Wordless: Finished

Heading out in the morning

I'm leaving very early tomorrow morning, for the Fiber Fallout in Johnsonburg, New Jersey. I'm unclear as to whether there will be phone reception or internet access at the campground, so if I don't post anything between now and Monday evening, that's why. But if I can, I will.

I'm quite excited about this trip- it's my first time to New Jersey, and from the photos, I'm going to a wonderful location. I already know that I'll be surrounded by wonderful people, lovely scenery, and lots and lots of fibery fun. Hard to beat that.

In the meantime, here are some fun pics.

I'm making progress on the needlepoint- I love how this is coming out. I really love the dashes of blue. I can't take credit for the composition- that's all the photographer. This may be my favorite picture, ever.

 The leaves are turning.

We only get yellow foliage here, but man, it's a beautiful yellow.

Harvest is in full swing, even after dark. This is the soybean field in front of our house.

 The corn is drying down.

 It's not quite ready for combining yet.

See the dents? It's almost ready.

One brave little volunteer marigold is blooming under our deck.

 Most of the milkweed growing in the ditches was mowed down, but this one survived.

One whiff of breeze, and these seeds will be airborne.

I love fall, I love the colors, I love the frosty mornings, I love the change in seasons. But best of all...

 I love candy corn!

I'll check in as I can, and I'll catch all y'all on the flip.

Pardon the interruption...

... but now that I'm done with my class sample knitting for the Fiber Frolic and SAFF, I can get back to what I really want to work on:


Turning this amazing photo of three of my granddaughters into a needlepoint.

This was taken in the summer of '11, during a wonderful, rainy beach wedding at Cannon Beach, OR.

First, I flipped the photo. Then I printed it on a light fabric iron-on transfer sheet. Then I ironed it onto 18 ct needlepoint canvas.

It came out perfectly. The mesh is tight so the iron-on covers some of the holes, but poking through them is no big deal, and I can see the canvas threads very easily (that's not an issue with 14 ct canvas, but I wanted the higher detail that the 18 ct will give me).

I've already started stitching (using 4 strands of DMC cotton embroidery floss). I'm just going to match floss to the shades on the image- easy peasy. This is going to be such fun!

Tomorrow? Back to the rest of the NCFF pics