My version of Jana’s Loom Bloom done on the Tiny Weaver Square loom. I think it turned out just as cute as hers! I’m going to make several to make a large corsage to wear at the Red Hat Christmas party. It’s easy to do, all you have to do is run a gather stitch both ways through the center of the square to gather it toward the center. It takes two colored ones and one green one for the leaves. Work french knots for the center or sew beads there, put a pin back or safety pin on behind and there you are! 😀

About the only time Cori is a lap dog is when the coyotes are singing. I don’t always hear them but she never misses. She’ll growl and run for ‘daddy’s’ lap. Last week when Rosy was here she got the lap dog! It’s the chair furthest from the door. lol Jack, the outside dog, dosen’t worry about them. Well, he’s Rhodesian Ridgeback and St. Barnard and sleeps in his dog house in the wood shed. He does get excited about the bear when that one comes around. The cats are safe indoors this time of year. But they make a cute couple, don’t they?! :laugh:

😀 Well, This set took second prize in the large projects part of the lace knitting contest and that got me $50 worth of Goodies Unlimited ( http://www.goodiesunlimited.com )which I think a pretty good deal. That is my life-sized baby doll wearing the hat and sweater I made in the Shetland lace workshop. It was fun and I learned a lot. I learned, mostly, that I CAN do lace! 🙂 Now I’m racing to get my Far East Peacock Bolero finished in time for the Red Hat Champagne Brunch Christmas party. But I’ve got a feeling that I’m not going to make it. 😦 Oh well… at least it’ll be done by next Christmas. 🙄

We are getting back on schedule after the funeral and family and should have all the present loom orders ready to ship by Monday. Randy says he’s got a few ahead now, too. We’re being told that there’s another storm coming in next weekend… we’ll see. We all know how good they are at long range prediction! lol But it will give him more shop time, if so. That’s always good! 😛

Not the first snow but the first one that’s likely to stay around. I forgot to bring in my socks last night and it looks like they’ll be dripping behind the wood stove today! Well, Elsie (sister from Florida), do you still want tro stay in a tent in the yard? 😉

Washing a fleece in the washing machine is supposed to be soak and spin, but if you don’t pay attention you get full cycle and a big felted boa! So then what? Darned if I was going to toss half a fleece, but these things will lead to INSPIRATION! 💡
Carefully washed the other half and spun it up worsted weight and wove 4 14″ triangles which I then made into a poncho. I single crocheted my way around the boa and crocheted it to the triangles. Added the beads and feathers and… well there it is! Jessica pronounced it “Cool” and I have to say, it looks good on her. It might look good on a Mountain Man, too! I’m ashamed to admit it :blush: but I have two more “boas” in my stash! :laugh:

This poncho is up on ebay now, if anyone likes it better than i do!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5451631595

Well, it’s probably not Smokey. I expect it’s SPI (Sierra Pacific Industries) doing “controlled burns”. Hopefully. We’ve had a good rain so the woods are wet but that doesn’t keep things from smelling like smoke. Well, at least it smells better than my neighbors trash pile earlier this week! 😦 But it made quite a dramatic picture. That’s Coffee Creek in front looking south toward the East Fork, for those of you familiar with our neck of the woods.
It got down to 31 degrees last night but was sunny and bright today. No snow in sight so it looks like it’s going to be a dry Thanksgiving. Maybe we’ll get the leaves raked! 😛

The sign there says “Scott Mt. Summit, elevation 5401”. Took this on my way home today and I want to thank the boys from both Trinity and Skiskyou county CalTrans for getting out early this morning so that I could get home today after yesterday and last night’s snow storms! There’s 2′ up there according to the gauge. I spent a couple of extra days at Sis’s because of that storm. But I got new tires, new shoes, new windshield wipers, and a stash of groceries, so it was worth the wait! Had a nice visit with Sis, too, but if any of you find your emails to me bouncing, please try again. I hadn’t planned to be gone so long or I would have had Himself download stuff.
But he missed me. Said he was tired of trying to think of something for dinner. 🙄 That’s True Love, isn’t it?! lol

Denise cracked us all up with her stories of Stash Acquisition. :laugh: All told with a straight face! lol She did a Wonderful Job of organizing our retreat and I’m certainly grateful for her hard work, as I’m sure we all were. There were about 30 of us, I think, so we’re looking at finding larger quarters for next year.

Our first ampleknitter’s retreat was great fun! We met friends we “know” from the list and some that we’d met before, we learned new stuff (Here we’re working on our shadow knitting dishcloths which Jardee W. was teaching us.) We also raided all the local yarn shops within reach, admired each others knitting, ate, drank, and had a heck of a merry time! I am already looking forward to next year! 🙂