Piano keys from my kiln

If only I had a bigger kiln I could do all 88 of them!

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe Spookiest Sale of the Year

Happy Halloween!
Friday and Saturday are the last 2 days of our
Very Spooky Sale!~~~ Find out what YOUR discount is!
Each one is Different. Scary isn't it?

Bring the kids with you - we have treats for them!
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We have brand new solid colors in of LANA GROSSA Sock yarns.
As well as many new and exciting beautiful ribbon yarns

just perfect for the holidays.
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Are you an avid lace knitter? Do you want an easier way

to do your entrelac designs?
We have THE workshop for you....NOV. 13th 1:00 $10.00

No material purchase required.
Bring your yarns and needles

Knitting in Both directions without Turning your work.

See your pattern easier, find errors quickly-save hrs of unnecessary frogging.
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We will be running the ever popular

Finishing Techniques workshop once again.
NOV. 20th 1:00 $10.00

Homework required

Workshops are limited to 10 people per class so please sign up early.

Don't foget to get your ticket for the drawing to be held on November 20th!

It's our Anniversary and to celebrate our 8th year--we are giving away of set of

ADDI NATURA CLICKS

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
4909 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23692


757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

South East Virginia's Largest Retail Yarn Shop
More Yarns~~~Better Prices !

Lapdog Creations: REVIEW: Knitting at Home: 60 Classics from Ella Ra...

Lapdog Creations: REVIEW: Knitting at Home: 60 Classics from Ella Ra...: "Knitting at Home: 60 Classics from Ella Rae Designs by Leanne Prouse Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Sixth&Spring Books (October 5, 2010) ..."

Come get your pumpkins & black cats!

Nancy and I will be at St. Christopher's in Richmond Va this Saturday for their fall marketplace. Look for our sign TG Designs, LLC. Here are some of our Halloween fun pieces.

Montpelier Report (finally!)

I finally did a report on Montpelier on my blog.

Fall Festivals - Montpelier

Well, I want to go to Montpelier, but I don't think my personal life is going to let me.  So, ladies, please do this:  please post here so that Olivia and I can live vicariously - and pics too please! 

I wanted to go to Shenandoah last weekend but depended on Chan for a report ... if you went, please post something here, alright?

Montpelier Fiber Festival

Who is going? I'll probably be attending on Sunday, but I am open to a change...I'd be glad to carpool with anyone coming this way.

With all the grandbabies things are quite busy. I know I have been neglecting posting. I have been knitting, knitting, knitting. I have two Rose of England Teacloths ongoing in lace weight....Lots of little Mary Janes and I have developed a cute little Saddle Oxford/ Athletic Shoe pattern for the boys...and I have two ripple baby blankets ongoing for psuedo grands ( ie: babies of children that have been like my children..)

Bryer is still with me about 12 hours a day. She is almost two and quite "independent"...Used to be when she climbed out of her crib she came looking for me. Now she wants to know where I not so she can get into something she isn't supposed to....By the time she goes home all I am good for is a little Farmville and off to bed to knit. The house is a wreck.

Miss Caroline Grace came early, 9-11-10, which would have been my father's 100th birthday and it looks like Marissa Elizabeth will be here any day now. They actually made a "trial run" to the hospital this morning....We are triple booked this weekend...with the "beauty queens" going to the fair. Hannah is having a housewarming/birthday/pig roast complements of their landlors and Thomas and his friend Joel...and FC's 45th highschool reunion....so my bet is Marissa will plan to arrive then....oh and Boston College/VA Tech at 12:00.

Caroline picked to come during the VA Tech/JMU game...Bless her...Not that I wanted to sit in the pouring rain while we got our hineys beat or the joyous ride home with my guys...My son did give me a blow by blow update on his "computer" phone...until I told him " if he could not say anything nice, not to say anything at all...Apparently after that nothing nice happened.

Please remember this is not my site, but your site...Please feel free to post about what you are working on.... what you want to work on... and.....what is going on fiber wise in your area...

... and vendors and guilds we WANT to know about your workshops classes and sales...

Out of the kiln - for all those VA Techies out there

This is a great tray - just took it out of the kiln.

RCK Market Faire - a day at the Faire

Saturday was River City Knitters' 2nd annual (?) Market Faire - a shopping event sponsored by the guild in order to introduce different types of knitting products to the membership and community at large.  I had a great time organizing and working with all our vendors and Saturday was a day to visit with them and the many shoppers who came by.  Below are some photos for your viewing pleasure!

Barb welcomes participants ... she is way too organized!

Anne's Glass & Pottery Enterprise - AGAPE

Hermes Alpacas

Mary Martin Designs

Issy Thomas says "Whaaat?" (in her lilting British ac-cent)

   

Janet Pierce's Mary K table - you're right - not yarn!

Serendipitous Ewe (Maryland) indie dyer

Kirtland's Yarn Barn - yarn store in a van!!

Flint Hill Mini Farm

There were more wonderful items to see, touch and buy, but you'll have to send me YOUR photos so I can post them, ok?

RCK Market Faire this Saturday, August 14

Here I am in my studio getting ready for the Market Faire on Saturday!

Here is a bit of what came out of the kiln today. ...along with some pretty blue pendants and new shawl/scarf pins.

This Saturday is the RCR 2nd Market Faire from 10am -2pm at Imperial Plaza (1717 Bellevue, 23227). We are having about 15 vendors so you won't have to go home empty handed...you will probably find some gifts to stash away! This event is open to everyone - hope to see you there.

August 28-29 you'll find me and Nancy in Portsmouth VA at the Seawall Art Show in Booth #79 - TG Designs.

Check out my blog: Art In Glass by TG Designs

Save the Date!

Two upcoming fiber festivals that I'm participating in this year —

The Shenandoah Fiber Festival in Berryville, Sept. 25 and 26,

and the Fall Fiber Festival & Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials in Montpelier Station, VA (near Charlottesville) Oct. 2 and 3.

Come and say hi!

Ellen

River City Knitters 2nd Market Faire - August 14, 2010

River City Knitters is proud to announce its 2nd Market Faire - to be held on August 14, 2010, in the Richmond and Virginia Rooms at Imperial Plaza, located at 1717 Bellevue Avenue, Richmond, Virginia.  Imperial Plaza is centrally located almost directly at the intersection of Interstates 64 and 95, Bryan Park interchange. 

Shopping time is 10 am to 2 pm.  Please come and support local artists and vendors!  More detailed info to be posted soon!

If you'd like to be a vendor, please go to the RCK website link above and contact them directly - there's still room for you but the space is filling up fast - which is great for our shoppers, members and guests!

Furniture sale at my husbands store!

If you need a sofa, dinette some bedroom furniture/mattress or a  futon -  go see my husband Gerald (who owns Environs) he is having a big warehouse inventory liquidation event. His warehouse is at 205 East German School Road (232-4133) and his store is at Stony Point Fashion Park.

It's open!!

Yay! Let's go to Culpeper and visit Doghouse Yarns ---> check out Chan's report here, ok?

photo borrowed from Chan : )

I can't hardly wait to drive on up!

Trips & jobs

Still looking for work, the job I really wanted I didn't get. Had a phone interview this past Friday and a face to face this past Tuesday. Not really sure I want the Tuesday job.

We travelled to South Caroline for South East Linux Fest (SELF) June 11-13 and had a great time. I got the chance to go and knit with a bunch of lovely ladies from the Spartanburg Knitting Guild. One of ladies was kind enough to come to the hotel and pick me up and take me to the meeting and to a nice little yarn shop outside of town. I also met a couple of other ladies that knit/crochet at SELF. One of the ladies joined us at the Barnes and Noble for the knitting time.

I and my son made 360 sugar cookies to be handed out at SELF and they were a big hit with everyone.

I finished my socks from the yarn that I kool aid dyed in orange and cherry. I used the "Leaves of Whimsy" pattern.

July 19th was knit in public day, my local yarn shop had an event where we sat outside and knitted in the parking lot. She had a nice sale on all her yarns and knitting bags.

July 19th was also the USS Yeager/Rising Star Picnic which was held in Blacksburg at the Caboose Park. We had a great crowd and a good time with good food.

This Saturday I will be travelling with my hubby and father in law to Lynchburg for a home board meeting (The Odd Fellows & Rebekah Home). This will give me some knitting time.

It seems we stay busy during the month of June.

WWKIP in the Northern Neck

Please join the knitters in the Northern Neck at the Knit in Public event at the Farmers Market in Heathsville on June 19. We will be knitting from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We will have space either inside or outside, depending upon the weather. Bring your knitting and come join us. We will have some afghan blocks on needles for those who would like to knit, but don't have a project that is appropriate for knitting out. We will also provide some quick instruction for those who have never knitted, but would like to contribute a few stitches to the afghan blocks.

The finished blocks will be donated to From the Heart Stitchers.

The Farmers Market will be held in the field and pavilion behind the old courthouse off Hwy 360 in Heathsville. Lunch will be available at the restaurant in the Rice Hotel/Hughlett Tavern adjacent to the Farmers Market. The Tavern Spinners and Weavers Guild will also host an open studio in the room above the restaurant.

Please come enjoy a quiet, knitterly day in the beautiful Northern Neck.

MEET and GREET

Melissa Morgan-Oakes
author of
2 at a Time Socks
and
Toe-Up 2 at a Time

Friday June 18, 2010
Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
4909 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23692


757-874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

South East Virginia's Largest Retail Yarn Shop
More Yarns~~~Better Prices !

2 At A Time...Toe with Mellisa Morgan-Oakes

2 At A Time...Toe with Mellisa Morgan-Oakes

ALMOST SOLD OUT!

JUST 2 ( maybe 3) SEATS LEFT

Toe Up 2-at-a-Time Socks - 6 hours
Taught by Melissa herself right here in Yorktown, VA.!



What could be better than socks knitted 2-at-a-Time?
Why 2-at-a-Time socks knitted from the
toes to the top, of course! Now there’s no “second sock syndrome”, and you can build your socks
from the toes up – no yarn shortage surprises, you can make a cuff shorter if need be! Under the
tuition of the creator of this novel knitting method, students will create their own miniature
sample socks using the technique outlines in the book
Toe Up 2-at-a-Time Socks.

Class Date June 19, 2010

Held at : Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
4909 George Washington Memorial Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23692

757-874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

Sedalia Fiber Festival

I was a vendlor at the Sedalia Fiber Festival. What follows are random thoughts:

Wonderful fibers, great colors, but what happened to worsted weight yarn? Patterns still call for them.

Great support for raffle items. Lots of chances to win great yarn, a spinning wheel, etc.

Traffic was less than desireable. With the yarn available, more should attend. Understandably, the venue is out of the way, but perhaps the VA community could help support this great event.

Charity Knitting at the Beach

Feeling rather smug, but thankful for my vacation at the Outer Banks, NC. Decided to charity knit this week in thankfulness for my good fortune. You know, knit on the beach....So far, 12 preemie caps & one chemo cap for a neighbor with ovarian cancer. I indulged at the LYS for patterns & yarn for a caplet & shrug (a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!). I love supporting the LYS. Hope this blog inspires VA interchange of ideas.