Is September Over Yet?

You know it's been a busy week when you have to look back at your own Instagram feed to remember what you've done for the last seven days! lol  Not every week is this overwhelmingly full, but for now you get to enjoy all the juicy details!

15th Thursday

After I finished writing my blog last week I started working on my mending basket.  My husband needed one of his belt loops reattached.  I did this by cutting a small scrap of denim from the stash and pinning it to the inside of the jeans.  I then used matching blue thread and sewed over the hole, using a denim needle in my machine, in multiple directions to create a new bit of secure fabric.  I then trimmed the excess of the patch, then VERY slowly sewed the belt loop down.  About half the time I was manually walking the foot to make sure it wouldn't break.

After that I fixed my daughter's leggings.  She wore a hold in the knee of one pair and experimented with scissors on another pair.  I happened to keep the bottom part of another pair of leggings that I cut off at the knee.  I cut out cute shapes and attached them with fabric spray adhesive before sewing them on.  The patches on the knees I had to sew by hand as they were too tiny of tubes to fit around my machine.

I also started cutting the drapes for Blur's bed.  I planned on just making a tube at 1 end and running

World Wide Knit in Public Day

I've been quiet for several days with good reason;

1) I was celebrating World Wide Knit in Public Day on Saturday and Sunday. 

2) My daughter assisted me with spilling water on my computer.

I took my Macbook Pro into Apple this afternoon and found out it *is* fixable but expensive. I still have to talk to my husband to find out what we're going to do.  Sorry for typos I missed; I'm typing on my phone.

Now that I've told you the painful part, let me tell you about the fun stuff!  Saturday, June 13th was the (10th?) annual World Wide Knit in Public Day.  Knitters all over the world gather together in public places and knit in public, spreading the news of our fun, functional, and healthful hobby.  This year there were over 800 registered gatherings; my guild, Black Sheep Guild,  did 3 locations over two days. 

In addition to my knitting I took my spinning wheel to the Hillsboro Farmers Market demo on Saturday. I've demonstraited at many events now and I know the wheel draws lots if attention. At first I just used it as a prop but when I got to a stopping point in [the pattern I am designing] I switched to the wheel. 

As I sat there, with three of my guild members, lots of people came by to visit and talk.  We gave out all the knitters prizes given to us Black Sheep at Orenco (my favorite local yarn store) and many guild fliers. I also brought some color pages for the kiddos. I'd be surpised if we didn't see some of those new faces at our guild events!

I don't think anyone caught a picture of me but here are my friends having fun. 

Also not pictured is my middle child, Thomas, who was having loads of fun getting soaked in the fountain!

I also made a short appearance at the Orenco Farmers Market on Sunday where more guild membets were continuing the fun.   This time I brought my daughter, Anna.  She played with my camera. While it is a pretty bad picture, it is pretty good for a three year old. (At least it's focused!). 

Those are my Sasquatch Socks I'm working on there.

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