Bleating Moments

It just seems like it was yesterday that we were seeing the last of the snow. Now the weather is so hot and humid we have to have the ac on. Oh well, it makes for good knitting and stitching weather.

Wanted to say thank you to all of you that stopped by our booth at Knitters Connection. It was so great to see alot of my customers from other shows and to meet new ones. Our next show will be the Midwest Folk and Fiber, July 16,17,18 Booth 235-236 F. It should be a great show with 133 vendors!

I found a little boo boo in the Angora Hat/Scarf pattern # 210. Go to the correction page to make corrections to your pattern.

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I have just finished  and blocked this lovely shawl. It was knit out of the 4ply Merino(fingering) and only took 1 skein. There was some left but I didn't want to chance not having enough and having to FROG lace! The pattern was from Fiber Trends and can be downloaded as a PDF.  It is a wonderful project for $18 worth of yarn!

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take a break!  For the last week I have been doing some cross stitch, with a little knitting in between. I am trying to get a stitched piece finished that was created from a photo I took. The knitting is a shawl, using the 4ply merino yarn and Fiber Trends S2014. It is relatively easy and is looking great. I hope to get it finished by Hoosier Hills.

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the sock made out of the new KNITSCH yarn. It was done on 64sts and size 1 needle. Wasn't sure how long I could make the leg so it is only about 6" with the foot 7" before the toe shaping. There was a little yarn left so I could have made the leg 7".  Note the way the color is on the leg and then changes to the opposite side of the foot. Great U of M colors!!

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what a great time we had at Stitches South. Regardless of the weather on Saturday, you still came out to see us. We met some new friends and of course it was terrific to see you again from last year. This was the first show for me to see some of my vendor friends this year so there was alot of catching up to do.

Now we are home for a month and will be working on trying to update the booth design and fix a few things that are coming apart because of all the moving. Its always a challenge to get it all together and we have some ideas to try. I also have to work on more samples!! This is a never ending part of the business in order to keep on top of the trends. On the way home from Atlanta I got to knit the whole way and almost finished a sock in the new KNITSCH yarn. It knits beautifully and the swirl is certainly different. I am expecting more colors this afternoon and can't wait to see them.

I had a designer take some POSSUM to make a shawl which we hope will be in her new book. Keep your needles crossed (or you fingers) that it makes it, but more on this later.   Bye and happy knitting till next time.

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it was like visiting with old friends last weekend in Greencastle. Many of you have been my customers for 3 years and it was lovely to see you all. Thank you for supporting our business.

Our next stop will be the Stitches South show in Atlanta, April 23 - 25 so if you are down that way at the show look me up. Booth 137-139. We will have hopefully, 2 new yarns to show you, one of them being a hand dyed worsted weight. I am excited to get this yarn as it is also machine washable, which I did with the swatch I knitted and it came back to me beautifully just the same as I knitted it.  The new German Angora was a big hit in Greencastle. Got to run as there are a million and one things to do in few days before we leave!

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In the space of a week the temperature has risen and the sun is shining .......oh it feels so good....the Spring flowers are up and some are blooming, our daughter is home for a week and I had this sinus thing going that ended up with an eye problem. Not too much knitting done as it strained my lookers too much!       

Our first show is coming up fast so there has been lots of kit making, patterns to assemble and of course to pack up all the fibers for you to see in Greencastle. Have some new items so make sure to stop by our booth in the Fiber Arts building to see them.    Happy Knitting

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We have our booth number for Stitches South.  Booth 137 & 139.

If you are attending the show, make sure you stop by and say hello!

Have not made much progress the last couple of days. Oh, I have been knitting, just not getting ahead. Allergies have been a problem also so maybe that is why I am slow. Finished a really cute baby pattern from Kertzer using the German Angora. Just need to find the right buttons. You know they make the garment so have to be just right! Finishing up a hat to go with a newly designed scarf. Mixing mitres and lace which I really enjoy knitting.  Only 2 weeks to our first show in Indiana so gotta get busy!

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Are you trying to guess why all the socks are on the page?

It's a way of shaming me to get them finished! I worked frantically last year to get one sock of all the colors I carry done for Sock Summit and got 9 of them done in a month. As you can imagine, I got 'socked out' and could not do any more for a while. Now I have to get all the mates done. You will see the picture disappear when I have completed it. Keep me on my 'toes' and make sure I get them done!

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This has been a trial for me to get this up and working..........but perseverance paid off and we now have the interactive blog. I am learning more than I ever thought I would about computers!

Good news is that we will be placing an order for a new yarn that is a superwash worsted and has a 5 range gauge that looks fabulous in all gauges. It is handpainted in a method that provides consistancy in color, tho there may still be slight variations. With 248yds to work with, a smaller project can easily be knitted from 1 skein. I hope to have this in by my first show in Greencastle, April 9-10.

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