Vogue Live ~

How lucky to have Vogue Live in our area this weekend!  I met up with Marion and we worked the booth for the Seattle Knitters Guild in the afternoon and met lots of great knitters! Lots of stories and lots of knitted projects and lots of "what did you buy?"!  Sort of a big Yarn Yoga for our area!

The market place was fun, starting with this array of Cascade Yarns hanging from the upper deck. A rainbow of colors from black all the way to the lightest of creme.  They said that on Sunday when the show was done, they would cut the ribbons and we could grab the yarn as it fell....I'm sure it was pandemonium when this happened!!

There were great vendors and great displays - our favorite yarn store Serial Knitters was there, and our favorite Yarn Artist Susan Tidwell, plus Hazel Knits and Paradise Fibers...The Fiber Gallery...Soon I will tell you the very very special purchase that Marion and I made...here is a hint: We bought the LAST ONES!!!! (Stay tuned!)

Chicks on the move ~

We added eight lovely chicks to our farm menagerie this spring. So cute and small when we brought them home and put them in their little wagon in the garage. With their heat lamp and straw, they grow to be a bit bigger there until we can move then into their chick condo next to the chicken coup.

The chick condo boasts of shared water facilities with the hens, so they can meet and greet over drinks. They can visit but not go into the other area yet, but just a bit of acclimation for the older hens and the wee chicks.

We had a lovely day this weekend to move the chicks into their condo, and they seem to be getting along with the hens.  The hens are curious about the wee ones, and the wee ones are still running around with boundless energy...Spring is here!

Easter Crepes ~

One of my many blessings is a man that can cook. For Easter morning, he fixed us these amazing strawberry crepes with real whipped cream topping. (look how happy she is!)

They were amazing.  They were so amazing that we thought about not having Easter dinner, and just having more strawberry crepes....(except our neighbor is allergic to strawberries, and since their family was invited for Easter Dinner, we thought that might be bad manners....)

Here is our chef and my plate of yummy crepes!  Major Yum!!!

Heel Turn, finally ~

It seemed to take forever to get from the gusset to the heel turn with these socks. Perhaps because I have 4 other socks "on my needles" so it seems that I am always knitting and not getting to the heel turns.  I am here to report that I have heels on the yellow graduation socks and NOW I have heels on these "top o' the morning" socks too.

Knitting outside in the sunshine, and the greens on this sock flat are so beautiful!  At the end of the sock flat is the wild lime green... and I hope I will be knitting the top of the cuffs with that super color!  Perhaps they will be knee socks by then!

Track Rocks!

We had super weather for this track meet, no rain or snow today - Hurrah! My youngest track star ran the 1600 (one mile) and 3200 (two mile) and did really well in both races. (sadly, my oldest track star is still hurt but mending well...there will be news of her races later in the season)

Here is my youngest running with her Pack and they all ran so well!  I love track season, almost as much as cross country season!

Pagewood Farm Spring Yarn ~

I am happily amazed at how spring-like this yarn has turned out! Hurrah for Spring Colors!  Here in our region, it snowed two days after the First Day of Spring, and I know that many areas of the country still have a lot of snow...so many of us knitters and spinners are going for spring colors and hoping that spring will be here soon!

Here are two pictures of the skein in the sunshine. I think the picture on top looks more like the "real" skein, as there is a lot of pink in the lower picture, and that is not the case - although I love the look of both pictures!

I think the colors blended well and just a few spots where there was a bit of thick and thin spinning.  I am improving each spin and ply that I do.

Hurrah for another 179 yards of spring yarn! Hurrah!! Now I will have to search Ravelry for something great that takes 170 yards! (I put in the plyed bobbin picture too, as I think it looks darker on the bobbin, isn't that interesting?!)

Track begins ~

I would show you pictures of the first track meet on Thursday, but it was snowing....yes, snow and also hail and sleet, plus some regular rain.  I can tell you that the kids had goosebumps in their tank tops and shorts, yet were still super fast. 

 

These are pictures from Saturday's meet. A big invitational with lots of schools and tons of kids. Very exciting!

Much warmer, and the kids were also super fast.  Plus no goosebumps in their tank tops and shorts. Very excited that track has officially started. Spring much be coming soon, right?