Meanwhile back in the year One --- when you belonged to no-one ---

Yes, the ancient addiction returns..
Before WOW there was
Barren Realms Elite!!!

Sometimes older is better...

Speaking of "Older"......














Can we say "Gopher"?
Knew you could....

An echo of a distant time, Comes willowing across the sand

Oh, our run was extended until October 8th
come down to Cohoes to Beauknits
to see our stuff.....


Notso glare filled now with the October overcast....


I am still so jazzed that Barb thought we were worthy...

And the words they say, Which we wont understand

One final note before the month is over (doubtful I'll get to post tomorrow)
Harriet and I were chosen to be "Fiber Artists of the Month" for the month of September..
at Beauknits in Cohoes

Yeah I know, I am a little late for the party.. but there were lots of things going on
including finishing my RED Irish Hiking Scarf.

But here are two window shots.


Sorry, taken when glare was at it's worst!

BTW, there is an offer to buy Harriet's green hand-spun that's on the right side of the pic..

Cool...

Far away, across the fields

Oh a Two-fer, you say

Some projects I am working on.

Luscious Lace Scarf

Which started life like this











and now now looks like this...
























A completely unintended color pattern
that's working it's way across the vertical
pattern....

I mean just look at it!!!

























I am liking the result...

Oh I finally turned the heals of those damned socks
















They became "those damned socks" sometime
in the second month of working on them...

Why did no-one tell me that zero size needles take
forever!!!!????

When at last the work is done....

I have been a very bad blogger. I have dropped down to two posts
or less during the summer.
I have not been resting, I have been busy.. First up..
We ventured (my wife Harriet and I) out to Altamont Fair
and made a bee line to the sheep shed.















While we were there, I got to photograph some
ribbon winning crafts and a spinning competition.




















Spinning with a spindle




















I have to say, I STILL can't
spin with a spindle.. maybe I don't have the touch
for it..

But we can't leave the fairgrounds
until we meet up with friends
and get some FAIR FOOD...



















Deadly to Harriet, FRIED DOUGH
oooh look at that sugary glutenous mass!!!

I also have to look up to the Heldebergs..















Did I forget to mention, the fair always falls on
the HOTTEST days of the year?

No matter... the next day we got to
hang out at my Sister In Law Susan's house...

The Twins were there...

The soon to be Harvard Grad Allison and I
















The soon to be Vassar grad Matt...



















We don't get to see those two often enough!

The Blogless Father In Law, Lester..
with Claire















It was a great weekend.

Stay tuned, next post for Knitting content.

But only if you'll ride the tide

The second post of August. I had best show you all what's on the needles, yes?
Lets start with the newest project first. Around the beginning of June,
I finished a few things.

This for instance















I had to go hunting for a pattern so it lay dormant

The roving, merino of course,
was from Carolyn of SeeKay Crafts
I just loved spinning it.

So much later I found a pattern
and cast on

Now it looks like this......















Carolyn, thanks for your colorway of "Spring Green"
this is what it looks like knitted.

Another thing on the needles since June
is this pair of simple socks.















Which are cleverly stashed in a "Harley Flames"
box knitting bag by JessaLu Stitches.

Yes, real men, knit, spin and carry project bags.

And the red scarf is still coming along, I was
hoping to have the first one done by Sept 1st..

Not happening...

Btw, get out there and hike the trails these last
few weekends of summer, but with this
study, be prepared to go in circles

August, Die she must....

I don't know what happened here, turn my back and
July is out the window. Summer is coming to an end
in the North-Country and I want to deny it. Even today,
Nature is giving it her best at a forecast high today of 91
degrees F (33 c)

Meanwhile, that cranky old laptop of mine has again given up
the ghost. The charging light would not come on even
with the power tip being wiggled.

You may have seen it before, here, acting as a background for
some of my knitting.



So out came the implements of
destruction.
Screwdriver, reading glasses,
soldering iron
solder and a flat surface.....


Through the magic of the internet, we will speed an
half an hour by. We are left with this....

You can barely see
the red circle around
the part I had to solder
to make the laptop
come back to life.


I had previously replaced the power socket so
I just hoped solder would fix the problem
......
It did.

Meanwhile, I cast on Luscious Lace Scarf by Knitting Pixie
I promise pics will follow, as soon I can get past the
idea of actually knitting two together through the
back of the stitch.

Computer Mechanic