So this one time, at wool camp....

The Taos Wool Festival was a hit. We came, we saw, we bought some fiber :) So, would that be Veni, Vidi, Knitchi? I think so*.

This is a man holding a goat, and then pics of other assorted wool festival denizens :)

My stash enhancement...

Aunt Pat's stash enhancement, Mom's new toy and the flowers that we worked on...
While there I bought some orange wool to make pumpkins. I've had a bit of a yen for felting lately (ok, forever) and since the yarn was produced by the Espanola Fiber Arts consortium I felt even better about it (hand made, hand dyed)...We may have a problem here...

I can't seem to stop making them :)

The leaves are from a Tsarina's Tsocks kit I abandoned long ago and I was ecstatic to use the little leaves that I had made (now if I could just find the directions, I could make more!) I imagine filling the house with them...I want to make a giant one!!!

In FO news, I finished the Cloning Anemones. I like the socks and love the yarn--it's a blue rainbow--but screwed up the first sock pretty well.

I am allowing indecision be my guide and letting them be. If you see them please, be polite and don't point out that they're grossly different :) Thanks.

*ETA: If you are on the Ravs, check this out...if not it's "hoc nodavi" but it doesn't sound as good as knitchi...just sayin'

Taos Wool Festival

So, I'm going and I'm taking some critical knitting with me...none of it will be glow in the dark though :)

I am this far on my Tide Pooling sock...

I keep effing it up though. I dropped a stitch without realizing it until after the heel...

I forgot to do the transition piece at the end of one of the rows and had to ladder down and fix my errant purls...Still, I'm diggin' it. I'm sure that the second sock won't be quite so difficult :)
I'm bringing a scarf kit I bought from the Unique Sheep...I'm kinda mad that I didn't take a pic when they were all wrapped up in their cute little skeins but at 40some dollars a kit, this will have to do :)


I'm also bringing my flower basket shawl which hasn't changed one single bit since this post and some Huggable Hedgehog materials...hmmm, you think it's enough?

I f&*#kin love acrylic :)

yeah, I said it and I meant it too!

I also love Halloween but that's just because there is so much fun stuff associated with the holiday; bad nail polish, bad hosiery and my very favorite in the whole world, glow.in.the.dark.

So, as soon as I found it I went and bought some Bernat Glow in the Dark yarn. Now, I don't know what y'all automatically think of when you buy glow in the dark stuff but I immediately think-beer. Maybe it's because after a few you kinda do...anyway, I made one of these.

It's a simple 2x2 rib (CO 32 stitches). K2, p2 for 6 or 7 rows and then cable all the knits to the front (purls in back), k 5 rows, then cable the knits to the front (purls back), knit 5 rows then cable the knits 'n' purls the same way, and knit three rows. Close up with a k2tog, k4* (*repeat to the end-it's ok if there is one stitch extra), knit a plain round. K2tog, k3*, knit a round. K2tog, k2*, knit a round and finally k2tog all around. Knit a round and then draw the tail through the last 8 stitches. The yarn calls for a US 8, I used a US10 because I used one strand of Glow Worm White and one strand of Lilac Luster.
I like that it's a beer coozy and it's kinda woozy...

and if you should ever drink in the dark, well--now you can find yer beer :)

Of course, you can use it as a soda coozy...but it won't be nearly as funny after 3-4 diet cokes.