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More Assorted Stuff

I got my first order of CJ Kopec yarn, which I have heard about, but never ordered. This is Magic colorway in alpaca/merino/silk blend worsted. It is soooo soft.

Here's the finshed first Glam Glove, w/o ends woven in, or blue button for ring

Here is the toddler hat I crocheted for a 1-year old girl. The pattern is Angie, and this is the Kraemer Perfection worsted yarn. The darker pink  trim is Caron Simply Soft.

More Mitts and Yarn and Stuff

I started the Glam Gloves after finshing the October Leaves mitts. I strung 240 or so beads on the Cherry Tree Hill Supersock yarn  got from a Ravelry destasher. It is way lighter than the yarn for my socek, but oh well. I have finished one mitt, and added it to the Pile of Finished Objects (FOs) That Need nds Woven In. Sigh.

While I try to find a photo of the Glam Glove 1, here is some new yarn to distract you--ooh shiny.

Autumn Sky Handpanted Merino/Csahmere DK yarn from Wildethyme Art

Autumn Sky with Belvedere checking it out

Cranberry in Nebula Sock (merino, nylon, cashmere) from Ethereal Fibers on Etsy, which had to come to my house after I saw its photo on Plurk

I found the Glam Glove photo on Ravelry.  I will add a button to the ring finger for a ring. I cannot decide if I want to add a  bead bracelet to the second glove. I will have to use the crochet hook method , since I started the cuff w/o stringing the beads.

I went to  The Taming of the Ewe in Jacksonville, AL on Black Friday instead of shopping at the mall. I got this Kraemer Perfection yarn, and have crocheted a toddler hat and and a flower to sew to the hat. I have finshed that, hope to take a photo tomorrow.

I also got this Debbie Macomber Blossom Street Collection Petals Socks yarn in Flowering Cabbage colorway. I also watched about 2.5 Mrs. Miracle movies on Hallmark Saturday night, which made me think about the yarn. (Yeah, my brain works funny) At first, I thought I was allergic to its angora content, as I sneezed while in the LYSm but my sinuses are still bothering me, and I have not touched the yarn in a week.

The sugar snap peas and shallots seem to be happy with the weather

More Mitt

I have finished the leaf gusset of the October Leaves mit, so I took it out to find an autumnal photo settng. The yarn is Springvalley Yarns by Alabama Fiber Dreams Simply Fingering...With A Twist! in the Harvest Wind colorway. The yarn has a nice twist and the colors are just the right color for the fall leaf motif on the gusset.

October Leaves Mitts

Well, I started them a few days before the end of October. These are October Leaves fingerless mitts, in Harvest Wind color from Springvalley Yarns by Alabama Fiber Dreams Simply Fingering...With A Twist!

Mountain Weekend

I  spent the weekend with my sister in the North Georgia  mountains. We stayed in Sautee-Nacoochee at Lucille's Mountaintop Inn. It was literally on a mountaintop. The weather was really nice, and the leaves are just starting to change. We had great breakfasts and desserts in the afternoon.

We met in Dahlonega, at Magical Threads quilt/yarn shop. I thought that was a great combination, and a tuxedo kitty cat who batted at the ties on my pants. I got some Berrocco Sox yarn in purple. I didn't get any quilting stuff. We closed down the store and got out of Dahlonega right before the streets were closed for Gold Rush Days.

We went to the Georgia Literary Festival on Saturday, and went to Hofer's of Helen for dinner, along with everybody else around there  for Oktoberfest.

I got a yarn bowl, something that I did not even know I wanted until I spotted it in the Gallery Too at the Sautee Nacoochee Center

Now for some mountain pictures for my sister

This branch caught my eye, and I kept trying to capture it.

The gazebo was in a little garden below our room. The covered walkway behind it goes from the inn to the spa.

Pears, Honey

Actually, this is pear honey. (I used 2 cups of pineapple and cooked it in a 3.5 qt Crock Pot on High until it got thick) I did not quite have enough pears for a batch, so I had to run out to the tree. I grabbed a limb, shook it and got outta the way as pears rained down. I also didn't have crushed pineapple, so I put chunks in the food processor. Think it looks OK.  The recipe yielded the equivalent of 9 half pints, in a combination of 12 oz, 6 oz and 4 oz jars.

I have finally, finally, reached the sleeve divide of the raglan cardigan Sedona in Rowan Calmer yarn.

Yesterday, I got my Margarita sock yarn package from Woolgirl.  Mine was strawberry, and had all kinds of goodies, includng a pattern, bag, stitchmarker, Jelly Belly beans in drinkie flavors, flipflop notepad, much more, etc. All PINK.

 

 

 

Some Knitting, More Gardening

I started on Zoe, in Kureyon Sock 40. Here it is posing in the basil.

Here is the basil. It needs to go in the garden

We actually have edamame pods

I got Noro Taiyo cotton blend sock yarn in the mail from Yarnbow.

I also got merino/cashmere /alpaca blend dk yarn from Cloudlover. The color is Verdigris.

The Topsy Turvy Tomato Tree has patio hybrid tomatoess this year, not huge vined ones

 

 

Plants and Sockies

I am still working on the second Twin Leaves sock in Autumn Leaves Sophie's Toes yarn. I just started gusset increases.

I got new yarn in the mail. This is The Plucky Knitter DK in Tippi Blue, 80/20 merino/cashmere.

While I was outside, I took a few photos of some plants.

Edamame-they are going in the container where the snow peas now are. They don't seem to make it in the garden.



Brandy Boy tomatoes-Brandywine and Better Boy hybrid. Grown from seed.

San Marzano-plant purchased from the Tasteful Garden

Genovese and Siam Queen basil. The Thai basil is starting to get a slight purple tint. Its flower buds are purple.

I don't think the snow peas are going to last much longer. They have been growing since February, and it is getting too hot for them. Belv likes to snack on them, and was eyeing the vine the other day.

I made chocolate Cheerios marsmallow treats with chocolate marshmallows. I was in Wal-Mart and kept smelling those chocolate marshmallows two aisles away. THEN I had to pick up graham crackers and Hershey bars displayed right there. They do taste better than they look.

I was outside watering plants and came around the house to find Belvedere was in DH's truck bed.  This involves him putting his front feet on the open tailgate, and waiting for DH to lift the Belv's back end. DH picked up Ursula to put her up there. Belv flew across the truck bed, growling, and barked in her ear. She cowered and left. This is MY truck, Belv says, and nobody else can get in there..

Please Help with Disaster Relief

Please help disaster victims across the South, or wherever you choose to donate.  I will gift a person drawn randomly from comments on this blog post or the previous one with a skein of Wollmeise Twin wool/nylon sock yarn. The label says, "We're different." It is RED. The yarn is posing on  a downed tree limb. Please leave a comment telling me you have donated to the agency of your choice by midnight Central Time May 6. We do have power now, so I can tell time, LOL.

Some suggestions:

Americares

Red Cross Mid Alabama Region or text 90999 to REDCROSS ($10 added to cell phone bill)

Salvation Army or call 1-800-SAL-ARMY and designate April 2011 Tornado Outbreak.  Donors may text “GIVE” to 80888.  Checks may be made out to The Salvation Army Disaster Relief, P.O. Box 100339, Atlanta, GA 30384-0339.

 

 

It's My Blogiversary. Happy Earth Day!

April 22 is my 6th Blogiversary. I forgot it last year, and almost forgot this year. And y'all get gifts!  Three of you, anyway. I am giving away 3 types of yarn. Fingering sock yarn wound into a center pull ball, 2 hanks of sport sock yarn, and a hank of worsted. I looked in the bin, and thought it would be nice to give away yarn with green in honor of Earth Day, but I was too attached to those.  One of the giveaways does have spring in the title. They are all spring-like hues, anyway.

The fingering is Blue Ridge Silk Works in Georgia Peach. 80% superwash wool, 20% nylon, 400 yds.

The sport weight is Gypsy Girl Creations in Spring Garden, 100% merino wool, 170 yds each.

The worsted is 100% wool from Spindle City Yarns in Felicity, 100 g, 220 yds.


So leave me a comment on this blog post by 12:00 midnight Central Time on Friday, April 22. We will draw the first winner, then let them decide which yarn they want, then the second winner can pick from the two remaining. The third winner will recieve the yarn that remains.