Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Visions of Pumpkins...


As August prepares to give way to September, I am still busily creating as many pumpkin items as my fingers can possibly keep up with. My towns annual Pumpkin Festival begins in two weeks and I must have these goodies finished up and delivered to the gift shop downtown that's awaiting them. Customers start asking about my pumpkins by mid Spring {Are you kidding me? All I can think of at that point is ~ SUMMER... it's almost here... FINALLY!}

 
I did get some tags on some pumpkin hats last Saturday and dropped them off  at the shop so there would be a few there for some of those eager beavers!  My stack continues to grow here at home but I don't want to deliver anymore because I have ordered new business cards that should be here in the next day or two. After all, I must torture myself by having my name and number on every one of them so I get more outside orders for these silly pumpkin hats, which literally haunt my dreams at night this time of  year. Seriously ~ I go to sleep thinking about them, knit them in my dreams and wake up knowing they are the destiny of my darn day! Sometimes it's like this through October. {Did I mention before that pumkins don't do it for me in a big way and that orange has never been my favorite color?} I do have to smile and be thankful however. They are a big money maker. Last year my dear husband was having 60% of his pancreas removed during the Pumpkin Festival week {he had pancreatic cancer} and I spent 6 days and nights in the hospital with him. I took all my supplies to keep whipping these hats out thinking I'd bring a fresh stack to the shop. I didn't make it home with a single hat. The nurses snapped them up with more excitement than a bunch of fat kids in a candy store! Never saw anything like it in my life.
 
Anyway, this year I decided to give myself, and those pumpkin enthusiasts I am surrounded by, a bit of variety. I have been knitting up these sweet little pumpkin pincushions. Well, the pattern refers to them as pincushions and they are great for that. They are especially nice for a blunt yarn needle. But they make really cute table decorations as well. Even I really like them :)  Of course, you'll notice I have to sneak white pumpkins in the mix for my own viewing pleasure!
 
So~ if I disappear again for a few days at a time, you'll know I'm wandering around in the pumpkin patch {trying not to come unraveled!}

14 comments:

  1. Awesome job Danette! Good luck with the sales of all your pumpkin creations. :)

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    1. Oh Thanks Kar!
      I do get caught up in the excitement. We live on Main Street right in the middle of town so I can sit on my porch and hear the screams from the rides and smell the carnival food. But I am always ready for pumpkin mania to come to an end too :)

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  2. These are so cute (the hats too!), no wonder everyone snatches them up. I really LOVE the little white pumpkin!

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    1. Thanks Lynne!
      The white is my favorite too! I LOVE white pumpkins best of all :)

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  3. Hi Danette,
    Oh my, I hadn't realized that you've been so busy making pumpkins as well as pumpkin hats, no wonder you are dreaming of them as well. I have to agree that the white one is a favorite, so darn cute! I wish you much success, sell, sell sell! Love your tags, they look great on your hat display.

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    1. Thanks Karen!
      Another day ~ another pumpkin! And those darn tags take almost as much of my time as the hats do. I make a whole batch of them every so often in different season/holidays and string them along 2 mini clotheslines that hang between built in bookcases in our office.
      Have a good day!

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  4. Oh I love all pumpkins and yours are wonderful! Not surprised they are in such demand. I wish we had a pumpkin festival. I love it when Gilmore Girls is peppered with pumpkins. Your white ones are so elegant. Oh dear, I have pumpkin fever now! You have done it again! x

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    1. Oh Joy ~ you are so cute! Wish you could be here in my town with your pumpkin fever! You'd fit right in Girl. And I think the white pumpkins have an air of elegance too :)
      Thanks for stopping in to visit!
      Have a wonderful day.

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  5. Those pumpkins are so cute, I can't stand it!

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    1. Why thank you, Ms. Magnolia Tea! :)
      And thanks for taking time to chat with me ~ I love it!
      Have a great day!

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  6. ...so beautiful, congratulations, i amazing, tank you Danette for your visit, kisses.

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    1. Hello Eva!
      Thank you! And thanks for your visits!
      Kisses to you to :)

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  7. Oh, Danette! How sweet! and I did not know about your husband, mine was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, the last year and a half was definitely hard, but has been looking up all this year, thank you Jesus! Your pumpkin pincushions are just adorable. I made a pumpkiny post too, hope you take a look. :) I could not find a soft orange shade locally so I worked with a bright cotton orange. Thanks for the inspiration! Have a great week pumpkin making! and continued prayers for your husbands health.

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    1. Well I will certainly be praying for your husband as well! It's a shocker when these things hit. But YES! THANK YOU JESUS! We are on the other side. I will hop over to your place now for a peek at your pumpkiny goodness. Just got back from my LYS with more yarn!

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Danette