Warning Grandma - Don't look until after Christmas

I'm taking a risk here posting a picture of grandma's finished Christmas present but it's the only thing I've finished lately. It is the Branching Out scarf pattern from the fall issue of Knitty (I think). I used #8 needles and I can't really remember what brand of Kid Mohair. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out except I'm not really sure about the color....for me I would love it but I'm not sure about grandma. I guess we'll see. I'm leaving for Cleveland this Saturday and won't return until the following Saturday.

Fresh start

Well I quit my job yesterday. Yep, as of January 16th I will be working at the Thirteen Mile Farm with Becky Weed and her husband Dave Tyler. I took this picture from their website. Hope they don't mind. I'm so so excited. It is an amazing sheep ranch near Belgrade, Montana. I will be working in the wool mill with Becky producing batts, roving, and yarn for fiber artists. Check out their website here.

Hi Grandma!!!

That's my grandma. Isn't she beautiful? Hi Grandma! I'm so excited that you are reading this and you can see all things I am making. I'm making you something special for Christmas that I haven't posted here yet so it will be a surprise.....

Do I like this?

I came across this pattern while mindlessly surfing the internet yesterday and immediately printed it out so sure that I was in love and going to start in at the first opportunity. Then I had doubts. What the heck would I wear this with and where and why. I don't dress like this and what is with those crazy pointy cap sleeves. I took it home and put it before the review board over dinner (Molly, Chris, Ryan) and none of them were wildly optimistic. Pooh. What do you think?

Holy crap its cold

Negative 20. That's our predicted low for the day. Current temperature..2 degrees. No windchill here folks and that's Fahrenheit degrees. That's what you will read on the thermometer. Made for quite a chilly ride this morning.

Craft fair part 2 went well as far as I can tell. Molly and I picked up the remainder of our stash from the Dry Creek School and it seems to have been whittled down a bit. Our goods currently reside out at the Thirteen Mile Farm where we worked this weekend at the annual Mill Sale. It was a very very interesting weekend which I can't expound upon for fear letting some things out of the bag prematurely. Gahhh. I'm overly excited.

Craft Fair-Part 2

The one benefit of us having a booth at the holiday festival last week was that we made a few fiber/craft show contacts and it just so happens there is another holiday market this weekend in Belgrade. So I will be hauling all the leftovers out to the Dry Creek School this afternoon. I only added one skein of yarn to the supply this week but it is so lovely and I'm so proud I hate to part with it. We're calling this one Royalty.

Holy Snow

I just couldn't capture the amount of snow we've got going around here. This picture doesn't even do justice. I'd guess we have 2+ feet here in town. The road department doesn't even seem to be able to address the side streets with the snow plow and you see out here we don't believe in salt on the streets just a healthy dose of sand/gravel. Which may explain why so many around here are driving around with cracked windshields and why on a regular basis I get sales calls from the windshield repair guys asking if I have any chips they can repair.