Bad Blogger...

...and total Facebook addict (for the moment).

Finally, "she's" done. I hope Briana likes her. :)

And the baby blanket still on the needles.

Happy Knittin'!

Sock Dyeing at NoSo

Misty Moutain Farm's Linda gave a sock dyeing demo at NoSo. It was terrific!

12th Annual NoSo Knit, Saturday, Sept. 26

The NoSo Knit is a charity event hosted in Roanoke. It's a day of knitting, door prizes and meeting new people. NoSo supports Scarves of Hope, local shelters and the knitting program at Alderson Womens Prison in West Virginia.

Claudette & her door prize

Toy donation

Knitters!

Dianne & Claudette
Linda & Rae, the Thinking Knitter (and co-organizer of this event).
Natasha of Unplanned Peacock Studio with her charity knit donation.
Pat Lawrence with her rabbit. Pat is the "Barley Stitch Pattern" sock designer.
It was a great day! My door prize included a set of Lantern Moon DPNs' from Stoney Mountain Fibers of Charlottesville and some beautiful roving with a spindle donated by Knitnana. Thank you both so much!

Photos

Here's the second, "naked" sock monkey. This one will be Briana's Christmas gift. I'm in the process of dressing her (preemie clothing) and once finished, I'll post a new photo.



For my fellow Haggis Heads (compliments of Knit Pro):

Lastly, but never least, Jim. After I loaded Linda's Country Fair spinning video, Blogspot wouldn't allow me to post any pictures. This is Linda's husband, Jim, in front of the Spirit of New London, a old fashioned river bateau. This gentleman moves big wooden boats down rivers, constructs "spinning sheds" so that his wife can have a place of her own to store all of her goodies and makes beautiful spinning wheels.

Would you agree he's fiber husband of the year???

Catching up

Here's Linda (aka Barefoot Spinner) at Sedalia's Country Fair.
She, Dianne and I had a great afternoon knitting, eating and talking.
Enjoy!

Enter The Haggis - TOUR

Kirk Avenue Music Hall, Roanoke - Thursday, September 3rd.
Andie & I will be the pair bouncing off the walls. =)

Enter The Haggis - TOUR

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Wonderful Things

...in no particular order. I just uploaded all of the pictures and decided to share.

This is the start (the body and beginning of the head) of my second Sock Monkey. Fellow fiber fanatic, Linda, gave me a Backstitches gift certificate for my birthday. I went to the store and was delighted to find this shade of Cascade 220 Superwash in, what I call, "Red Heel Brown." I bought the last three remaining skeins and I'm happy monkey knitter. :)
Linda also gave me this adorable book.

My neighbor, Muriyea, and I are knitting Interweave's Cabled Raglan Baby Sweater together. This is my first Interweave pattern and I barely got through the neckline before I went running to Yarn Theory/Jan for help translating the pattern. LOL

Here's Linda again. She keeps on feeding the sock mojo! :)

And then there's Dianne. Dianne feeds my Imelda Marcos-like love of knitting bags. In addition to a Nana Sadie Rose Posey and sundry bag (that matches my big Mera), Dianne gave me this beautiful Jessalu bag too.

Marianne. A box arrived in the mail and I dove into it and found these beautiful dishcloths. I really don't want to share them (Mohamed completely commandeered the mitered one you sent last year), so I don't feel badly for being greedy.

Sock Summit souvenirs from Dianne. I've been ogling ceramic buttons for a while now and even entertaining the idea of a pottery class to make them myself. Dianne picked up these beauties at the Button Emporium in Portland, as well as at the Sock Summit marketplace.

More sock goodness from Linda.

I grinned like the village idiot when these came walking through the door of my office. Dianne struck again.

Sock Summit's "Apogee" from Dianne. This was dyed by the incredibly talented Angie McNamara of Serendipitous Ewe.

Bluebirds and Alpaca Sox. :) These arrived in Marianne's box along with a beautiful set of cloisonne butterfly earrings that I couldn't photograph well, scrumptious roving in striking colors, chocolate and handmade soap.

Thank you guys for an AMAZING birthday! I am again blown away by your generosity & I love you dearly! Thank you! Thank you!

**Smiles**

Another finished project - - yaaaay! It's the Mission Falls Bob Blankie that I've been working on (and off) since March. It was an incredibly long knit, but the blanket is cute & colorful.

And kitty-approved too.

Andie is a "Food Network" watcher and one of her favorite shows is "Ace of Cakes." Enjoy the photos....her efforts just tickled me to death!

The yarn balls & knitting needles are made from rice krispies and colored fondant. They're edible (and the size of tennis balls).

The top, chocolate layer of the cake hit the floor during construction, but the yellow cake is just fine.

And finally, my sweet baker. THANK YOU ANDIE! I ADORE my birthday cake!!