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I'm donating a few items for the Silent Auction at the DeSales Community Housing Corp.'s Night Out for Neighborhoods on November 9th, 2016: Two hand-crocheted evening bags (lined, with magnetic closures): A hand-knit shawl, and a hand-knit scarf (made of Noro brand yarn from Japan): Noro yarn is really fun to work with because of the lovely colors!  And here is the shawl:

Norah's Knits will be at the Holidays in Old North sale this year, on Saturday, December 10th, 2016 from 11 am to 4 pm. This is a fun event with lots of different vendors at many price points. Crown Candy Kitchen and LaMancha Coffee House are open too, for those who are hungry/thirsty! I really enjoy this sale, and I love visiting Old North St. Louis.

Here's the lovely postcard for the 34th Annual Weavers Guild of St. Louis sale: I'll have items in the sale - shawls and wraps - some of the ones shown in prior posts! If you love hand-made items, this is the sale for you. It's also the only place I know of where a lot of (really pretty) handspun and hand-dyed yarn is available for purchase. Many of our members are spinners as well as weavers and artists in other fiber arts. For more info, go here:   weaversguildstl.org/34th annual

Here are a few more pics of items being blocked. I expect to have most of these recently-completed items in the WGSL sale. The yarn on the bottom left item in the first photo is Berroco Boboli lace, and the crescent shawl at the top of the photo is Queensland Uluru (discontinued, I think - no animal fiber, nice colors & texture). In the 2nd photo above, the top item is a "scrap" shawl in a crescent shape, and the bottom item is Pattons Classic Wool, about 2 1/2 balls.  I also got started on the project I blogged about earlier (July 27, 2016) - working the same design in several different undyed yarns. Here is the start of a scarf using the Brooklyn Tweed lace-weight yarn. I'm placing a bead on each edging point, using a fine crochet hook to place the bead on the end stitch. The yarn has a really nice feel and body, soft but springy to work with.

Blocking a few more items this morning. The light-colored scarf is a lace-weight yarn, alpaca, silk and some cashmere, held double. (Manos del Uruguay Lace Multi) The darker shawl is a sock-weight yarn. (Madelintosh Merino Light) Both items have a leaf motif knitted in. Size 9 US needles for both. Both yarns are very soft to the touch. The bag on the left side of the photo contains more items waiting to be blocked.

The Weavers Guild Sale is October 21 and 22 this year. I've started blocking a few items for the sale. The photo below is of a crocheted table mat ("doily") on top of two knitted shawls. The shawls are crescent-shaped, with Old Shale lace patterning. Here's a link with more info about the sale, which is an annual event:   WGSL 2016 Sale

Wild Bird Rehabilitation  is holding its annual Trivia Night on Saturday, November 12, 2016. I just selected several items to donate for their silent auction at the event. The organization is a rescue center for injured, ill and orphaned songbirds. Here's a pic - although once again you must excuse the mess in the background! The top two items (both scarves) are crocheted; the bottom one (green) is knitted. The striped scarf is a crochet pattern of mine that I have made many times . The light green knitted item is a pattern I call my "Angel Wing" shawl. The small pink scarf (a triangle kerchief shape) is a crochet experiment but it turned out well, I think.