KNITTING WITHOUT DOG HAIR IS NOT AN OPTION

Well, it's time again to brag about the better half! He truly is a gem. Remember that our camera died at the Yarn Harlot event? When I came home that night, I showed hubby what happened or doesn't happen anymore with the camera. The next day he did some research and made a few phone calls and found out that Nikon has a repair service that gets the camera fixed in 10 days or so. Truly good service for a very expensive camera. All hubby had to do is send the camera away to get it fixed.

And so I was out of digital services... Oh no - what is a blogger without a camera? NOTHING!!! So I was moping around, driving hubby crazy and threatening to buy a little digital camera just for my silly knitting purposes. Since he knows that I don't know a thing about digital cameras and that I would buy a really crappy one, he did some more research and when I came home after the FNKG, I found this in my room - disguised in a Cow Parade box. How sweet is that?

HE IS THE BEST!!! And sorry, no, he does not have a brother.

After a happy dance, I pulled out the camera and all the extras that came with it, and noticed with a shock that an advanced degree is needed to tackle the book-sized manuals. Ok, ok, I am exaggerating (slightly), but one of them is really thick and with tiny print. All kinds of functions that I have never heard of (or even thought of) and certainly never needed. Naturally, I had to play around with the new toy all weekend. ;-) So, this is a picture heavy entry. SORRY...

Here are fiber dawgs...

And here is a new sock...

And here is new sock yarn...

It's a new yarn that Knitch just started to carry - Pagewood Farm Sock Yarn. It's machine washable, fingering weight sock yarn made out of merino, bamboo and nylon. It's very squishy and yummy - can't wait to try it. One skein has enough to make a pair.

And here is the Knitch Sunday group...

I made a German Apfelkuchen (apple cake), and it must have been good because it was gone in a heartbeat. I am going to bake my favorite German recipes over the course of the upcoming Sundays. I really like to bake, and did so every weekend when I still lived in Germany. But since hubby and I try to be healthy eaters, I don't bake for us. But I can bake for the Knitch knitters. MUA-HA-HA-HA-HAH - and I will translate the recipes, no worries. I'll add a section to the sidebar.

And here is Olivia with her first knitted garment. It's a tiny vest and it is so freakin' cute...

And here comes Melissa's handspun. Since Melissa is blogless, I have to rave about her here. She had her first spinning lesson last weekend at Jane's party and now she is spinning up a storm...

You can see Melissa (the cute one with the red pigtails) between Sandy and Jane. I stole this picture from Janice (hope that's alright!!!) because when I took pictures, Melissa somehow made herself invisible. Or maybe that was when she got locked in the bathroom with the door without a knob on the inside.

So, look what a beautiful storm she spun up!!!

It's 22 grams or 3/4 oz and about 50 yards. You go girl! And you can see my spankin' new digital scale. I finally had to get one. German recipes specify ingredients by weight instead of volume, like here, and all the conversions from grams into ounces and cups and what not, made me pretty nutty. Even tho' hubby is a big help (He likes to use his calculator!), I just can't get my head around the US measurements for recipes. I guess I was spoiled by straightforward grams, kilos, milliliters and liters. Anyways...

And here is an evening sky...

I love that baby blue and grey color combination... Hmmmm. That would be a nice sweater color...

And here are my weekly Cow Parade cows... I think I missed showing off the last four Sundays':

Ollie - Half Price Off

Cowmiau

Amoorica

Say Cheese, Wisconsin

And here is the weather...

What is up with the freakin' weather in Hotlanta - a high of 90 degrees today??? We had a couple of nice fall days with cooler weather last week. Was that fall, winter and spring combined? We have summer, again... So stay cool inside with the A/C going and a winter sweater. ;-)