SAFF 2009

It’s nice once you’ve been to a few fiber festivals.  This was my third time to go to SAFF and this year I had a good idea what I was looking for and where I might find it.  I wanted new-to-me fibers and blends, with some old favorites thrown in.  I found plenty!

This lovely Politically [...]

this can only mean one thing

I’m going to SAFF tomorrow!!!!  Catch you next week!!!

block party

Saturday morning I did something I’ve been meaning to do for months.  I pulled out three FOs and gave them a good blocking.

This is the scarf I knit on our ill-fated vacation this June.  It’s been finished for several months and it grew probably two feet in blocking.  It’s the Tilly Scarf from A Fine Fleece.

I would [...]

complete denial

I walked outside this morning, into the sauna that is Alabama in October (75 degrees and 88% humidity) and realized, yet again, that I will be able to wear my current knitting project approximately once per season – on a cold day in February, outside, while wearing nothing else.

Such is my brand of crazy that [...]

life in the fast lane

It’s been forever since I posted!  Sorry about that.  Sgt. Britty turned 40 last week and all my time and energy were focused on birthday preparations. 

Yes, I did make him wear a black feather boa at his party!  The party was a lot of fun, the people who were there seemed to have a great [...]