Sunday, September 05, 2010

fall ahead, caption contest, & lotsa links

Don't you love how Labor Day Weekend shakes your sheets into autumn with a crisp snap? Make  plans  now  or suddenly you're neck deep in pumpkin, cooking Thanksgiving dinner and wondering what happened to fall. First up for me: 
Photo Workshop Weekend in St Paul MN at The Yarnery September 25 &  26th
scroll down fr the Yarnery link, or click here for details
If you have a passion for photography,  join us for 2 days of hands-on digital camera workshop. Pixels, fiber, FO's..what more could you want?
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This needs a good caption, doesn't it?  Contest below.
We'll be taking a field trip to a historic farmstead on the Saturday afternoon of the workshop. I'm thrilled to have that setting for teaching about shooting FO's on real people, for showing how you can work with different  light situations,  on a porch, in open sun, in shade, and also have all the textures & colors and props to use as backgrounds. And, sheep. Not promising any will have mad modeling skillz. This cutie was from the photo workshop weekend at Juniper Moon Farm, click here to see some of the workshop in action. The class is half full so go guilt a friend or loved one into coming along and call The Yarnery to sign up. *

Caption contest/ book & yarn giveaway
Leave  a comment on this post with a caption for the photo above, and you're entered to win a copy of the book Shear Spirit: Ten Fiber Farms, Twenty Patterns and Miles of Yarn, or  yarn.
Mention the contest and link to this post  from your blog your Facebook or Twitter,  and you get an extra entry for each mention.  Deadline for captions is September 10th.
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Two  winners: one drawn randomly, to win the book. The second, for the best caption, gets 3 skeins of Brown Sheep Lambs Pride yarn (appropriate, no?)

* the Twin Cities are a terrific place to visit for a weekend, if you're not from the area.  And you can't do better than The Yarnery folks as hosts, they're the ones who serenaded  the Yarn Harlot and Mason Dixon Knitting Ann & Kay. Talent and senses of humor, plus they can knit like nobody's business. btw, those are links to posts with YouTubes of the Yarnery Singers in action, you really should view them.

79 comments:

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  2. This is the cutest little lamb I've ever seen! My caption "I've always wanted to dye my wool!"

    (Oops! I deleted the last one because I accidentally typed "hair" instead of "wool" and it wouldn't let me edit the comment)

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  3. Lauren12:11 PM

    Ewe KNOW I'm fabulous!

    he he!

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  4. Caption: I feel so sorry for the poor dears who only have store-bought acrylic accessories.

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  5. I worried that this green was going to clash with the meadow, I should of worn the red one.

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  6. Lauren12:20 PM

    I have facebooked you!

    Check me!

    Lauren Leahey

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  7. Gauge? No, I didn't check my gauge. Why do you ask?

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  8. Is there a wrong way to wear such a fabulous baa-ret?

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  9. Forgot to add that I blogged about the contest. http://yarndirtwords.blogspot.com/

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  10. Cookie12:45 PM

    Fall? Crisp? Cool?! It's just another day in the 90s here. :p

    "She said it would make me one of the cool kids. Really."

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  11. "I remember...Paris..."

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  12. Ah yup, I'm an Irish Sheep!

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  13. "The rams will come flocking to my hatitude."

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  14. Now, he thought, if only I could find the end of the rainbow, everyone would believe that I really am a leprachaun.

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  15. I'm too sexy for this hat!

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  16. Made for a man, but I like it too!

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  17. "Now, if I could only find my glasses..."

    Glad you are coming back to the Yarnery!!!

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  18. Is this my color????

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  19. I blogged about this too My blog is located at http://ladyfemmesfiberartsblog.blogspot.com/

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  20. Paula8:39 PM

    Going out on the town

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  21. Momma went to the shearers and all she brought me back was this hat.

    lotsofhermies on Ravelry

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  22. ilina2:56 AM

    "That's right, the hat is always greener on my head."

    ilina (ravelry)

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  23. Shhhhh i'm counting sheep


    Ermellina @ ravelry

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  24. "Is this color me, or what?"

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  25. Shearly ewe-nique baa-ret.

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  26. Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

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  27. Charlotte6:54 PM

    I am one chic sheep!

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  28. Hutchart7:04 PM

    No, it's not too big, this is the fashion.

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  29. Anonymous7:22 PM

    Zee hat, she is tres chic, no? A leetle more wine, ma cher?

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  30. This is taking "green" wool a little too far!

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  31. ARE EWE DREAMING OF A GREENER TOMORROW?

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  32. What do you mean, mint jelly?

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  33. "Those DPN's are worse than a stick in the eye!"

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  34. Anonymous3:19 PM

    delightful photo really is

    my caption

    the queen has invited me to tea

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  35. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a tam!"

    "Now that really caps it all off."

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  36. For all those bad wool days, try an all-natural sheep wig!

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  37. "Mary had a little lamb and it's fleece is now green as the hills"

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  38. Mom says one day I'll grow into my hat and be big and strong just like Daddy.

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  39. "I'm too sexy for my hat."

    :)

    Great contest! And great photo -- what an expression. I came over from http://mlegan.wordpress.com/. Thanks! (Off to share on my blog.)

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  40. "You can't pull the wool over MY eyes!"

    Great photo!

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  41. "I usually can't wear wool next to my skin, but this is Merino!"

    Now off to post a note on your contest and remind the Twin Cities knitters to sign up for the class.

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  42. Monet wasn't sure he captured the essence of the watering pond correctly with the palette available to him at this time. Perhaps a smidge more "frog green"? Hmmm.

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  43. All of the other sheep are so green with envy of my new hat!

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  44. Ewe-knitted we's tam'd!

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  45. "Ooh, you look foxy. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but let's find out."

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  46. "Why yes, green *is* my color!"

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  47. I'm a lean, mean, green knitting machine!
    Off to blog you...

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  48. Are you taking international entries?

    It's amazing what one can do with a few curlers!

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  49. Anonymous1:49 PM

    PIRATE SHEEP does not need eyepatch

    baaaa-arrrrgh!


    (Gwyndolyn on Ravelry)

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  50. Anonymous3:03 PM

    "No, I do not have a particularly small head. She just forgot to swatch."

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  51. Cathy B4:59 PM

    "plee-e-a-se take those kniting needles away from that woman....."

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  52. Kirika3 on Ravelry5:33 PM

    "hmm, i dont remember meeting a green sheep."

    good luck everyone :D

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  53. "Envious? Look what happened to the last guy."

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  54. Baa-baa, greensheep, have you any wool?

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  55. "I just don't know if this green is my color... what do you think?" I will give you a shout on FB, and will regift if I win! I love your book and the vest I made from it (Mendocino).

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  56. "I'm ready for my closeup darlings". This is a hoot...what fun!

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  57. The ladies at lunch will die when they see my new hat.

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  58. Kari W.1:55 PM

    But Mom! Everyone is wearing them this way.

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  59. Green is so in right now.

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  60. I love my hats even more when I'm having a bad hair day!

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  61. Mom says I'll grow into it...I think she just forgot to check her gauge.

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  62. We tried to tell Doris that grass was no good, and now all we have left of her is this hat...

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  63. "I am Going Green. Are You? "

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  64. Faith Brown8:06 AM

    "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful"

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  65. Faith Brown8:15 AM

    Yeah, Baaaby!

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  66. Anonymous9:53 AM

    What do you mean it's polester!

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  67. Waste not, want not.

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  68. Personally, I like two types of ram, domestic AND foreign :-)

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  69. Dying to know what pattern that is! Any help?

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  70. Kristy6:51 PM

    Awwww....ewe's so cute!!!

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  71. Awwww....ewe's so cute!!!

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  72. "...I think I'm wearing my butt on my head..."

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  73. Anonymous12:32 AM

    poor lamb looks so sad :(

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  74. OOH! Wait till the girls see my new lid!

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  75. Anonymous8:48 PM

    I kn-ewe this was the wrong size...

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  76. Who's your Paddy? :)

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