Off to Scrabble while Transatlantic

Today I put up a new blog picture header from the view out my study window.  Fallish, autumnal colors and a pretty ash tree quickly losing its leaves.  The time to hunker down is coming closer.

But for the next few weeks, I will be in Spain and then across the ocean back to the Americas, landing in Ft. Lauderdale in mid November.  I will be checking in and posting pictures from Barcelona and the Canary Islands, along with a few pictures of Scrabble tournament play while aboard the Celebrity Equinox.

For now, I leave you with this picture of a cosmos seed that was planted in May and has grown and topped up at five feet, two inches.  An amazing feat since most of the cosmos plants were well under three feet in height.  We will be saving the seeds for next spring from this yellow mother plant to see if the new plants from this giant will reproduce tall plants also.

And the usual size of our cosmos plants:

(September, 2014)

Happy Fall and see you in a few days.

Crafting with the Lutherans

Tomorrow and Saturday the church ladies (and a few men helpers) will be involved in the

FALL BAZAAR HOSTED BY ALC WOMEN’S MINISTRIES

• October 17 – October 18, 2014
 
• 9:00 AM to 2 PM

LUNCH SERVED BOTH DAYS  11:00 AM TO 1:30 PM

EAT-IN OR TAKE-OUT AVAILABLE

HOMEMADE JAMS, BAKE SALE, LEFSE, HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, QUILTED ITEMS, GIFT BASKETS, EMBROIDERY AND MORE!

Friday hours are 9 AM to 2 PM      Saturday hours are 9 AM to 2 PM

Bazaar proceeds benefit ALC Women’s Ministries and local service organizations

Here are the knitted items I've knitted over the past couple of years and will donate to the bazaar to perhaps bring in a few dollars for the American Lutheran Church ministries:

The Elowen shawl on Ravelry:

and the Wilhelmina Shawlette on Ravelry, including a few color coordinated accessories:

This week I finished knitting the Norwegian Shawl by Sivia Harding, with yarn from Louet Gem merino fiber. This project took four weeks to knit.  There were very few problems in crafting this lace shawl; it was well written and the yarn was very well behaved. Generally, I wear shawls with the spined upper edge at the neck and the longer pieces wrapped around and, so the finished dimensions of 62 inches in length (29 inches in depth) will give adequate coverage to the neck, shoulder and front area.

Joining in with Fiber Arts Friday, Creative Friday at Natural Suburbia and Yarn Along for sharing.

Gene Goes Fishing