New Hamphire CGOA Chain Link Conference

From our hotel window you can see the hilly landscape. Manchester is very pretty city. Our flight was only 45 minutes out of the PHL airport and the Hotel shuttle was great.

I am still unpacking my yarn from the CGOA and TKGA Summer Confernce in Manchester, NH. I especially fell in love with free form knitting and needle felting. Colleen Davis' class "Give it up for Free Form" really inspired me to think out side the sweater and scarfs. Now for those of you in the know, and you know who you are, I did not know a thing about short rows. EEEKKKK!.

No sweat...Ms. Davis gave a quick demo and we were off and running. So if you are tired of the same old thing, try it out. Hey, its a great way to use up stash and create a one of a kind masterpiece. I bought Magaret Hubert's Freeform Crochet DVD and booklet. Sadly, I have not had the time to watch it. Looking at some of her pieces really makes me want to give it a spin.

I did buy a couple of needle felting kits from a place called Decedent Fibers. They were so much to make while listen to my audio book of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Here is a pumpkin stared with just the roving added.



Tooo, cute! Here are two of my pumpkins completed. I loved the kit. There was enough wool batting and colored roving to complete three pumpkins the size of diner plates. Needle felting is like sculpting but with wool. Ahhhhhh, I have a new love.

2008 Red Scarf Project.

Three times a year the Orphan Foundation sends out care packages to OFA students in college. These packages bring them the support that they need to move forward and graduate.

Due to the overwhelming response that they received this year the OFA has had to set an earlier date for submissions to their RED SCARF PROJECT. The following information is from their site.

Submission dates for the next Red Scarf Initiative have been changed to September 1 through October 15, 2007. This will enable OFA to send out the scarves by early winter (when they will do the most good).
Our goal this year is to take in around 7,000 scarves. Donors are requested to send in no more than five scarves to:
Orphan Foundation of America Attn: Red Scarf Project21351 Gentry Drive, Suite 130Sterling, VA 20191
Stay tuned for further details, and be sure to check out the Now Norma Knits blog, written by one of our most committed supporters, to get a great take on the Red Scarf Project.

Need a scarf pattern? Try this one from Anne K. "The Sewing Geek".