Remnants

Hello!  Hope everyone is well.

September has certainly presented us with some strange weather.  Labor Day weekend was a bit cooler than normal.  Last weekend was dreary and rainy, thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Gordon.  This week has been hot, humid and sunny.  Is it any wonder there are all kinds of germs going around.  I managed to catch a bad head cold last weekend that kept me home from work two days.  For the most part, I'm better, but my energy level is not back to where it should be.

Last weekend before I started feeling ill, I finished the top for my group's raffle quilt.  Below is picture of it with the blocks assembled but no borders.  I am very pleased with how it turned out.  It is now being professionally quilted.  When it comes back, I'll put on the binding and then it is good to go.  Hopefully we will be able to sell a lot of tickets

This weekend was the Wool Gathering at Young's Dairy in Yellow Springs, Ohio.  My friend and I made our annual trip out to the show.  As mentioned above, it was a very hot, humid day.  We went early to beat the crowd and so that we could get through before it was unbearable.

The features not just yarn, but many things related to fiber life.  One vendor was selling cute signs.  I thought of two of my sisters when I saw this one.  They raise chickens.

The Miami Valley Knitting Guild had a booth where they were selling old knitting books.  I suspect it might have been the collection/donation from an old member.  I found this book.  It is a knitting book published in 1940 from England.  It is a basic How-To with a few patterns.  It was a bargain price of only $1.

Unlike last year, I didn't have anything in particular that I wanted to get.  I'm not sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.  I managed to not go too crazy on my purchases.  I did spy this beautiful skein from Leading Men Fiber Arts.  It is 600 yards of fingering weight merino/silk blend in colorway Kaleidoscope.  The variety of colors just captured me.  I'll make a simple scarf out of this so that the colors shine through.

One of the things I like about Wool Gathering is the abundance of roving.  Many fiber festivals don't have much for spinners.  Wool Gathering does.  I found this very lovely wheel at Joanna'a Boutique's booth.  It is 4 ounces of mixed BFL top.  I plan to spin the singles and then chain ply so that the colors remain separate.  I don't want it to end up muddy looking.

As we were walking out, we stopped by Yarn Byrd's mobile shop.  While my friend was inside buying a really cute scarlet and grey (Go Bucks!!) bag, I was captivated by a sample of Discovery.  Somehow the kit jumped into my arms and I knew I had to bring it home.

The kit comes with three skeins of Heidi & Lana Meadow, pattern, stitch markers, progress marker and tapestry needle.  I selected the Barley colorway.  Meadow is a merino/alpaca blend that is soft and squishy.  This looks like a quick knit and will be the perfect thing to pull on to take off a chill.

Knitting Discovery will have to wait though until I get Weekender finished.

I am doing the short rows for the shoulder shaping on the back.  I'm still on track to have this done by the chilly weather.

While emptying the bag I took with me to Wool Gathering, I found the remnants of the yarn my sister purchased last year at Rhinebeck.  She had me make a headband out of it for her.  I still have the remaining yardage, so I'm going to make a mug cozy for her.  Just a simple rectangle with a little pattern stitch and a fun button and an I-cord closure.  When I get this done, I'll mail it to her as a little surprise.

I guess I better sign off now.  If I don't force myself to do something, I'll just waste the day away.  there are a lot of weeds that need pulled out in the yard. Maybe I should do that.