Raverly

Ravely is going good, I am in some groups and I have met some new friends. I really like the CSM group, we help each other and my socks look better everyday!
I am looking for a picker these days, doesn't seem to be too many around for sale. Our spinning/knitting group from Forrest had an auction, Nikki and I sold some stash and bought new stash. Bids started at $1.00, if no one else bid, it was yours. We each got a fleece for $1.oo. We will see how they turn out.
Madison turns one on Dec 12th, time has flown, she is a big girl now, but she still sleeps right beside me, which is fine, that way I know she isn't up chewing up my stuff, although we have lost many socks and three shoes to the midnight bandit.
Looking ahead to Maryland sheep and Wool, cant wait! There is a sock machine demonstration in the main tent...that will be fun.

Raverly

I have joined Raverly, Nikki said it was cool and she put me on the list...she is right, it is cool.
I have found groups for the knitting machine, the RV knitters ( I used to have the cool magnet but Madison the eat everything puppy, chewed it up) I found a group of law enforcement people who knit and a group for the bond machine I also have. My name there is Sockmachinelady if you need to find me, my picture is Bailey, my bunny.
I love the CSM, or circular sock machine group, they are very helpful with some of the issues I have knitting on the very old machine.
I have been very good this year and have asked Santa for a new computer before this old one with
Windows 98 crashes, so I hope to have some pictures on my blog as soon as he stops buy :-)

Circular knitting machine

My friend and I had a nice class....we are CSM knitters now! Our socks now have heels and toes.
I made one, my friend made the other one. This sock machine is so cool!

Antique circular knitting machine

My friend and I have just returned from SAFF and fiber overload. We had a great time!
We both took classes, she took a dyeing class and a cast on class, I took The Shepard's Rug class and a loom class. We both learned new things and made new friends. We saw lots of great fiber and yarns, she did all the shopping though, I only bought one thing.......I got an Auto knitter CSM, or circular sock machine. We saw the lady using it and I was hooked! The perfect thing for the knitter who doesn't knit!!!! It now lives here with me, willed to my friend of course since she talked me into it, (not really, but a little peer pressure helps). Now all I have to do is figure out how to use it. I have spent many hours reading blogs of folks that have them, (Soxophone player guy, you rock)! It came with a class and my friend and I are NC bound in the morning to learn how to make a heel and toe. I enjoy making tubes, which is all I can do at this point, but they are nice tubes. If anyone has one and sees this blog, please let me know, as I am the only one I know so far. I will post pictures soon.
Next stop- Maryland Sheep and Wool in May!!!!

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! :-)