alone in the city
I got wind of a World Wide Knit in Public gathering in the heart of Boston, and set out a bit late to Copley.
I knit on the 57 bus from Brighton, crammed knitting into bag at Kenmore, then brought it out again for the Green Line ride from Kenmore to Copley. Since the skies were dark, I proceeded directly to the rain location - the Food Court in the Copley Mall. After a very careful survey identified no knitters, I tucked into some sushi and green tea.
Fortified, I set off for Copley Plaza itself, the fair weather WWKIP location, but somehow ended up at Hynes ICA. I hopped the train to Government Center, knitted during the ride of course, and surfaced at the Pride festival. A beautiful amazon working for HRC separated me from $25. I cruised the place for half an hour, watching people. Particularly entertaining were the little kids. The inflatable ball pit had no roof, which allowed one girl to delight in chucking the balls out of the pit. These were sometimes considered souvenirs by passers-by.
After another trip on the T and another few rows, I finally acquired Copley Plaza. No rain, but no knitters either. Newbury Yarns was calling my name, so off I went. (FYI: Dartmouth from Copley, left onto Newbury without crossing the street, store on left modestly marked by a cream-colored sign.) I picked up a skein of Mountain Colors and asked the price. The answer I got was strange - "It's the price it always is." After negotiating the information, I did leave with the skein (see below).
More knitting ensued from Copley to Cleveland Circle, then on the 86 bus. I was sad not to have tracked down the knitters, but enjoyed being at large and exposed plenty of people to my fiber and needles. I am an incessant public transit knitter, so in fact the day was pretty typical. Except for the drag queens.
Somehow I missed ALL the festivities.
Posted by: colleen | 13 June 2007 at 09:13
Hi Suzanne,
I have read part of your blog and I felt a little "homesick". Boston was great and especially knitting in Boston. Hope you get my e-mail...
greetings Alice
Posted by: Alice | 12 June 2007 at 17:24
Sorry you didn't find the knitters. My plans to find WWKIP were also confounded by bad weather and logistics. And I was at Harvard's fountain that Sunday also! But just passing through....
Posted by: Kim | 12 June 2007 at 14:21
I didn't make it there either; visitors from out of town and an unexpected field trip took over. I'm sorry you missed out -- missing the location sounds entirely like something I would do and who knows, we could have knit alone together.
I love Bearfoot's colors and yarn -- that one is particularly nice!
Posted by: Christene | 11 June 2007 at 13:03
I totally planned to go as well, but the forecast kept me home.
too bad.
Posted by: judy | 11 June 2007 at 11:37
Widget and I marched in the parade with my church group, but didn't make it to the end, since someone had to pee (hint: it wasn't me).
We peeled off, got lunch and went to spend too much money at Windsor Button instead, which was excellent. Sorry we missed you, though.
Posted by: Jenn C. | 11 June 2007 at 11:29
Sounds good to me. We were supposed to come down for Pride, but the weather forecast kept us home. Of course, the weather never really materialized, so now I feel guilty about not attending Pride. And I could've run into you too! Next time ...
Posted by: The Feminist Mafia | 11 June 2007 at 08:54
oohhh... if only you had gotten off at Hynes/ICA and crossed through the prudential to copley you would have run into us in the food court.
Hope it wasn't to lonely...
Posted by: Guido from Boston | 11 June 2007 at 07:26