Sorry to look so grim! These self-portraits are difficult to take well! lol But I think it shows the cap pretty good. And I can see out! My pretty felt red hat gives me a headache because it has such a low brim that I’m always straining to peer out from under it. This cap is going to work great! Thanks to all who helped in the search for a pattern!

My LYS, Websters in Ashland, doles out yarn for a Charity Bear knitting for a local childrens hospital. I didn’t knit mine, of course. They’re woven and felted. This dark maroon color doesn’t photgraph very well but “Mom and the babies are pretty derned cute”, she said! lol I’ll get them boxed up and in the mail tomorrow to be sure they make the deadline. I don’t know when I’ll get up there next. And it depends on the weather a lot of times since there are three possibly snowy passes betwixt us.
I’ve been a busy gal. One FO on the Xmas list and another almost done. Both woven, one with a bit of knitting to finish.
Sposed to get down into the 20’s tonight. Looks like it will, too. Sis says it was at her place last night. We did hit 29.6 just before dawn but I think it’ll be sooner tonight.
Y’all stay warm! 😀

My Red Hat for November had to sport a turkey in a purple shirt, but in place of it’s red had I gave it a bridal veil on a red band in honor of a member who is getting married Saturday. We had lunch with members of a couple other clubs and had a movie in the theater just for us. We saw Polar Express and it’s great. You don’t want to wait for the video on this one… that train ride would not be the same thing without the Big Screen! Tom Hanks has done it again.
So then I did grocery shopping and home in time to make dinner for Grandmother and I and wave bye to Randy who is off to Lions.
Arehn’t we a busy social bunch today! lol

I wish I could show this picture “life sized”. Yeah, that’s Cori returning the tennis ball, but the real neat thing here is that the whole driveway as far as you can see is thickly carpeted with those caramel colored oak leaves. The colors in the yard are so beautiful. In June I think that spring is the prettiest season, but in November the colors make spring look milky and washed out. Autumn colors are so Strong and Positive saying, “We may be on the way out but you won’t forget us or see anything to compare until we come back!” The colors even here in the West light up our eyes even when it’s wet and foggy and grey. Well, it isn’t that today. The sun is shining and the sky is blue. Hope you’re all staying warm! 😀

The ample knitter’s have had a thread about sneaking yarn into the house because of family objections to stash. I don’t have to do that and here a bit of proof. Randy came home today with a surprise for me. He’d been in the Goodwill and made a “haul”! He paid $20 for all this yarn. There’s one big grocery bag filled with “denim”, it’s acrylic, I haven’t looked to see what brand yet, and the other bags are bigger than 5 gallon buckets. There’s wool and mo and all sorts of man-made fibers. It’s going to take some time just to see what’s there! And then a place to put it until I can use it up. I don’t think I can keep up with his yarn buying at this rate!

Went out this morning and saw the sun shining thought the yellow tops of the cottonwoods. This picture doesn’t show how brightly they were glowing, really and the sickle of moon hanging above. Had to run get the camera.
Well, Rosy and I are having a fiber day today and …maybe… I’ll have something to show here tomorrow! lol
Hope your autumn is as beautiful as it is here.

Not much has been happening lately but thought I should post anyway so here is a view of my winter window. The plants take up most of the space. I had to tie the ‘string of hearts’ into a knot to keep it off the floor and away from Randy’s feet when he’s sitting here at the computer (that white is the corner of the monitor). The Coleman is still hanging there. He did put it away this spring but had to get it out again, the power’s been going off frequently this summer. It was out for some time during the night, probably a tree down, as the wind has been blowing gustily for two days now. The widow glass is etched by the aluminum frames, we’re replacing them in the spring. He’s talking about french doors, but I think we should stay with the widows… where else am I going to put the plants in the winter! That pile of bags are my in-progress projects. The brown bag holds the Teddy bears I’m weaving for a charity thing. The green one is my on-going Diamond Patch sweater, the blue is the knitting needles, the circulars and double points, and I think there’s some woven mitten experiments in the print bag. I’m working on weaving a poncho and one other Xmas present that I can’t talk about here just yet! Well, this is long winded! 😛 Sis is coming down today and we’re going to town tomorrow to visit Pop then spend the weekend doing ‘fiber’ projects and visiting.
Hope you are all enjoying some of this fine November sunshine!
😀

Laticia sent this photo of the poncho she wove using the 3′ tri Randy made for her. She is weaving alpaca for the breeder who was impressed with her work at a recent show. Looks like she is going to have lots of business. She does beautifyul work, as you can see. I love when weavers share with me what they are making with their looms. 🙂 It’s so nice to see that the looms really are being used and not sitting in the closet where so many fiber “toys” end up. There’s more pictures on the gallery page of the webpage at http://www.hazelroselooms.com if you’d like a peek.

We had a sprinkling of snow on the lawns and roofs this morning… an Evil Warning of what’s to come! :angry:
Oh yes… I seem to have reached that stage of life when I love a bit of snow on Christmas morning and the rest of the time I love it on the mountain tops!:D
And, of course, the wood shed is not full, the leaves have not been raked (most are still on the trees!) and there’s still the hoses to put away and the stuff on the patio to put up. Some planters have to be moved… Winter’s a lot easier in the Souf’lan… or so I think until I remember the cleaning up after hurricanes. That makes snow a bit more tolerable! lol 😛 I think I’ll go sit by the fire and weave a bit…. Stay warm!:)

We drove over to Etna and had lunch at the Etna Brewery. A very good lunch, too. Then we hiked up the main street en masse to the Drugstore, gift shoppe, and old fashioned soda fountain where the proprietor wanted our picture to display behind his fountain. He was obliging enough to click all our cameras for us :laugh: After that we visited a couple of “junk stores” and found some treasures, then went back and toured the brewery, learning how they make beer, and came on home. My car mate and I waved to our husbands somewhere on the hiway home. They were on their way to Happy Camp for Lion’s club exchange visit. A big social day for the whole family! lol