Mom's Birthday Ishbel
Ever since my m-i-l saw me knitting the Imbloc shawl two years ago, she's been "jokingly" asking when she might expect a shawl of her own. I decided that 2009 was to be the year! I finished this project about a month ago, but have been waiting to blog about it until after the gifting portion was completed. Here's my Ishbel from start to Mom - knitted in Wollmeise Pffefferminz Prinz.

Birthday Candles x2.....Make That 1

A Gathering of Knitters
On Saturday, Janice & I headed out of our mountains and a little north of here to Graves Mountain Lodge to meet up with some plurk/Ravelry/ Facebook knitting friends from other parts of Virginia and North Carolina. Here's what we saw as soon as we got out of the car.We met up with knitting friends, Lara, Summer, and Julie- even though we didn't know them, we recognized them by their hand-knits! We knitted for a bit, then were found

Finally Fall!
Well finally! This is more like it! Here are the fall colors that make our neck of the woods so lovely this time of year.Looking at that photo, it's easy to see where the inspiration for this stash additive came from-

Central Virginia Girls' Excursion
Even after several cool rainy nights, we're still waiting on the full crash of fall colors here in the Blue Ridge.Today was still cool & a little cloudy - a perfect knitting day. Several Central Virginia Girls met up near Lovingston to visit Marilyn's house and see her knitting shop. It was very nice to meet her!