On one occasion I know I was photographed (under the pretense of taking a picture of her friend....you know "I gotta get a picture of this cause its so funny but I don't dare just take a picture....so I'll take a picture of you with *fill in the blank* in the background). Maybe it truly was just a picture of her friend...but the amount they were looking, giggling and not-quite pointing...I'm pretty sure I was the object of the photo.

To make a long story short, it gave me an idea. I started carrying it out then but gave up for a while until renewing it yesterday. I want to get pictures taken of me knitting in as many unusual places as possible. "Extreme knitting" if you will...to follow with the concept of "extreme ironing"

I posted this idea on Ravelry to get suggestions for future pictures and have been getting great ideas. One person is even facilitating their idea by sending me waterproof yarn so I can knit underwater, and glow-in-the dark yarn so I can knit in the dark. I'm so excited to try them both!
Anyway...here goes the current photos.

If you have pictures of your own, please post to http://www.flickr.com/groups/extremeknitting