Poll: Orange or White?

Ok all you fans of Nanny Goat Crafts, I need some help!

I have been knitting the pumpkin caps in the regular color of orange with some verity of stems and leaves.
But now I am thinking of knitting them in a different color.   I am thinking of white with green leaves and tan or brown stem.

As you know the stores have the regular colored pumpkins as well as the illuminates, white pumpkin.  I need to hear from any and all fans of my caps.  Would you all want and wear the white caps?????


So to answer me please say yeah or nah in an email to rebbiesmom@yahoo.com   I wait your thoughts.


Trish

That great Fall time.

School is in and the weather has started the Fall temps.  I am glad for this time of the year. I find that  with the cooler temps most of us feel a lot better.

There are things to do each weekend that has to do with fun times right in our home town.  The Great Frederick Fair is in town this week. There are rides and farm animals to go see.  Great food tents and these vendors are local churches and groups that we all know.  The Fair has been going Strong for many a year. I can remember it when I was  a child as well as when I grew up to be a teen. Then when I got married and had my family I took my children to see it. I use to enter my quilts in the Fair in the Household. I won a few ribbons too. Then once my children got to be teens they went with their friends.

Fall can mean a lot of different things to different people. It is a time of changes too. We see some of those changes in the trees and the animals. There are fruits of the fields and gardens that now are in the pantry or the root cellars.  Jams and jellies and pies and preserves all lined up on the shelves. Pickles and chutneys are there too.  All kept for the Holidays and Winter eating.

Soon the Winter snows could be on the land and the roads. That is when most of us look like Eskimos with all the Winter wear on.  I can say I can wait for this to come for some time later on.  But for now, I will take the cool/warm days of our time called FALL!

Is it a hint of things to come?

     Ah, what a few beautiful few days we have had.  Sunday was breezy and cooler today was cooler, only 72.  We even had a light breeze blowing all day.  Tonight they are calling for the lows to get down to the upper 40s.  So is this a look into the future?  If so then it is time to get out a few caps and a light coat.  Or maybe even the pumpkin caps I have been knitting.  I have a new hat this year it is a apple cap.  Bright red cap with two small leaves coming out of the top of the cap.

     With the cooler weather for the next few days, we all could use a shawl or wrap.One that is knitted and
warm against the breezes that are too cool. I have a bright red prayer shawl or a raspberry colored tri cornered shawl.  Both will keep the chill off and are in the store right now.  I use my green one to sit here and write this page tonight. The air that is coming in is a bit cool and yet feels oh so good.

    Can you remember the snow that we got for the middle of the October fun? Well, that is when we really knew we might just need the shawls, caps, mitts and scarfs before the real Winter set in for a few months. I for one was glad to have the shawl, mitts and caps for Winter.  So, come on in and take a good look at the
new colors in all the cap, mitts, shawls and scarfs here at the Nanny Goat Crafts in down town Frederick,
Maryland.  I am open Tuesday thu Sunday most weeks.  Call if you would like to make sure we are open:
240-422-0305

Happy Fall Ya'll

ABC look at me

Oh, how it has gotten so quiet this Monday.  If I say so my self, it is like the kids have all gone back to school.  Well maybe so, this is the 27th of Aug.  The time is flying fast this Summer is almost gone.

Then soon the time changes.  Then the nights will start turning cooler.  Trees will change color and the kids will take leaves to school for the teachers. Where the little ones will learn their ABC's and 1 2 3's.  Homework will become the dirty word for some children.  Others will knuckle down and be ready for the
work.

I look forward to all the changes and the Seasons.  Fall is a beautiful time of the year.  Red, Yellow and Orange trees will dress the mountainsides. The cooler temps will be a blessing for all who hate the heat of
Summer.

So for now I say "Happy Fall Ya'll! "

Summers fairwell song

The heat of the day can find most of us sitting in a chair in our front rooms with the AC on.  Then off to bed with the AC on. But, the crickets are very loud and the din of the AC can't  drum out their noise, Ah song!

As a child I would listen to them for hours while waiting for the sandman to come and make me sleepy.  They would seem to get louder as the Summer's heat stayed till Auguest's end.  Around the first days of school came I would see some of them on the sidewalk.  They were very dark and slow. Little did I know that as the Summer ended so did they.

With Summer waining and the crickets song as loud as it can be, I see that school starts around the 27th. of Auguest.  So, I guess, this is Summers fairwell.  I truely will miss that loud noise the crickets make as they say good-bye to Summer time.

Summer Fun is coming to a close.

With the children playing outside or in the next room, Mom and Dad are looking over the new year of school
needs.  Yes, the lists are out and some have already made a dent on them. School's coming fast and the end of  the Summer Fun is getting shorter.  That means that new clothes for school, new shoes, new notebooks and other items must be ready for that first day of the new school year.

We here at Nanny Goat Crafts wish all a new and wonderous school year!  But while you can enjoy the rest of the Summer.  I still have some nice Summer things here in the store.  I have started into making some things for the Fall.  There are the pumpkin caps for everyone and sweat shirts with a Fall look. Tee shirts with the Halloween pumpkin face and black cat.  Baby onesies with a touch of Fall to them are here too.
Bread cloths, table runners and napkins to match.  Washcloths to send back to school with the college group  And much more to look at and use for gifts.  

Happy Auguest to you all!!!!

Hot, hot, hot

Yes, I did say that bad 3 letter word: HOT.
We all might be upset with the heat and the burning sun, but we should not say too much about it.
Reason? Well this Winter we might wish we had some of that heat.  It is a shame that we cant bottle that heat up so we could open it and have it for the Winter's cold.

Nanny Goat and I have been trying to keep cool under the big Hunters fan we have in the shop.  I know it takes the temps down about 20 degrees.  And that is cool enough to start knitting the Fall and Winter items.

At this time I am working on the Fall Pumpkins caps for the whole family.  The orange globs have the stem and the leaves just like the real thing. They come in sizes of Baby, Teen and  Adults. The cost is $8 for each size.  Here my son helps model the Adult size.  He has been seen running for work or to catch a taxi in New York City.  they are made of acrylic yarns and form fitting to the head to keeping in the warmth.

So I do hope we have a great Fall ya all!!!