Are people still knitting at Autumn Leaves?

I have not been knitting much lately, but now that I have some time I was thinking about social knitting again.

Cheers,

Miri

New Place/Time

Hi All,

We have changed venue and time - we are now meeting Saturdays 10-Noon at the Autumn Leaves cafe. If the weather is nice, we sometimes knit out in front of Autumn Leaves on the Commons. I hope you will all join us!

YARN CRAWL INVITE

Attention yarn lovers- we are YARN CRAWLING to upper upstate NY on Sat Oct 27
Meet at GImmee on State St at 8:30am. We will car pool.
Lunch spot will be decided upon and prehaps wine tasting on the return trip.
We will plan to return early afternoon (so you still have time to quick knit a
Halloween outfit
for any party you are attending this weekend).
Rox

P.S. An "I plan to come" response to the list serve will help us plan vehicles,
thanks!

Finger Lakes Fiber Festival- Hemlock, NY 2007

Hi all here's the pics I promised you all- Rox


I ventured out to the fiber festival and highly recommend the experience. A beautiful drive to Hemlock, NY and an overwhelming amount of fiber to behold. Here are some pics from the day...

An amazing amount of fiber to choose from!



World setting records .. that's one big sock












Antique sock knitting machines that make a PAIR of socks in under an hour!






Amazing and funky fiber creations.


All this and more, there were over 70 vendors, a huge barn of exhibits, many workshops and classes to take and a selection of cute fuzzy knittable critters

25 caps and an ocicat

I just posted something here.

Go look! While you're at it, why not join in? Also, I'll be mailing off my completed objects in December, so if you'd like for me to include anything newborn-related (hats, booties, blankies) in the package, I'll include it. Think of the babies!

Thanks to Roxane for posting the link to this fine page and worthwhile project!

Needle Lust

I've always secretly desired a set of Knit Picks' Options interchangeable needles. But, whenever I was struck with the urge to actually purchase them, I resisted. I rationalized that I could live without them just fine. I didn't really NEED them after all and so I couldn't ever bring myself to justify the cost.

Alas! Those crafty gals at Knit Picks have upped the ante by unveiling the most beautiful needles I've ever seen!! (Here's where I start to sound like an infomercial!)

http://www.knitpicks.com/interchangeable+circular+knitting+needles_NL300312.html

Knit Picks' Harmony needles are made of multi-colored laminated birch and are absolutely gorgeous! AND, to make matters worse, you can get them as tips in the Options set for only $10 more than the original nickel plated version!

Dammit! I thought I had the will power to resist but they have discovered a weakness I didn't know I had. How could any knitter in their right mind not crave these needles?!?

Now, I find myself trying to rationalize buying these needles. For one thing, the entire Harmony Options set costs significantly less than purchasing each needle individually (especially if you have a slight addiction to Addis.) According to some of my knitting friends, the Knit Picks needles outperform Addis in many respects. Also, the wooden tips are less likely to be confiscated at the airport. All good reasons, don't you think?

Hmmmmm...I might actually cave on this one.

HELP!

New Finished Object Pics!

Okay, so I had a plan to create a fruit basket of baby hats for a co-worker of mine who just recently had a baby. My intention was to have this finished by the time the baby was born. Well, that didn't happen BUT I did complete what started out to be a strawberry but looks more like a tomato to me because I just couldn't get the seeds right! Gretchen said that she received baby gifts for Tala months after she was born so I guess there's still time for the pumpkin, watermelon, blueberry and eggplant hats. We'll see how that one goes.


On the list of things I've been working on for far too long, I did manage to complete a decent version of the cabled fingerless glove pattern from an old issue of Interweave knits. I've been playing around with this pattern for a while and frogged two previous attempts. However, I'm pleased to report that I'm sticking with this one. I love the yarn (alpaca!), the color, the cute little cable up the center. And this time the thumb isn't even all that bad. Now if I can only finish the left glove before equinox I'll be in good shape!