I am back! Prague was delightful – a mix of hail, sleet, rain, and snow in addition to one day of sunshine. It was actually nice to see some “normal” winter weather…this 60 degree oddness is not exactly helpful for those of us who want to wear our handknits. But I did manage to bring the flu back with me, something I suspect came from the gentleman next to me that was coughing the entire flight… also not helpful was United’s decision to play the movie Contagion. Really United? That seemed appropriate?

For this trip, I was “asked” or softly “encouraged” to knit a particular cowl for the trip by my fellow travelers. Because neither of them has been subjected to the horror that is dressing alike in a sorority, they thought this was a great idea. I decided to use a mix of Imperial Stock Ranch Columbia 2-ply and Shelter, so that my hat and mittens (made from Shelter and Loft) would coordinate with the cowl. Let’s just say that the cowl came out a little head swallowing. I even cast on fewer than it called for…

So as retaliation, I made my fellow travelers kit the Rosebud hat from Brooklyn Tweed (which I am also wearing in the photo above). This resulted in us all walking around Prague, at varying times, with matching cowls or hats. (Although all three of us never seemed to wear both the cowl and the hat).

To further my angst over this head swallowing cowl, we noticed that head swallowing cowls and scarves seemed to be “in style” in Prague. It appeared that we weren’t the only ones with this particular accessory.

While in Prague, we managed to meet up with a group of knitters that we found randomly on Ravelry. It is so cool to know that you always have someone to meet up with where ever you go, if you just find the knitters. We stitchers, in general, are a very welcoming bunch. The group was a mix of English, French and American knitters, all now living in Prague. We had coffee together and one of them (Eve!) was super helpful in taking us out to a fab restaurant that delivers your beer on a train. It is like conveyor belt sushi (as seen at Tyson’s) but better. She showed us lots of great sights around the city, including this:

We also stumbled upon the most amazing bead shop! The shop Material is mostly a Czech glass shop but due to the demand, they started carrying glass beads as well.

Check out the amazing glass art that hung from the ceiling!

We skipped out of Prague for the day to Kutná Hora to see this sleepy town. The weather produced stunning snowfall that day, which made the sight of this church so much more amazing.

We were really in Kutná Hora to see this crazy church full of bones. The photo below is of the ceiling and chandelier in the church..all made of dead people remains…ie BONES. I mean, who are we to judge? We make cowls out of sheep…

And now I leave you with tote photos from on and around the Charles Bridge.

Beverlee sent these hilarious photos from her trip to an alpaca farm in the Negrev desert in Israel (sorry this has taken me so long to post!)

And we are very much open. (until 9 pm) We even have power, isn’t that exciting?! Come visit. It is warm and cozy and parking is pretty good tonight. Although you might want a shovel to get into the spots that the city have covered in snow with their plow…

Here are some photos from Vogue Knitting Live last weekend, which were sent in by the fibre space community who went there:

Judy J with Shannon Okey and her tote!

Lisa M with her tote

fibre space tote visits an Istanbul yarn market with Henry:

Leslie and the tote visited Genoa, Barcelona and Florence:

After much staff debate, we have a winner for the bag contest:

We thought that getting a photo of an actual giraffe appearing to eat out of the space tote, qualified as an incredible feat! AND, she didn’t just go to the local zoo. This was taken during a trip to Kenya. Congrats Stephanie! You get a $50 gift certificate to the shop. It is waiting for you under the register.

Yes, I realize that it is October, but what can I say…I am a bit behind. When we asked for you all to send us photos of your fibre space tote traveling the world, we didn’t expect anywhere near the response that we got. These are the last two photos that snuck in before Labor Day weekend, thus the end of our summer contest for the best photo! Please use the search feature to the right to choose the category “Space tote travels the earth” to see all of the bag contest entries. Then post your nominations here in the comments. We will then post those that were nominated and hold voting on the blog. The winner will get a fibre space gift certificate!

Bag visits Toronto airport and says hello to the maple leaf

Bag at the British Museum with a lion

I am still trying to get all of the photos that you all sent posted on the blog so that we can hold voting and award a prize for the best photo of the tote traveling the earth! Today’s entry is from Stephanie and is from her trip to Kenya.

tote and a cheetah!

tote meets an elephant

the tote wasn't afraid of those lions!

zebras!

the giraffe thought he might eat the tote

We will post the finalists for our summer travel after this weekend’s holiday travels. You will then be able to vote for the best and the winner will get a gift certificate for the shop! Here are some more that have been sent in:

This guy (St John's statue in San Juan) stole Susan's bag in Puerto Rico

Evette’s bag went on a trip to Martha’s Vineyard and saw many sights. Check out the full slideshow here.

Susan's bag gets down to earth in Lake Michigan

Susan's bag visits Lake Michigan

The fibre space tote visits a wild game farm!

Kathleen, Susan and Veronica’s mom sent along photos of the fibre space™ tote traveling the earth…be sure to send us your photos. At the end of August, we will have everyone vote on their favorite. Winner will get a gift certificate for the shop!

Susan's bag traveled to the "new colony" of Virginia

Veronica’s mom took these wonderful photos of the bag with some famous people in Naperville, IL and Milwaukee, WI:

Kathleen took her bag on a tour of Europe. You can see the entire tour here.

Back home in Oxford, the bag considered its next trip. "Surely I can find knitters in London," it said. "When a knitter is tired of London, that knitter is tired of life."

We had asked that you all send us photos of your fibre space totes traveling the world this summer. In August we will vote for the best photo (right here!) so I thought I would start sharing the albums that we have received thus far:

Renae traveled to Florida with her tote and the little guy visited NASA. fibre space tote goes to space! (almost)

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Susan E. traveled all the way to Paris, France and took these gorgeous photos:

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