Smokin'.....

This weekend I'll be attending Smoke on the Allegheny's 1st Annual BBQ Competition. No, I won't be cooking, but I'll have lots of knitty goodness for sale and hope to promote my Etsy shop while I'm at it.

My Mom and Dad will be cooking. Fran and Judy Fry are the award-winning BBQ team "The Frying Pan."
BBQ is what they love to do. I finally get a chance to see them in action.

This event will be held this weekend at the Rocky Grove Firehall in Franklin, PA. Click the link above for more information. And check out "The Frying Pan" website for their delicious rubs and sauces!

A Vintage Find

It has been yard sale season here in Ohio. Everywhere you go, someone is having a sale. I don't usually stop, but I decided to take my daughter to a few and look around. She found some great vintage clip-on earrings and pins today. I came home with a really pretty piece of retro canvas fabric and a huge cone of some sort of heavy-weight wool yarn. I hesitated buying the yarn, but decided it would make a great rug. Yes, it's that thick....and scratchy too.

So, I spent the day washing the fabric and cutting out a nice size library tote from it. Here's the final picture. I love the colors of orange, rust, brown, and green.