Fall Fiber Festival

Sunday I went to my first ever, fiber festival. It was definitely an experience! I bought lots and yarn, but I'll show that in a different post. They had a display of different sheep and goats and llamas.. They were so cute!

I think he was bowing down... or embarrassed :)

These were the funny goats. They made the funniest noises and right after this picture... he got shaved!

The llamas were cute, but I wasn't going to pet them... Since I'm allergic to every animal, I decided to stay away from them...

And I finally met Chan in real life! She is such a great person and it was so great o finally meet her!! Wendy, Chan, and I had a great time!

I will have to agree with Chan though. I was underwhelmed with the turn out of vendors and people. I thought it would be more. I definitely picked up my fair share of yarn though.. 3 skeins of sock yarn, 6 skeins of this delicious purple goodness, and 8 skeins of a heather grey for a Cobblestone sweater for my Dad.

I have been dogsitting since Friday so I haven't been at home to take pictures or anything... It's definitely been interesting this week. I feel like I'm not ready to have a dog yet because I work long hours and can't go home for lunch. If I could go home, I wouldn't feel as bad, but at least they get to go on LONG walks when I get home! :)

Memorials and Malabrigo....

Last night I had my weekly dinner with my girls, aka the SHE (sisterhood of the epicurious) and when we were driving back from a fantastic greek dinner we noticed that they pentagon is light up with blue lights and a very large US Flag for the dedication of the Pentagon Memorial for 9/11.

We thought we might be able to get a good picture from the Air Force Memorial looking at the Pentagon... I tried a few different things.. The first is the Air Force Memorial, which is actually a really awesome memorial that I hadn't even visited yet...

My friend Sarah was with me so I took her picture with the memorial and the Washington Momument in the background...



These are the four guys that are standing next to the memorial...

I attempted a few different shots of the Pentagon with its blue and the flag, but I couldn't get my regular lense to get a good shot, so I did a longer exposure and got this cool shot with the bus lights...

Oh, I was so excited to get this package! I order some (13 skeins) of malabrigo from Eat.Sleep.Knit on Friday and got this package on Monday. She has the best shipping EVER!!!!! Most of this is for Christmas presents, because I'm actually starting early. I have been itching for the last few days to start a new hat, since I finished one on monday night, but I haven't been able to... Tonight there will be new hats started....

Just a few more pictures of all the mmmmmmalabrigo goodness in the box...

There are a few good neutral colors in there for my brother, Olive, Dark Earth, Marron Mscuro, Verde Esperanza, and Oceanos and they are all worsted weight. Then some fun girlie colors for me, my sil, maybe those cute little ones in the last post... Ava and Lila :) The colors for the girls are Velvet Grapes in worsted, Hollyhock in chunky, Pink Frost in chunky, Hummingbird in chunky, and finally Cuarzo in chunky. I can't wait to get to work with this yarn... It's going to be amazing.. not to mention it's going to feel amazing on the hats... MMMMMMalabrigo...

Next up, a finished hat and some socks that have yet to be seen...

Oh, and my AMAZING new CAMERA bag from CozyLiving on esty... She is amazing, the bag is amazing and it's just the best purchase I've made since my camera. I highly reccommend checking it out if you have a SLR camera...

Winner!!!!!

I entered my socks in the Alrington County Fair this past week and they won 2nd place!!! I was so proud of them. I called my mom right away to tell her since they were her Spring Forward socks! She was so excited and proud that she was getting award winning socks :)

Noro Silk Garden Sock yarn! I'm doing a KAL with some of my fave ladies, Wendy, Chan, and Stacey for the Anastasia Socks toe up. I have never done toe up, but I'm excited to try it!

Love these amazing colors! Just perfect for my feet!!!

Look who has come out to play, the CLAPPEE!!!!! Oh how I've missed it! I worked on this for a LONG time in the fall, but put it down because I just couldn't bare the thought of how long it was going to take me. Well, I sat down on Monday and realzied that I don't really have that much more to go. I could be done now, but I like my scarves long, and my cousin will too :)

These colors are just fantastic and perfect for the receipiant. She wanted a variety of greens :)

Wendy and I took one of our knitting friends and another of our none knitting friends to A Tangled Skein in MD for a Sunday trip. It was so fun to eat at Franklin's variety store. I picked up a few things for my swap parter as well as a nice ice cube tray that makes skulls and crossbones for my dad!

This is some fantastic yarn I picked up. It's Araucania Ranco Multi in an amazing colorway. I picked it up for socks, but it might turn into something different... Who knows.

All the colors are just fantastic.

These are my Sailor's Delight socks I started a week or so ago. I love them so far. They are Dream in Color Smooshy in the Flamingo Pie colorway. YUM!

Detail shot of the socks..

I have finished the heel and the decrease and I'm moving in on the rest of the foot.

The detail is just fantastic, in my opinion.

My socks are getting better and better the more I knit. It's been the easist project to keep in my small Vera Bradley bag and put in my purse for the bus or even with friends!

My friend Ora has a BEAUITFUL garden of just herbs and peppers. I got out my camera for our weekly Tuesday night dinner and took some pictures of her beautiful peppers. They are HOT!! The brownish pepper is a Chocolate Habenero, on the information tag it says "intensely hot" I will not be trying one of those! :)

I love the detail that my camera can pick up on different things. I'm so glad that I bought my Nikon D60. It's been so fun to practice taking pictures again. I think I'm getting better... slowly!

Hopefully, I'll have a FO after this weekend!!! Wendy and I are going up to her parents campground in PA for a weekend away and a Hog Roast!!! Oh I love a good hog roast. Should I wear the shirt we had made for the last one we had? :) It has a picture of a hog with an apple in its mouth, pretty funny!!!

I love my Camera!

I love my new camera!

These flowers are in our event room at work.

New sock yarn. Shibui in Rappongi! It's going to make some excellent socks.

Close up.

This is Shibui in Jewel. Also going to make amazing socks... for me!!

Dream in Color Classy in Happy Forest for the February Lady Sweater

Can't wait to get started on the sweater :) It will be my first real sweater.

Malabrigo Silk in Sunny Lime... 4 skeins that will becoming a Clapotis!

A great close up of the silk goodness! This is by far my favorite yarn.. I can't wait to start working it with!

More pictures to come! I can't stop using my camera everywhere I go! :)

Monkey's, Baby's, New yarn...

Here are the baby monkey's I made to match the regular size monkey's. I made these for my niece Ava and her mom Kristine. I hate that I live so far away from my family (12 hours by car). I like to spoil my niece as much as possible! So I decided to make her a pair of socks. The best part is that her new little sister will be able to wear them when she is born!!!

The moma and baby monkey's together! I recommend this pattern for the Monkey socks because it SO easy! Once you get the hang of it, it goes so quickly! And the baby monkeys are also easy..

I have a good friend that I met at my last job and she is having a baby! She is only going to be able to have 1 baby and it happens to be a boy. She is really excited about having a baby and I decided I needed to do something special for the baby, so I'm making the log cabin blanket from Mason Dixon knitting. It's a great, easy pattern. I am making 6 squares with 3 colors each and alternating the colors. I will then sew them together and make a 6X3 blanket. It will be the perfect size for a new baby boy..

Here is a picture with a perspective to see how big it is.

The is square #3. It's been finished now, and #4 has been started!

I was in need of a new knitting bag and happened to be on Loopy Ewe, when I spotted the perfect bag. It's a Namaste laguna bag. I LOVE IT!! I have been wearing it everyday since I got it. It has space on each side for knitting and then regular purse stuff, then a zipper pocket in the middle for my wallet and other important stuff.

And my new Colinette Jitterbug just happens to be on top! These two colors are fantastic and I can't stop buying more Jitterbug! It's a fantastic yarn for socks :)

New afghan, mitered square, new yarn...

I'm so excited about my new yarn! I went to Michael's with my roommate on Friday because we were both off work. I was thinking of starting an afghan with some nice soft yarn and that would be easy to make. Well, little did I know that that Red Heart Soft Yarn would be on sale 2 for $5, so I loaded up my basket and made my way to the register. I got a few other things, another skein of grape yarn for my IHS and another treat (I'll show that later)...

I got two of each color for a really nice and super easy afghan.

I'm just using a pattern for a dishcloth that I found online and making it bigger. Instead of 45 stitches, I made it 74. I think I also saw this same type of afghan on another blog out there somewhere! It's going to be nice and subtle but it will go incredibly well with my new duvet from Pottery Barn. I can't wait to see it all together and on my bed!

Now a progress picture of my first square. It's almost done now with working on it at work, on the metro, and on the back porch at home...

Next is my first Mitered Sqaure from Mason Dixon Knitting. I just wanted to try it and see how it worked and what it would look like. I would eventually like to make a whole blanket, but I will start with my one square...

Next up is some awesome cotton yarn that I got from Wal-mart for some more dishcloths. I finally found Peaches and Cream Yarn there and I bought only 2 skeins.. They are so pretty!

So now, my surprise for my parents when they get here...

Now a bit a of a back story on this, my dad hurt his eye in February and was always saying how he was going to go to Arrrrrrby's for lunch. So we started calling him a pirate. Well, for Father's Day, I found a pirate book that I got for my dad, then my mom got him another one. So I decided that I would get three of these for me, my mom , and my dad when they get here on Friday! :o)

Okay, back to work, AKA knitting my afghan because it's super boring. And tonight, going back to Michael's and then Cracker Barrel for a nice "home cooked" meal. Just need some comfort food right now!

Oh, and I currently have a flat tire on my car. I know I'm so lucky. But also I got a flat like in March and never fixed it, so I have to get that fix-a-flat stuff and take it to the shop tomorrow, after my root canal... Haha, what a week already!!!