knitted monkey hat

I just had to share this picture of my grandson with the hat I made for a friend of theirs. Guess I will have to make another for Ryan :-)! Ryan is now 4 weeks old. have a good day.

We are so blessed. It is so hard to even imagine the hardships and horror of the earthquake.

please pray for the people of Haiti!

"Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath."
~
Michael Caine

I saw this quote on a website this morning- totally feel like this!! I totally can't believe it is almost the middle of January! I should have my newsletter done but...........life has just gotten away from me. I am really happy some of you are calling me for a list of classes being offered and scheduling them yourself!! I love it!!! thank you.

January is my 10 year anniversary for the shop-where has the time gone. I feel like I have learned so much in the 10 years being in business - more than I ever wanted to learn but am finding I LOVE it all!!

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas & wish for you a Very Happy New Year! It was so much fun having everyone home for Christmas and a new baby :-). I love the holidays! This year I didn't get a single cookie baked and really feel great about that-it is all about family and relationships and NOT what you don't get done or do.

Now to get to my newsletter and class schedule-my goal is the end of the week. well, off to work.
Have a great day. The sun is shining and snow beautiful!!

P.S.
Kari, daughter, is in the Domincan Republic teaching and she experienced her first earthquake. Please pray for the people of Haiti -there is much destruction and loss of life.

family, website, email

I hope everyone had a VERY Happy Thanksgiving with family and friends. We have so many things to be thankful for and we truly are a blessed people! God is so good to us. I can't wait for Christmas when all my kids will be home! :-) Kari from the Dominican is coming on the 22nd and Nick from Boston the 23rd. I will pick up my grandkids the 20th and they will stay with us for a week while mom and dad wait for the arrival of #3 son the 22nd :-)(hopefully the 22nd).

If you have been trying to view my website, I am having server problems or something and my email is also down. If you have sent an email in the last couple of days -i have not received it. sorry. It has been down since Saturday -28th. Hopefully we get it resolved today.

I have been feverishly trying to make Santas for the Old World Christmas show in Elkhart Lake starting on Friday. Only 30 more to make :-). hope to see you there. I will be there on Sundays and Suzanne will be there during the week. Pray for great weather!

have a great day!

I am sorry. I forgot to tell you where the Osthoff is. Elkhart Lake, Wi--we are praying for good weather as this is held in a huge tent! Weather like we have had this week would be perfect BUT this is Wisconsin and could expect anything :-).

OPEN HOUSE

Good morning, I feel so delinquent in writing posts :-(. It has been so busy with trying to get ready for our fall/Christmas open house and trying to make Santas and felted ornaments for the Osthoff Old World Christmas ( www.osthoff.com). This will be a 10 day show, December 4 - December 13. My friend from Michigan, Suzanne, will be here and she will be there most of the time during the week and I will join her on Sunday. Hope to see many of you there. Suzanne makes BEAUTIFUL felted hats!!

This Friday and Saturday is our open house from 10-5 Friday and 10-4 on Saturday. We will have refreshments and demonstrations in knitting, spinning, weaving, and needle felting. You may even make a llama cookie cutter ornament to take home. Hope to see here! Come check out new sock yarns by Crystal Palace, Knit One Crochet Too, Opal, Skacel. Also, come and check out the new Addi-Clicks. They are so awesome! If you just want to come and sit and knit...........and relax......would love to have you bring your project and pull up a chair and visit and work on your project.

Have a great day!

website/BahrCreek

I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful fall colors-this is my FAVORITE time of the year!

I am sorry for the inconvenience of my website being down and not being able to access my fall newsletter. If you would like to receive a copy, send me an email and I can send you a pdf. file of it. thank you much. I hope my website will be up and running soon.

During the month of October, all sock yarn will have a discount of 10%. There are a lot of opportunities for knitting socks this month in my class schedule or just come and sit and knit in the studio :-).

Have a great day!

fall newsletter

http://www.bahrcreek.com/newsletter/bahr_creek_newsletter_fall_09.pdf
above is a copy of my fall newsletter. Enjoy, and call if you have any questions or would like to join a class~or make your own class.

It has been a very busy summer and fall. This past weekend I was at the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival in Jefferson. It was very warm ~ it was fun meeting old friends and making new ones. have a great week. if you are unable to use the link above, simply go to www.bahrcreek.com and click on the link for "fall newsletter". any questions, please give me a call.