NoSo knit

We had a lot of fun at NoSo, we got to meet very nice people and we had a great time being with each other. There was shopping for nice yarns, great door prizes, and goodies bags (that allowed for some interesting trading) but we all ended up with the colors we wanted, even my "wont knit for me friend", she ended up with two very pretty hand painted skeins with a little bargaining and a little cold hard cash. It was a fun day, new and old friends, talking and knitting, life is good. On to SAFF in a month!!!

SAFF

I have been busy getting ready for the NoSo knit...my baby booties are made and done...
We are Asheville NC bound in late Oct.
I have signed up for the loom class at SAFF and changed my Joy of Socks class, I really couldn't
knit a sock anyway who am I fooling!! I changed it for The Shepard's Rug class, it is a class
that teaches how to braid roving, felt it and the sew it into a braided rug. The instructors
make beautiful rugs and I have been practicing...braiding roving is much harder than braiding hair because hair doesn't get 12 feet long! Of course, puppy Madison takes a break from chewing our stuff up to help me with the roving and running off with it. But hopefully the rug will be pretty when it is finished. It takes 4-5 lbs of roving to make one rug! I hope I don't have to get a sheep!
I have finished some felted bowls, will send one to the future Mustang slipper owner since she doesn't know what felting is.
We are also heading to NYC in Nov, and of course I have plotted my way to all the cool yarn shops!

NoSo knit

NoSo knit stands for North South knit, it is an annual one day knit in for charity, and we also donate yarn to the Alderson WV women's prison knitting program. Admission is one knitted item (yikes), since the only thing I know how to make are slippers, I am making some felted slippers for my admission. The mustang slippers are on hold for the moment due to NoSo knit being in late Sept. I gotta start knitting now.
SAFF is coming up as well....looking forward to my Loom solutions class and my "Joy of socks" class...maybe I'll know how to make two things before too long! :-)

Mustang slippers

The slippers are born! They are coming along, I have one almost half done, the lime green and black are quite the contrast, I hope it will soften up when felted. I have been looking for a unique finishing touch, I think I found it on eBay, cant say what it is as CA friend reads this blog. Anyway, have been busy, boomerang kid is back and enrolled in college now...I offered him my weaving/spinning room, aka his old bedroom back and he opted for the basement (whew..that was a close one, my weaving room could have been a goner)
I should have a picture of my Aunt Mae in her new slippers soon!

Slippers

The slippers are finished and on the way to my
95 year old Aunt Mae....will let you know if she liked
them. I knitted them of Lambs pride colors Onyx and
Flannel Blue, together. I tried to put a solid blue stripe
in them, don't do this, the one strand shrunk more than the mixed
colors, I had to so some pretty creative stretching to get the
Ronald McDonald shoe shape out of them. Okay, so now I know.
I put a daisy button on the top of them.
Will post a picture soon...maybe she will model them for us.
The Mustang legend lime slippers are next!!!

Slippers

The slippers are coming along....I think my friend was right! I can do it!
One day I hope to be as good a knitter as her.
My friend in CA wants a pair to match her Mustang.....I think that is cool!

Hokie Healing Project

I went to the Hokie Healing Project sew together event today and helped 7 other ladies make a blanket for a shooting victims family. We had a great day, the finished blanket was lovely. When we arrived, we were given a bag that had 62 donated squares in it. We laid them out on the floor and arranged and re-arranged them till we were happy with the design and then started sewing, we each had a row, sewed them together, then started sewing the rows together. We had a wonderful blanket when we were done four hours later. All finished blankets were displayed in the hall area, they were beautiful.
I was glad to be part of something so meaningful, and I hope this blanket brings some comfort to the family who receives it. I will try to get a picture posted soon.....