October 2011 Newsletter -

October 2011 Newsletter 10/01/2011

September came and went and to be honest, it was mostly boring up until the end. At the end of the month Aunt Anita came to stay the weekend and we all went to the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival. We got to see different kinds of sheep, a camel, llamas, alpacas, and goats....the kids (baby goats) were cute even to a 15 year old boy like myself. Mom and Aunt Anita put me to use as a pack mule toting fleeces they bought back to the van but I did get several snow cones out of the deal so it was okay. Later we met up with some other members of the BMH Ravelry group so they could play with all Mom's tools. Left to right in the photo is Aunt Jan, Aunt Teri, Mom, Aunt Anita, and Cousin Shannon......she's to young to be my aunt. All the ladies had lots of fun combing and talking....a lot of talking. I did catch a butterfly while they were busy and that was cool and Katie and I snuck off for more snow cones. When they were finally done we got hugs all around and I was put into pack mule service again to tote the tools back to the van. It was great to finally meet all the ladies Mom is always telling us about. She's was right, she's not the only fiber crazy chick out there;) Now October approaches with Halloween coming and that's the perfect excuse for Mom to buy bags of candy for nonexistant trick or treaters. Katie and I will not be allowed to touch it without notarized written permission from Mom herself in triplicate. I hope I can find a notary before she eats it all again this year. Mom says we're growing and it's not good for us and she hates to see it go to waste. Right. I hope everyone has a nice October and a Happy Halloween and we'll see you again next month:) ~~~~Alex

WHAT'S NEW!

Fiber Parfait Kits! Each color coordinated kit comes with dyed and or natural colored fibers such as combed top, fleece, locks, silk, bamboo, firestar, camel down, alpaca, sparkle and whatever else I can get my hands on. It's everything you need to card a batt, comb some blended top, or do some fun spontaeous spinning all in one bag.

EVENTS! Lots of stuff going on in October!!!

Only 9 days left to get your Spin A Long package and join us in the Blue Mountain Handcrafts Ravelry group for fun and prizes!!!

3 EVIL ENABLERS DRAWING
We're at it again! Blue Mountain Handcrafts, Yarndemon Designs, and Fancy Kitty have teamed up for another fabulous drawing with incredible prizes!! Our Grand Prize is a 90/120 (fine cloth) Fancy Kitty Kitten Drum Carder, the First Prize package includes a Caddy Sax, hand combed center pull art roving, hand dyed 20/80 silk merino top, a set of stitch markers and an orifice hook, and for the Second Prize package we have hand dyed 20/80 silk merino top, 50/50 merino alpaca center pull roving, a knitting needle roll up case, and a set of alpaca stitch markers. Every order placed with one of the 3 Evil Enablers during the drawing dates will get an entries in to the drawing! Please see the Fancy Kitty Ravelry group 3 Evil Enablers Drawing thread for details and join us for your chance to win!

F.I.X. Co-op OCTOBER Gift Certificate Drawing
Starts: Retroactive Sept. 30th
Ends: Oct. 29
Prize: FIX Gift Certificate ……$50.00
gift certificate that can be spent in any participating FIX members shop/website….GC can be split up between several shops…winner chooses how to spend it.
How to enter: place an order with one of the participating FIX members shops. Post your order in the FIX$ GIVEAWAY thread in the FIX Co-op Ravelry group. PARTICIPATING SHOPS will be listed with links on the entries thread

Comments

theluckielizard

10/01/2011 8:53am

Once again great job Alex. And thanks for making me a cousin not an Aunt ;-)

Hope you have a wonderful month and can get a few pieces of candy away from your mom.

~Shannon

Beth

10/01/2011 11:20am

Get candy away from me?? You're kidding right;)

Jan

10/02/2011 12:10pm

You did a great job again Alex. You have a wonderful way with words and I feel honored to be your Aunt.

Have a great month!