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In less than a week SOAR will start right here in New Hampshire and I will be working as a vendor Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I am so excited!!
There are still a few classes open and of course the Market Place is open to the public, so come on up or down, visit and say hello!
Pattern: Rene
Yarn: Woolen Rabbit Grace
Colorway: Scottish Heather
(no...I did not make this stunning sweater...the talented designer did)
A number of years ago....at least 5 if not more, I had the good fortune of meeting an up and coming Pattern Designer, Anne Hanson, at the NETA Spa weekend. We spent some time chatting at the booth where I was vending and then more time later when the vending part of the weekend was over and I was able to sit, spin and enjoy the company of friends.
Over the course of the weekend, I realized Anne was a kindred spirit and therefore a lasting friendship began....it has been a continuing source of joy in my life.
While Anne was visiting in my booth, she purchased some "man colored" yarns and mentioned how much her husband enjoyed hand knit socks. Well, as a dyer, not every colorway comes out as you envision, so I used to send those skeins to Anne for her husband,David, instead of tossng them into the never to be seen bin again. This was long enough ago before I even sold yarn on-line, so I never thought much about it other than I hoped it would make she and David smile. Back in those early days I actually had extra time in my life to look at my blog stats to see where hits were coming from and every now and then my stats would go absolutely crazy and I couldn't understand why until I looked a little closer....
This I think was the first....Teosinte Socks
next... these scrumptious lovelies.....
Tesserae....still one of my most favorite socks to knit
...and the beeutiful Marie Antoinette's that I begged Anne to design...because as you know, I have this small love affair with the little sister bees. :-)
This one was very exciting for both of us when it made it into the Twist Collective line up...."Leaving". The beeutiful Birch Beer colorway came into existence from a picture of a dyeing hosta that Anne sent to me and to date it is still my best selling colorway. Those hostas left a beautiful parting gift. :-)
As the years have gone by, Anne and I have worked together on a number of various projects and they have always been so much fun because as I mentioned before we are kindred spirits and usually tend to think on the same lines when it comes to color and patterns. More important than all of the yarn and patterns however is the friendship that has been forged over these years.
Yes...a sister of the hive....thank you Anne! :-)
It's been a busy time here in the Woolen Rabbit household. Planning and keeping Ashley's bridal shower a surprise has been a big part of the busy around here.We actually had planned to have her shower almost a month ago, but a girl named "Irene" had different ideas...aggh! I can't tell you how I labored over do we cancel or do we have it, but in the end concerns for everyone's safety won out and thank goodness it did because Irene certainly left her mark on the North Country up here.
So...Sunday was the big day. Ashley knew she was having a shower, she just didn't know when. I am sure that she was starting to wonder if it really was going to happen. She says she was totally surprised, but hmm...she was a bit dressed up. I guess she figured that every weekend until the wedding she should not go out in her usual flannel shirt and jeans...LOL
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My oldest daughter Stacey did most of the planning, which included a few fun games. This one is a question form that Stacey had Brian fill out and then Ashley had to guess the answers. For every incorrect answer, Ashley had to eat a big piece of bubblegum.
Oh~oh.....there was a LOT of gum in that little mouth...just sayin'
A look of panic as she unwrapped a box from Victoria Secret. She looked over at Brian's mom and said...."Don't look"..haha! Brian's Mom got a good chuckle as did we all from that.
Why of course......the naughty nighty, which Stacey gave to her. It was very pretty....what very little there was of it. ;-)
We played a few more games, had a lovely luncheon and oohed and aahed over the lovely gifts that she received, but I think the part that Ashley loved the most was being surrounded by so many of the women friends and family that she loves....her own community of "sister bees".
The strongest and sweetest songs
yet remain to be sung...
~Walt Whitman
Stay tuned for the second part next month....It's going to be a fun wedding for sure!
