What was I thinking!!!

This week has been a very busy one--the bazaar started on Friday so we had to finish all the projects and set up our booth. Everyone has been a little frantic. I have been trying to finish all my knitting projects and also work on increasing my tatting skills, not to mention keeping up with work, etc. However in a moment of weakness I bought the new Vogue Knitting magazine and started a scarf (pattern #8) that is more than just a little challenging. I have started it and ripped it out three times and the pattern still eludes me. What was I thinking? Now is definitely not the time to start a project especially one requiring this level of concentration. I should probably save it for a quiet Sunday afternoon.

I finished another Susan Wittig Albert book "Lavendar Lies". (I really have been busy, it's just that I read while I eat and during commercials, etc.) This was another good book although I liked "Bloodroot" better. Lavendar Lies was more of a cozy mystery.

The bazaar was not as busy as we expected it to be and our sales were not as good. However we did learn a lot. The really big sellers were the dishcloths and I have orders for approximately 20 more. I did sell a couple of the lambs but the dog sweaters were a bust. We have two more bazaars lined up; one at the Congregational Church in two weeks and then one in Central Point two weeks later. We were warned that the economy was slow and sales down but it was still fun.

Life intervenes

On Sunday, August 3, my mother had a car accident. She totalled her Honda but fortunately she will be okay. She is in the hospital and eventually will have to have surgery on her heel. We are all thankful that she will be fine. Needless to say, my projects including my blog have taken a backseat for the last few days. We have been blessed.

I have been working on my dog sweaters. I realized the bazaar is only 10 weeks away and once the countdown begins, time seems to fly by. I am going to start a log of everything I have knitted and track the sales. I just hope everything sells!

So much for New Years Resolutions

As you can see, my New Years resolution to blog at least twice a week is a joke.

I finished all my knitting projects for Christmas and got them in the mail although they were a few days late.

We are going to be in a spring bazaar so have been working on the baby shoes by Debbie Bliss and the felted lambs. This is really exciting because it will be such a good opportunity for feedback.

I just finished reading Every Fixed Star by Jane Kirkpatrick and really enjoyed it. Her books are historical fiction based on factual events. They are special, at least to me, because she brings the characters and landscape to life. Even the horses and dogs become an integral part of the story. In this book I felt as if I could get in my car and drive to the area to visit the characters. The people were very real and, as it was set in Oregon, the scenery was easily imagined. I wanted to step in and help Marie search for her husband when he was lost.

I also Murder Walks the Plank by Carolyn Hart. This is another light mystery that was entertaining.

We are going to start making blankets to give in next year's Christmas baskets for children under the age of four. We have some quilters who want to participate with us knitters and crocheters so the project involves several ministry groups.

Christmas bazaar

I contacted the South Medford high school about a table for their Christmas bazaar. Last year's bazaar was cancelled and they are not sure if they will have one this year. We met last Thursday and several are working on projects for the bazaar so I will continue to look for a table in case we aren't able to have one at the church. There are several bazaars so I'm sure I will be able to get us into one IF we aren't at the church.

I am going to make felted lambs for the bazaar, they are a little more intricate but are too cute. One of the girls is making tatted crosses, tatting is too hard for me.