Inside Out.................

Anytime,  I want to knit the least amount of purl stitches--

give me circular needles and a pattern that uses nothing but

knit stitches--and there I go!

But sometimes, you come across a pattern that can be turned inside

out--take this hat below--I looked at it and thought

"way too many purl stitches"  not going to do it!

Then my brain went into action (it does that every once in awhile)

and I figured out I could knit the hat inside out--more knit

than purl stitches.

The Making Headway Hat by Sarah Edmundson (Ravelry)

Well, low and behold--Sarah has given us instructions to knit the

hat Inside Out! along with the outside in--couldn't be any better

than than!

Inside--lot more purl but outside, mostly Knit stitches..

perfect knitting for movie watching!

I'm using stash yarn that is silk/cotton handspun--never could

find a pattern that would work with this ball, so here

we have a nice Inside Out Hat!

This is the inside (if you want to knit, knit)

And this is the outside--either way you knit--you

get a great hat to wear!

Road to Thanksgiving.................

Every November we 

 give thanks each day of the month.  

Of course, we should do this every day of the year,

but November is a special time

Thanksgiving day is family time.

Truly a day of special riches we enjoy 

with each other!

This year the pumpkin of thanksgiving

was begun October 31!

This year as we set out pumpkins as decorations,

one was set aside to use as a 'thanksgiving' pumpkin

Thanks doesn't need to be interesting, outstanding

or unusual--being thankful for each day is a 

blessing!

What will you be thankful for each and every day?

Road Trip!!!!

October 31 might be Halloween but we are road tripping to West Texas for the International Chili Cook-off, held in Terlingua, Texas near Big Bend.

52nd Annual CASI
​Terlingua ​International
​Chili Championship
​Oct 31 - Nov 3  2018

Three nights of great music
Five of the World's Largest Food Contest
(chili, traditional salsa, non-traditional salsa, buffalo hot wings, beans)

We're not cooking chili, making salsa, beans or buffalo hot wings--we are there as volunteers to judge a few competitions, listen to some good music, see the sights and enjoy the cool Texas mountains!

More information on our travels upcoming...........................

My Latest Reading List

I just couldn't resist!  We went to Costco today and while

there, I thought I'll just pop by the book table-

certainly can't do any harm......

no harm, no foul! Books in my basket for checkout!

I'm ready for any bad weather day, a lazy day, a cool day or just a reading day!

David Limbaugh with "Jesus is Risen: Paul and the Early Church"

a book about the birth of Christianity as it uses Book of Acts and six

New Testament epistles for the author's guide.

Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard take us to the "Killing of The

Third Reich"--all of their Killing books are outstanding reads.

And this one will be more so for me, as I have visited some

of the horrific sites in Germany that Hitler ruled.

John Sandford gives us another one of his Virgil Flowers novels--

although, I'm not a real big fan of Virgil, I enjoy reading

all of Sandford's stories--"Holy Ghost"

An author that I've been waiting for gives us

"Bridge of Clay".  Markus Zusak wrote "The Book Thief"

a wonderful read!  I'm looking forward to turning the pages

of this one.

This book had been sitting on my nightstand for awhile--

I picked it up last night to begin and I really didn't want

to put it down!  Why hadn't I begun it before--sad I didn't;

a good read about the young women and those who couldn't

go to battle but helped win WWII

Whatever you are reading, It's a good thing!!

Countdown to Christmas!!

Are you a Hallmark Christmas movie junkie much as I am?

My family moans alot when I say it's time to DVR the latest

list of Hallmark Channel movies--but, sometimes, they'll 

sit and watch with me or sometimes, you can see them

watching out of one eye...

I don't care--this is a great time of the year--preparation for

the greatest holiday of all times--

the coming of Christmas season!

I can sit, knit, stitch, spin and maybe shed a tear or two,

but can bet the movie will end happily ever after--

nothing better than that!

First movie begins tonight--My DVR is set!! Is yours!

Sew Goodness!

 Diary of a Quilter hosts 

A blog that will give you insight into opportunities to sew with

your heart and hands for charities:  Since this is Breast Cancer 

Awareness month, she is giving you several different patterns

that would be useful for those facing breast surgeries.

Breast Cancer Awareness is just not reserved for October--

it goes to every month, every week, every day of the year!

The website lists several projects for each month of the year.

October is the month to sew these heart pillows that can

be useful for those undergoing chemo-check out other

opportunities to sew--

Day of the Weavers

It was a cool rainy Tuesday when I gathered my 'show and tell' and headed to our weavers' study group--well, it's rather a group discussing everything from daily life, our summer adventures, weaving techniques and other sundry items of topic that needs to be aired.................

What do you do when you're laid up with a broken leg and

can't get to your big loom?  You can still weave, according to Penny,

who had just that situation this summer.

She and her partner in crime, Peggy, hosted a Cricket weaving workshop.

Penny could warp as she sat in her wheel chair and warp she did--

putting lovely warp on ten different crickets for her class.

The students got the weaving knack down but didn't

have time in their class to finish so Penny/Peggy gathered up

the looms and Penny finished each warp to return the

scarves to the weaver at a later time.

She brought along for show and tell these scarves--

each a delight with their novelty yarn warp and weft

all completed and warp tied neatly into fringe

I'm thinking--these recipents are going to be 

thrilled with their project and go on to future

Cricket weavings

Each one of the ten scarves felt soft and fuzzy--something

you would love to wrap around your neck

Penny finally lost her boot and wheel chair to return to her

big loom and began with this weaving project

The pattern is pinwheels but to my eye it looks like

rick rack--doesn't matter--just great weaving ability--

warp and weft is cottolin yarn

Look closely--Marion chose to use linen for her

weaving--she did her 'tree' pattern with revisions--

really shimmered in the light

Ahh, a tartan--a Texas tartan!!

This is the bluebonnet tartan

from this book of District Tartans

Connie was working on her latest shibori piece for the

upcoming guild sale--she had linen with resist areas

and she stitching over the white areas to give this

piece additional depth--she'll pull up the threads

and dye in another indigo bath

Connie thinking holidays with her cotton rug mat

What a fun way to invite your guests into the room!

Each weaver gathering is a delight--always something to

learn anew and an outlet to share your thoughts and experience