Catch me if you can

So here is my Fall Fiber Festival Plan:

September 24-25 Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival

We are doing a Ravelry meet up on Saturday at noon.  I am volunteering at the T-shirt booth Saturday morning and I am taking a class on Sunday afternoon.



October 15-16 New York Sheep and Wool Festival (AKA Rhinebeck)

The only plan so far is a class Saturday morning and I plan to go to the lunch time Ravelry Meet ups. I plan to go both days but since I have a drive home on Sunday, I will likely leave after lunch.

Let me know if you are planning to go to either of these events.  Walk up and say hi if you spot me.  I love to talk to other fiber enthusiasts. 

Never forget

I remember what I was doing. I remember what I was wearing. I remember what I was thinking. I remember crying till the tears flowed in streams down my face.  I remember calling everyone I knew to check on them.  I remember finally turning off the TV because I just couldn't watch anymore.


Pentagon Memorial

Where is my sunny day?

I love a rainy night but this week long rain storm has got me down.  Time for hot tea and warm wool.  What are you doing to chase away the rainy blues?

Brain is on vacation

On this last three day weekend of "summer," we took a drive up to the family farm. We had a great time playing baseball, throwing the frisbee, chasing a toad, looking at deer scat, running around, eating lots of yummy food and climbing on everything. (Yes, I am a mother of two boys, how did you guess?)



At the end of the day, our uncle, the farmer, told us that there were some new baby chicks down in the chicken house.  Would the boys like to see them?  The boys were so excited that I didn't give it a thought.  Sure, we can go down and see the chicks.  We had a great time petting their downy feathers and giggling at their little wings.  We drove home and I got two inches done on my knee socks.  Then we all fell into bed. Great day.

But here is the hitch, I am allergic to chicken feathers.  I have known this since my grandmother had old chicken feather pillows on her guest bed when I was a child.  I have bad reactions to the flu shots because of my chicken allergy.  So, this morning I was all clogged up.  I feel like I have been hit with a two by four in the nose.  I have taken enough allergy and decongestant meds to stop an elephant just so I can breathe.

To see their faces as they talk about being around the chicks makes it all worth it though.

In knitting news, I have three projects and three deadlines.  My Wish shawl needs to be done by Sept 24th for SVFF.  Knee Socks have to be done by Oct 22nd for Maryland Ren Fest. My Oak Cardigan has to be done by the end of the Knitty KAL on Nov 30th.  Then I have a couple of Christmas/ Birthday small items to be done by mid Dec.  I do better with knitting deadlines. Wish me luck!!

End of the season

Vacation is over.


The fair is done.


School has begun.


Somewhere in the middle of  all this, I lost my knitting mojo. When autumn settles in, I should find it around here somwhere. In the mean time, I am trying to remember what I did to pass the time before kntting.

Now Here This

Fiber One 90 calories Brownies are gross. I hate the commercial that fooled me into buying them by dancing in the grocery aisle. I hate the cable TV that snuck in the commercial between an episode of NCIS while I was weak from watching Michael Weatherly.

Oh *sigh*, Michael Weatherly...

So, no more cable TV for me!

On a totally unrealted side note: does anyone have any good use for dark brown cardboard tasting "food" that vaguely looks like a brownie?

Overconfident

So,  I am packing up to leave and after getting all my yarn/needles/patterns/WIPs together I realized I have 11+ balls of yarn.  Over 2,000 yards total. I am going to be gone one week.  I don't think I will knit it all but nothing is volunteering to jump out.



There is a baby blanket, shawl, knee socks, water bottle cozy, and a preemie hat or two in that yarn. I just have to do some magic waving of my needles.