Thrift store snags

Went to the thrift store yesterday looking for some old candelabras to display my hats for a trade show in October. Didn't find any. But I did manage to snag 2 bags of wool. This bag cost me a $1.50. Three balls of white Boucle and a few odd bits.

And this bag cost me a $1.00.

 So the trip wasn't a total lost cause, but I still need some candelabras............argh!

New Facebook Page

Hi all, if you click the link for my facebook page and then like my page you will be entered to win a Crocheted flower beanie at the end of September. Your choice of size and color.  See what I'm making on my page. Thanks.

We are having a gorgeous September day here. There is a little chill in the air, but it was a great morning for  a 5km walk.

I love harvest time.

Went berrypicking a few days ago and got these. (Didn't have much time, had to go to work.)

The next day they became this!!!!

If anyone would like the Blueberry crumble recipe, let me know.

There's smoke from them fingers!!

15 Crocheted Flower Beanies in 3 days. The crochet hook is getting hot. Seems like everyone is looking for these little hats for back to school. The weather has been really nice the last couple of days, so I have sat outside before or after work and created these. The colors are as cheerful as the weather :-)

In between this I managed to do two ATC's for trade and a Mug Rug for a friend

This one is gone to Norway, Maine. I incorporated some needle punch in this one.

This one has found a home in Ottawa, ON

And this Mug Rug is gone to Paradise, NL.  I hope everyone enjoys their little treasures. I had fun making them.

RHGNL Rug Camp

The Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland and Labrador held it's 16th. Rug Camp at beautiful Kildevil Anglican Camp, Lomond in Gros Morne, NL. Look at the spectacular view we had of the Lomond River and the mountains on the other side.

There were 96 rug hookers in attendance at the camp and we had a marvelous time mingling, hooking, laughing.......

On Friday night we held a Fashion show and the participants had to dress as they did when they turned 16. There were participants there who turned 16 in the 1940's right up to the 1980's. The oldest lady was 83 years old. I wore the dress that I made for my high school graduation. Sorry I don't have a picture, I didn't get to take any at the Fashion show.

I did a course at the Rug Camp in Needle Punch. It was very interesting because we used a lot of novelty yarns in the piece and it gave a nice effect to it. We used an eyelash yarn and it looked like grass.

This is my piece, you work from the top, but the back becomes the right side of your work. Needle Punch is a lot faster than hooking. Here are some of the ladies in the class working on their pieces.

In the background you can see some of our instructor's (Liz Young) finished rugs. Beautiful work. Here are a couple of pictures closer up.

The last picture is similar to the piece that we were working on for our course.

And finally, my certificate. I passed my course and had a wonderful time.

This was my very first Rug Camp, but it will not be my last. Wonderful people, wonderful food and wonderful memories.

Now I have to gear up for the Rug Retreat on beautiful Woody Island, NL from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. Can't wait.

Avenue of Trees project

Sent off my square to Robyn today for the Avenue of Trees project in Cheongju, Korea.

Had it sent before I realized that I didn't take a picture. It was knit in a soft yellow wool with random leaves knit into it.  Robyn blogs at  http://myfairisle.blogspot.com/.

If I had found out about this project sooner, I would have done some more squares. Hopefully she will meet her goal of 1500 squares.

Tomato plants

I have 9 tomato plants growing in my sunroom. They would not survive outside in our weather for sure. The poor things would need knitted sweaters to keep out the damp chill, and a raincoat to boot!! Now that would be a pretty picture.

Here are some closeups. The first is a large variety tomato.

The next one is the cherry variety. One plant has 28 tomatoes on it so far.

And.................TADA!!!!!! my first harvested tomato. It was so sweet. I am super pumped that my tomatoes are doing so well.