Yarn Along

Today's a big Yarn Along day for me as I finished 2 projects this week.
Yep, you read that right, 
2 completed knits and I could not be prouder.

The Donnie Hat 
is done and off my needles.
I mentioned last week that I had a small mistake in the hat...
I ended up frogging out 6 or 7 rows and re-doing it.
I am happy that I did, it will be a Christmas present and I feel it was time well spent.

Knitting four stitches then slipping one, creates this nice, clean pattern.

The finished Donnie Hat matches the Bandana Cowl I finished a few weeks ago.

This hand dyed yarn is gorgeous and a joy to work with.

You may remember this yarn came from,
Andrea from Tributary Yarns & This knitted Life 

The yarn is Watershed Worsted Hand Dyed Yarn 100% Sustainable Wool

- 4 oz / 240 yards - 
many thanks again Andrea for sending me this beautiful yarn.

And do you see that circular needle sitting on the blanket,

that's right,

The Chevron Baby Blanket
is off the needles, ready to be blocked.

My knitting teacher Leanne and her sister Liz started a video blog a few months ago.
Leanne designed this beautiful pin and I am so honored to have one.
The vlog is
Cocktail Hour at the Coop
if you have a half hour to spare, watch it...they talk about me in it 
and I feel like a rock star!
Plus they are super fun and funny...and they talk about a lot of things, not just knitting!

This Autumn Picture Book by Jean Muleteer is one of my favorites.
The Fall pictures inside are gorgeous!

It's time to put something new on the needles, I'm not sure what, but I need to decide.
I am flying to my sisters on Friday and I "need" to have something to work on!

Holland Ridge Farm

You may remember that we visited 
Holland Ridge Farm
 in the Spring, for their tulip festival.
Today we went back for their Sunflower festival.
The fields were simply amazing, filled with sunflowers, for as far as the eye could see.
There were a lot of fun activities as well.
A hay bale maze, corn maze, horse & buggy rides, pony rides...
pick your own sunflowers (they provide the lopers), and sunflowers for sale.
And...there were food trucks...
They also have stations set up where you can paint a sunflower picture,
with people guiding you.
This was not set up when I was there, this is something I would have loved to do. 

So on to the pictures, this place is gorgeous!!

These signs led the way!

This very cool sign, 
tells you just how far you are from popular places 
like Washington, D.C. and Las Vegas.

I loved the Dutch shoe, this was not here during our Spring visit!!

Look closely, you will see a face smiling back at you,
the bees landed in the perfect spot for that.

I love these...
Holland Ridge Farms Cream Ridge, New Jersey


Fun, right?
So...I entered, 40,060
I picked this number because I thought it might be close...
the hubs and I are married 40 years and we are 60 years old.
Well, at lest one of us is...
the hubs won't be 60 until November but that was the science behind this guess.
If I win, I will donate the money back to the farm.

The sunflowers were perfectly beautiful!

This place is amazing...
I met Casey the owner, what a super nice guy!
And everyone who works here, a great group of people!