After pulling out my Official Contest Bag,
I assigned numbers to the corresponding comments of the Thanksgiving post and put them all in the bag.
Luckily, I did not need a bigger bag.
Number 3 it is -
so Lisa R R from Toronto - you are the big winner!
I will not post a picture of the yarny goodness until she's received the package - don't want to spoil the surprise. So, Lisa, if you are on Ravelry, please PM me there - I'm stashhaus. If you're not on Ravelry,
Guild
Our guild had Franklin as the speaker this month to present a program on his interest in antique knitting patterns. And yes, we are a hardcore group. And yes, he was a hit.
And if I sound as if the evening was even a shade less than perfect, it is solely because the lovely Tom did not come along.
Franklin brought along the samples he's knitted from victorian-era patterns, including the famous nightcap. Sadly, I did not get a picture of him modeling it.
It looked a bit like this - but without the shawl.
There are few men on this planet who could look sexy in either a shawl or a nightcap. Franklin and Tom manage to do both.
On The Needles
DH's family picks names for Christmas and I picked my mother-in-law's name. On December 1st, in a completely delusional moment, I thought, "I'll knit her something for Christmas." I searched my patterns and searched my stash and came up with this -
Two Old Bags' Summer In Kansas, made out of Wool In The Woods Ballet in hunter green.
This pattern is knit from the neck down which means that each row is longer than the previous row.
I'm on row 115.
There are nearly 200 rows.
Plus the border.
If you do the math, I've managed around 10 rows a day.
But each row is taking longer and looonger to knit.
I think she'll get this for her birthday in July.
I'm feel quite virtuous as the yarn is from stash.
On the other hand, I'm not so
Traffic
Traffic in Smalltown, USA is just not the same as traffic in the city.
I haven't lived here long enough that I could tell you what this is - DH, who spent a couple of summers working on his uncle's farm, informed me it's used for one of the steps in harvesting hay.
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Ilove reading about Smalltown, USA. It reminds me of many happy years I spent living in rural Ohio. The school in the county seat had a designated day each spring when kids who had their parents' permission could drive their tractors to school. The local paper always did a big article with lots of pictures and we were all really excited the first time one of those kids was a girl.
What step of Hay harvesting would be going on at this time of the year? Dusting snow off the hay bales? :)
another smalltown treat: square dancing tractors at the county fair.
exciting about the shawl!! I love the color. As for that piece of equipment, never seen one. My grandpa was a wheat farmer so I know most of those, but since I can't see the front, I can only imagine what it is... :D
My DH informs me that's a self-propelled disc bine. It is apparently used for cutting hay and lays it spread out on the ground to dry.
Why that farmer's driving it down the road in Smallville in December, one can only wonder!
Jeanette
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