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Well, craft sale month is officially over. Overall, it was very successful, with only a few stressful bits, but I'm really glad to have tried out new sales. I saw some repeat business, which was great. Here are pictures of my booths from the last two sales. I really think my best display was at Bluefield, where I had a 12 foot table. If I can afford to do that for all the sales, I really think I should next year.

Colonel Gray:
Bluefield:
I also had a visit from the Mom! I can't believe I didn't take any pictures of her here, but she has a few so maybe I'll post them once she figures out how to email them to me :) It was great to have her here, and she was a huge help for the last 2 sales. We had lots of fun, we went to a new knitting group, for dinner at Mavor's, Vesey's Seeds for tulip and daffodil bulbs, which we subsequently planted on the coldest day she was here, and had a Settlers of Catan marathon. We made the rounds of the yarn stores, which hurt my wallet a little!
She also brought me a couple of things she thought I would get a kick out of, which I do!
My first bag (complete with the contents) that I made when I was about 9 or 10:
The sun, moon and stars jacket, in all its quilted glory!:
I tried to take a picture of it on, but it's really hard to get a shot of myself 1) not making a silly modeling face, 2) not standing weird, and 3) in the shot.

I'm trying to take a personal day today, even though I have a lot of work to do getting my Etsy updated and working on some custom orders. I seriously need to organize my craft room, since it's pretty much un-usable in its current state of madness. Which requires that I update my Etsy site and get my merchandise stored and ready for mailing. It also required putting away my new yarn purchases, which became documenting my yarn stash and posting it to Ravelry.
Why is documenting yarn so fun? Because it's easy, it serves almost no purpose, and I can't get paid for it. Perfect procrastination material. So, if you're on Ravelry, you've probably already seen my stash update. It's pretty sad. Lots of Patons and Bernat, just because I find them really easy to buy too much of. I do have a couple of nicer yarns that are just waiting for the perfect project, but probably not until after Christmas.
I did actually finish some knitting in the last couple of weeks. I knit another Odessa hat. I love this pattern, it's easy enough to get rolling without too much concentration once the pattern is established, but it's not nearly as boring as stockinette. But, I have a hard time getting it to fit my head. The last one was a little short, and I added an inch to this one and it still just isn't right. So, it's going to be a gift! I hope her head is more normal shaped than mine! Mom and I also knit some bunnies while we were playing Scrabble one day. The pattern is here. It's a super quick and fun knit! It's funny that we both used the same needles and type of yarn, and hers is about twice the size of mine. Beware of the giant bunny!

We also both knit scarves from $3 Bernat Max in a day. Probably the most rewarding thing I've knit in a while!
Anyway, I've kind of been MIA for a few weeks, but now that this crazy month is over, I plan to be updating more regularly!
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