Miss Babs Blog

Winners!! Colorway Naming Contest Winners!!

Babs

We have six winners to announce! We have co-winners at each level: First Place - Grand Prize Winners for "Frog Princess" Debi L. aka FluffyKnitterDeb of Florida and Olivia of Oregon Second Place Winners for "Wildflower Meadow" Marianne W. of Santa Rosa, CA and Kathy V. of Kirkland, WA Third Place Winners for "Hollyhocks" Rachel H. of Indiana and Jenn I. of Battle Creek, MI First Place Winners will each receive 2 skeins of sock yarn in their choice of colorways, plus a goody bag filled with things we all... Read More

MissBabs Makes Big Error!!

Babs

Okay folks, I know you think I am pretty invincible, but I am not!!!! I will admit that I have been dyeing many hours a day and all the other activities that go into getting ready for a show, plus doing just stuff of life...oh yeah, I have a life, too! Husband, dogs, daughter, SIL, grandkids, yard work, gardening....all have been greatly neglected in the readying of yarns and fibers for Sock Summit!, followed by Stitches Midwest, and SAFF. Okay, now I am whining....and I hate whining!! So on to... Read More

Colorway Naming Contest: Announcing the Winners!!

Babs

And the first place winner is "Frog Princess" entered by Debi L. of Florida aka FluffyKnitterDeb. She will be receiving 2 skeins of sock yarn, plus a number of other goodies. I will post a pictures of the prize packages tomorrow! I've been on my feet for over 12 hours today & am ready to be off my feet :) The second place winner is Marianne W. from Santa Rosa, CA. She will receive one skein of yarn and a prize package of goodies. Two other people entered Wildflower Meadow... Read More

Frog Princess!! is Our New Colorway's Name!

Babs

Frog Princess was the leader in the poll from the start and maintained its position throughout the voting! Wildflower Meadow came in second and Hollyhocks came in third. I will be notifying winners today and will post the names of winners along with pictures of the prizes in the next day! I want to thank each of you who came to vote! Thanks for helping us Name the Colorway! Read More

Colorway Naming Contest - Time to Vote!!

Babs

The Colorway Naming Contest has been incredible!! Over 1000 great name suggestions from over 800 people! Amazing! Just to review: The winner gets a choice of 2 skeins of sock yarn while the second and third place names each get 1 skein. Each winner will also get goodies! Also please remember, a number of the entry names were submitted by more than one person, so....if the winning names are one of those names, we will use randomly generated numbers to select which person will win the prize. (Hope that is... Read More

Lately....

Babs

I have been getting ready for Sock Summit, filling some wholesale orders, and generally busy as the major show season is ahead of me at this point. We go to Portland in 3 weeks or so, to Chicago a month later, and then Asheville/SAFF five weeks after that. So life has been busy and will only get busier until the middle of November. Lots to do. But thankfully the daylilies are blooming. There are lots of orange daylilies. [caption id="attachment_98" align="aligncenter" width="300" ] [/caption] I especially love this daylily. I... Read More

Sock Summit is Coming!!

Babs

I just realized this morning that not everyone knows about the Sock Summit that is happening in Portland, Oregon this August. It is always amazing when you have something going on in your life (in a consuming type fashion) and you realize that, Oh my Gawd, you don't know about that?!? So here's where I try and let folks know about this very big event that is coming up. This first Sock Summit is being organized by Tina of Blue Moon Fiber Arts fame (Socks that Rock) and Stephanie McPhee of The Yarn Harlot... Read More

End of May - Getting Ready for June

Babs

Planting needs to happen! I need to get the rest of the tomato plants in, and all of the flowers I bought last week at Susan's. Susan is a member of my fiber guild. Plus I have a knockout rose that I need to put in. I like to have real flowers at my shows and this one is Stitches South. It was loaded with blooms. I need to get the dead blooms cut off and get it into the ground! Jen, one of the gals who works with me - she... Read More

May is a Busy Family Month~~

Babs

Well, so far I have missed being on-time for my grandson's birthday, my daughter's anniversary, and now aiming to be late for my granddaughter's birthday! I am so bad to let things like that slip. I justify it by saying, "Well, it just extends the joy." And maybe it does and maybe it doesn't. May is also the month I miss my mother. She's been gone for awhile - over 15 years - but I still miss talking to her in person. So between Mother's Day and the date she died... Read More

Spinning Green Kettle-Dyed Fiber!!

Babs

Well, I am not sure if you realize it or not, but I LOVE the color green! I dyed this fiber about a month ago, right before Stitches South. I thought I would spin some for socks. This may take me awhile, but I thought you might like to see how it spins and knits up. Here is a picture of the top before I started doing anything to it. BFL stands for Blue Face Leicester, which is a breed of sheep. [caption id="attachment_53" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="BFL Top in Three... Read More

Sun Made a Showing!

Babs

Yesterday started out the same as so many days lately - rainy! I know I should not complain about the rain, and how it is restoring water levels to the good finally. However, the Great Golden Orb did show up in the afternoon. I was able to take a walk around the property and assess what needs to be done (some will get done and some won't!!) Here's some of the gardens that obviously need some cleaning out. That's the studio in the background. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Studio Gardens"][/caption] [caption... Read More

My Mother's Garden

Babs

All through my childhood, we had gardens. We had vegetable and flower gardens every year. My father always put in a large field of corn which was outstanding when it came in. We also put up lots of corn each year. One of my favorite memories is a steaming bowl of buttered corn at Thanksgiving. You could taste the freshness of the corn and it brought to mind the heat of the summer. We also had lots of flower gardens that had mostly been put in during my grandmother's tenure... Read More