The purple Merino seemed to be begging to be a scarf, though something lighter weight and lacy, suitable for Spring. With a craft fair coming up, I found a lace pattern I liked and wrote up a simple scarf pattern. Had to do the photo shoot before finishing the final product. Unfortunately, I think it may be a little too short, so I might rip it out and knit up a cowl instead. I really like the pattern, though, so perhaps some future yarn with a little more length ...
The green-dyed unknown sheep fiber has been spun into a single, which I brought yesterday to the Portland Fiber Gallery. They graciously spun it into a center-pull ball for me; next step is to ply it with itself.
My kindly fiber-genius sister helped me dye the formerly-white Merino top this pretty shade of purple. It's only 99 yards, so I'm still debating what to make of it. Probably not enough for a scarf ... but maybe a short, narrow Spring one? Stay tuned ...
Bought this bit of green sheepy loveliness at The Big Thaw craft fair last Saturday before work. I was craving color and springy things (who am I kidding? I still am!) and this caught my eye. I have no idea what kind of fiber it is, though it's almost certainly sheep of some kind. Sorta scratchy, but the color is so vibrant and wonderful, it could be steel wool for all I care. After finishing plying the Merino top this morning, I couldn't resist starting to spin a little ... the sun was shining and I still had some time before sprinting for the bus. So far, so good!
My talented sister has promised to help me dye it on Saturday (Shearing Day!), so updates will follow ...
I thought I had hidden this gigantic ball of yellow Red Heart yarn, but Taco found it last night. The trail of yarn guts goes from the kitchen to the dining room to the living room. Looks like he had some fun!
Note the black fingernails -- a late-night detail, added when I should have gone to bed. What you can't see is a little pink crinoline underneath the grey -- which the cat loves to chew on.
I've been working on puppets for a somewhat-improvised kids' show version of Hansel & Gretel. We've re-worked the story somewhat so the children go into the woods of their own accord to look for food and meet a variety of animals along the way, who offer their own particular (unappealing) foods. This is a frog they encounter in a particularly swampy bit of the forest who catches them some flies. The tongue is rigged so it pulls out of his throat, revealing three "flies"
Relaxing in a Manhattan apartment:
In traffic on I-95, headed to Connecticut:
At the in-law's, in Connecticut:
At a slight detour, in front of the Polar Beverage factory in Worcester, MA:
Home again, home again:
Turns out there's plenty of time to knit at craft fairs if nobody's buying your stuff ...
I made this little kitten pouch for Himself for Valentine's Day. The cat is an iron-on we got ages ago; the lining is flannel, left over from a pajama project.
One of my only forays into embridery. I'm surprised it came out as well as it did!
What will the sweater be in its next life? Stay tuned and see!
I've been working on these off and on, but finally wove in the ends and gave them faces last night. The frogs are my favorites, but I like the octopi a lot too. The green and the green/blue yellow are cotton (left over from the Swiffer project); the gray and red are wool (from S'Mittens).
A pink pig, mostly completed on Tuesday, but completed yesterday with the addition of eyes.
I woke up thinking about this project at 7 am and had to get it done just so I could be assured of a good night's sleep! It's just felt hearts sewn to black craft ribbon at regular intervals, using a decorative stitch that looks like an EKG printout. The small size, which fits a standard door or window, has 7 hearts; the large, which fits a wide doorway or double windows, has 13.
Finished the alpaca S'Mittens last night. I was worried I wouldn't have enough yarn from the 100 yards Sheila spun, but as it turns out, I could have made these longer -- I had plenty of yarn left over. Maybe I can make some tiny blue and pink alpaca finger puppets for the craft fair on Sunday.
Three monsters came to life yesterday. They're monocular because I ran out of eyeballs and still wanted to make puppets. Cute, though. The teeth were an experiment -- wasn't sure how they'd look or how they'd hinder mouth movement.
This is Neko. He's a much friendlier cat than his brother Mehitabel. He enjoys curling up with a book -- especially if there are pictures.
I don't know what it was, but something inspired me to make a moose and my mind wouldn't let the idea go until I had done it. His antlers (which he pronounces "ant-a-lurs") are rather heavy and tend to flop backward ... perhaps that's why he looks so worried.
This is Andy. He's very friendly.
