Hi there,

I'm so sorry I haven't posted to this blog in SO long.  I have LOTS of excuses:

• My husband has been recovering from a torn achilles tendon, and then LOTS of complications from that.
• I got a work-at-home part-time job, so it's been a challenge trying to squeeze and extra 20 hours out of my week.
• I've been writing reviews for theTOS Homeschool Crew on my other blog, and that has kept me very busy in all that extra time.
• My camera will not allow me to download to my computer anymore.  So when I want to share something with you, I have to take the camera to the drug store and have my pictures put on disc.

So, all that being said, here's what I want to show you today:

This was my hat contest hat for the Knitter's Day Out gathering at the end of September.  My best girlfriend, A.K.A.  bff, and I have been going to this knitter's gathering for the past 3 years.  We shop for yarn and accessories until we drop and take classes to learn new techniques.  This year we learned entrelac and toe-up socks.  Each year, part of the entry fee is donating a hat to the caps for kids charity.  It is optional to enter a hat into the contest.  Last year, I won with my pumpkin hat.  This year I entered the hat above.  Truthfully, I don't like it.  I knitted a basic cap, then crocheted and knitted different flower patterns that I found on the Lion Brand website.  Just go to www.lionbrand.com and type "flower of the week" in the search box.

I used scrap yarn to make the different flowers and a micro-fiber yarn to make the hat.  I love the feel of the microfiber yarn, but working with it is difficult, especially when you crochet, because the yarn splits into tiny threads when being worked. 

Well, my hat didn't win...but my BFF and I won the raffle and we split $100 to spend in the yarn market!!!  I got a kit so that the boys and I can dye some sock yarn with Kool-Aid, and a kit to make felted clogs.  Before that I got a kit called the "lulu shawl."  I bought it just for the name!

If there's a yarn gathering near you, find a bff and go.  I'm already looking forward to next year.  Here's a tip:  I put all my change into a jar or piggy bank all year and that's the money I used to buy yarn in the yarn market.  If I hadn't won the raffle, I still would have had plenty to spend.  I got some lovely, and unnecessary things, but felt really treated at the end of the day.

So, shop around and find a gathering for you to go to and feed your need for yarn!

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