Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Enter The Haggis - TOUR

Kirk Avenue Music Hall, Roanoke - Thursday, September 3rd.
Andie & I will be the pair bouncing off the walls. =)

Enter The Haggis - TOUR

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Friday, August 21, 2009

Wonderful Things

...in no particular order. I just uploaded all of the pictures and decided to share.

This is the start (the body and beginning of the head) of my second Sock Monkey. Fellow fiber fanatic, Linda, gave me a Backstitches gift certificate for my birthday. I went to the store and was delighted to find this shade of Cascade 220 Superwash in, what I call, "Red Heel Brown." I bought the last three remaining skeins and I'm happy monkey knitter. :)
Linda also gave me this adorable book.

My neighbor, Muriyea, and I are knitting Interweave's Cabled Raglan Baby Sweater together. This is my first Interweave pattern and I barely got through the neckline before I went running to Yarn Theory/Jan for help translating the pattern. LOL

Here's Linda again. She keeps on feeding the sock mojo! :)



And then there's Dianne. Dianne feeds my Imelda Marcos-like love of knitting bags. In addition to a Nana Sadie Rose Posey and sundry bag (that matches my big Mera), Dianne gave me this beautiful Jessalu bag too.

Marianne. A box arrived in the mail and I dove into it and found these beautiful dishcloths. I really don't want to share them (Mohamed completely commandeered the mitered one you sent last year), so I don't feel badly for being greedy.


Sock Summit souvenirs from Dianne. I've been ogling ceramic buttons for a while now and even entertaining the idea of a pottery class to make them myself. Dianne picked up these beauties at the Button Emporium in Portland, as well as at the Sock Summit marketplace.



More sock goodness from Linda.

I grinned like the village idiot when these came walking through the door of my office. Dianne struck again.


Sock Summit's "Apogee" from Dianne. This was dyed by the incredibly talented Angie McNamara of Serendipitous Ewe.

Bluebirds and Alpaca Sox. :) These arrived in Marianne's box along with a beautiful set of cloisonne butterfly earrings that I couldn't photograph well, scrumptious roving in striking colors, chocolate and handmade soap.

Thank you guys for an AMAZING birthday! I am again blown away by your generosity & I love you dearly! Thank you! Thank you!

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

**Smiles**

Another finished project - - yaaaay! It's the Mission Falls Bob Blankie that I've been working on (and off) since March. It was an incredibly long knit, but the blanket is cute & colorful.

And kitty-approved too.

Andie is a "Food Network" watcher and one of her favorite shows is "Ace of Cakes." Enjoy the photos....her efforts just tickled me to death!


The yarn balls & knitting needles are made from rice krispies and colored fondant. They're edible (and the size of tennis balls).


The top, chocolate layer of the cake hit the floor during construction, but the yellow cake is just fine.



And finally, my sweet baker. THANK YOU ANDIE! I ADORE my birthday cake!!