A scarf and another scarf

Once I got Miss Phoebe off the cowl, I got to the store early today and proceeded to get so engrossed in email that I forgot to unlock the door and put out the open flag until 10:30! Off to a good start.

But, I finished the beaded mohair and sequins scarf...

It's a little hard to see the drop stitch effect in the scarf but it's pretty. Trust me. The yarn is so light but the beads and sequins add enough weight to it so it drapes nicely around your neck. I've been wearing it all day. It's pretty toasty to boot.

While wearing this scarf, I started another scarf...

This is the Silk Rhapsody from Art Yarns and I'm using their one-skein pattern. It is VERY VERY soft and silky and is really nice to knit with.

I'm hoping this goes quickly because I got some other yarn in, to make samples for future yarn to come to the store. It's from Woodstock Knits. More about that later...

NOW she sits for a picture....

....when I find her sitting on my cowl that I'm trying to block!!!!

Meet Phoebe. Cats.

More snow and New Yarn!

Now THAT's snow. You could barely see it in the picture I posted yesterday. We ended up with about 5 inches of really wet, heavy snow. It looked really pretty. Mandy loved it too. She loves bounding around in it and trying to eat it.

I got some new yarns today! Art Yarns are luxury hand-painted yarns. They are BEAUTIFUL...

Some Beaded Mohair and Sequins:

I dropped everything to cast on for this pretty one-skein drop-stitch scarf:

Some Silk Rhapsody:

Some 5-ply cashmere:

Mmmmmm.... cashmere.

Oh, and this, which I will be knitting up next....

Cashmere sock yarn! I only got these two to make a pair and then see if people would be interested. As you might guess, it's a little pricey. But quite possibly worth it!!! I'll let you know.

So much to knit, so little time!

Let It Snow...

Ok, I know that is an incredibly un-original title for a post but look...


Can you see it? It's snowing. And we're apparently supposed to get quite a few inches. Oct 28th!


Here is my completed Quickie Cowl (free pattern from Ravelry)...


While you can't really see the lace pattern that's in it, I really like it. It's sofy and squishy and feels really good. Oh wait, I'll take a picture of me wearing it so you can see it better...

That didn't help to see the lace pattern, but the colors look so pretty don't they? Stay tuned for some of this in the store. Not immediately, but sometime.

And here is the promised picture of the mutant dahlia bulbs....

Ok, so they don't look as impressive in the picture as they do in person or as when we dug them up. But see the one on the right? That's the one that had a million flowers on it all the time. This was all from four plants, which will now become a whole lotta plants next year. So cool how that works.

Today is a great day to sit inside, drink tea and knit! I'm going to go do that now that the laundry and cleaning are done.

Mmmmm....donuts

Saturday was Hot Cider and Donut Day at the store. Paul picked up the donuts for me since I had to open early for the Poncho Class. When he brought them, they were still warm. Mmmm. It was hard not to eat five right then and there. The cider was very yummy too. It was a cold rainy yucky day so, perfect for these treats! There were a bunch of donuts leftover so I put them out on Sunday. And there were STILL some left over, so Paul and I will "have" to eat them. What a chore.

Sunday's weather was the complete opposite... bright, sunny and warm. I even had the door open at the store. It was a busy day with the Drop Spindle Spinning class and the Constant Companion Felted Bag classes going on. After closing, I went home and Paul and I gave Mandy a bath. I really wish I had a picture of her -- she looked so miserable when she was soaking wet; but she looked so cute after she was nice and fluffy and clean! On the other hand, I was soaked and covered in fur.

Then we did yard work - ooh, another picture for my to-do list... we dug up those dahlia bulbs to save over the winter and they were HUGE. And there were a million of them. Wait till you see. It was a great day to be outside so I was happy that I got home at 2:30.

I don't have any pictures to post today. Since my camera battery will only last for two pictures these days, I bit the bullet and bought a new battery today. So, hopefully more pictures soon.
I've been working on my Logan River Wrap and it is coming along nicely. I'm also working on another cowl, with Sheep Shop yarn. This is not a yarn that I have now, but after working with it, I will be looking to get it. I'm working with the chunky version and it's very soft wool and has beautiful variegated colors. I'm hoping to finish it tonight and post a picture tomorrow. I'm also looking to start a crochet project.... a cute hoodie (with a zipper - yikes) made with sock yarn.

Great suggestions on how to spruce up the sheep on the front porch!... A scarf for the sheep and/or attach it to a sleigh for the winter/holiday season.

Wow! What a knit-in on Wednesday...

We seem to be getting new people every week,which is just great. For those of you who have folding chairs (even the outdoorsy kind), you may want to put one in your car as despite my recent purchase of chairs, we may need more. I don't have much room to buy/store more! Thank you to everyone for helping to celebrate my birthday!

Also, here is a picture of the sheep I bought in Vermont, now mounted on the porch:

Cute, but needs some friends I think. Or some other kind of porch embellishments. I'm working on it. Winter is coming so I'll work on a winter-theme.

I haven't been knitting much since Monday. I'm waiting for some new yarn to come in so I can work on some samples. But for now, I guess I'll work on my Logan River Wrap and my top down sweater.

Hot Cider and Donuts Day tomorrow! Lucky Paul gets to do the running around to pick everything up -- so sweet of him.

The day after Rhinebeck...

.... was my birthday and also the day, two years ago, that Paul and I got engaged. So we decided to go to Vermont to see our old house and the place we got engaged. Unfortunately, the restaurant where we got engaged is closed on Mondays, but it was in the town we lived in so we parked across the street and looked at it for a few minutes. It's called The Perfect Pear, and is very yummy. It is in an old mill and the tables have a nice view of the river. It was the best place to get engaged because Paul and I are the "perfect pair". Ha ha!

The first thing we realized as we made the 3 1/2 hour trip there, was that they have re-paved all the roads that get us there. Sure, when we leave and we aren't driving on those horrible, bumpy roads anymore.

It was very strange to be back - the first time since we moved 1 1/2 years ago. We drove by the old house, which looks the same except for a lot of new bushes and plants in the yard that make it look messy. We drove around the neighborhood to see what has changed - not much, including the views:

Bradford is WAY up there in VT and is quite small. The town just before it, Fairlee, has a motel and drive-in movie theater. If you rent a room at the motel, you open your curtains and can watch the movie! Or you can just drive there and watch from your car. They usually have pretty current movies too. Then you can go to the Whippi Dip down the street, a yummy soft serve place.

After driving around the neighborhood, we went to the Bradford Yarn shop, which is now located in the back of North of the Falls (the gift shop I used to sell my felted purses and hand made cards in). They have a small selection but it was very quaint. I, of course, found something to buy - some Opal sock yarn. (I forgot to download the picture of the yarn...)

Then we went to lunch at a place called Molly's in Hanvoer, NH (home of Dartmouth College and a VERY quaint New Hampshire-y town) as we made our way to Woodstock. BBQ Chicken pizza was our favorite thing to order there, so we got that. Yum.

On a whim, we decided to see if one of our favorite soft serve places, Ice Cream Fore You, was open. It's at the driving range (get it?) in the Home Depot parking lot.

It just so happened that it was the LAST DAY they were open for the season, and EVERYTHING WAS FREE! Here is Paul's free ice cream:

(He thought I was so silly for taking a picture of this)

In Woodstock we stopped at a place I always wanted to stop when we lived there, but never did, called Fool on the Hill. This is what you see from the road:

Plus sheep and bears. I bought a sheep:

They are weather-proof and now I have to figure out how to attach it to my porch railing.

Here are the bears:

Here is what we saw once we were on the hill:

I've said it before.... this is what I miss about Vermont. So pretty.

Our last stop was at The Whippletree yarn shop in Woodstock. Woodstock is a VERY quaint Vermont-y town. The Whippletree was very nice, lots of yarn. I got some Malabrigo silk/wool. Very soft and nice. Of course, forgot to download the picture of this yarn too. Tomorrow's post.

That ended our Vermont trip. It was a very nice way to spend the day!