Weekend of Kiefer and Handknits

I was in the same room with Kiefer Sutherland--aka Jack "You're going to have to trust me" Bauer.

It wasn’t as action-packed as watching him get a busboy fired or croon a ditty on stage at Robert’s Western World, but he was very charismatic in his self-effacing way as he introduced the film “I Trust You to Kill Me” on Saturday as part of the Nashville Film Festival. The film was great—a funny and enlightening documentary about Kiefer as road manager for the band Rocco DeLuca and The Burden. It made me laugh and was an inside look at a music industry that I still don’t really understand, even after Chris has enlightened me quite a bit. And as a bonus, the film included footage of a “Kiefer attacks a Christmas tree” incident that made news a while back.

Friday was the Mason-Dixon Knitting book signing, and it was also a great time. We all knitted in between bites of whoopie pie (a new one for me--tasty!) as we listened to Kay and Ann talk about the book and about their knitting experiences. They are very funny ladies, and they had several of their projects there so I got to see and feel the blankets and other handknits in person. Beautiful! I think an afghan is in order very soon, though it will require the purchase of more yarn. It’s really a beautiful pattern they’ve put together, though—classic and clean and easy enough for this relative newbie to handle without fear—so I think it’ll be worth it! Go to Threaded Bliss’s blog and Jennifer’s blog to see great pics of the event!