Belated Update - Knowledge & Needles Annual Open House

This past summer I have packed up the car A LOT and hit the road driving here and there!  On the weekend of August 24th Christin and I packed up the car and headed down to Kathy's place, she was giving us a place to sleep for the weekend.

A quick stop at Chapters on the way down allowed us to enhance our stash a little with the latest fall issue of Just Cross Stitch.  Christin also had for me the Halloween Ornament Issue that she had picked up for me while I was away.

 Joyce's AMAZING Mystic Stitch

 The results of this year's January 1st start/stitch-a-long

Saturday morning we packed our stitching and the works we've finished since last year's Open House and headed down the road to Knowledge and Needles.  Its a great day where so many stitchers come together!  I get to see lots of familiar faces, catch up and usually there's one or two new stitchers to meet as well.

I think the favorite part of the day, for all of us is the display (and well maybe the shopping too!) of everyone's work in the last year!  There are just so many different pieces, so beautifully stitched too.  Its hard not to add a few new patterns to your wish list or be inspired to try something different.

Kathy gave me these fabrics from her stash she knew she wouldn't stitch on

Speaking of shopping I did make one purchase that day.  Ann had been putting aside for me all of the Lizzie*Kate Jingles as they were being released, and the whole set was complete and ready for me to pick up.

Christin got these scissors for Beatrice's birthday, and I made the fob

As usual it was an awesome day we talked a lot, ate too much, and maybe stitched a little!