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Fiber Arts Friday: Back in the Groove

Welcome Back Fiber Arts Friday Followers!

I’ve finally gotten back into my fiber groove.  However it’s a bit all over the place but who cares, it’s all fiber.

Last weekend the weather STUNK so I stayed inside.  I’m actually thankful from the physical break of farm life and to sit on my couch and spin.  I actually managed to spin up 4 skeinsin all.  (1) Cat skein for my friend, (1) Golden Yellow and (2) natural beige. Sorry I don’t have photos of all of them.

Handspun Alpaca Yarn

If you’re curious about the Green Shawl…. It was on the hook ealier this week but recently I took it off and am working on blocking and fringe.

Crochet Fan Shawl

I hope to have the shawl finished in time for a little showing at Fiberarts International.  Girls night out this Saturday!  Yippy!

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Fiber Arts Friday: A bit of everything

Welcome back to Fiber Arts Friday!

I’ve had a case of Fiber ADD again this week.  I think heading up to Jay NY for the shearing seminar got me motivated to play with everything alpaca again.

If you frequent my Fiber Wordless Wednesday you’ve seen my shearing job so I won’t bore you with that again.  If you haven’t seen it check it out or think about participating next week, share anything fiber animal related from sheep to rabbits and everything in between.

With my hands on all that alpaca fiber at shearing made me want to spin so I got to work on this bobbin.  I haven’t spun in a while and I’m amazed how I’m doing so poorly and getting lumps when I’m trying not to get them.   Ugh.

Alpaca Yarn

 My green shawl has stalled.  I got 2 more pattern rows done since you last seen it but at least that was enough to get me onto my last skein!  I’m almost there.

Lastly… Here’s the start of the heather gray alpaca shawl using the same pattern as the green shawl.  See why I decided to sell the green one and keep this one? 

 Crochet Alpaca Shawl  Crochet Alpaca Shawl


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WIP: Fan Pattern Shawl Con’t

So my hope was to finish the shawl sitting around a camp fire while we were camping at Letchworth State Park this past weekend.  Instead our camp fire dreams were stomped out by Smokey the Bureaucratic State Employee Bear!   

  1. Letchworth kicked us out of our cabin that we’ve rented for the past 11 years and tossed us in another one while our usual cabin was geting an overhaul.  Why? Because….
  2. Letchworth took out ALL wood burning stoves from ALL of the cabins
  3. Letchworth no longer provides campers with firewood even for outside camp fires
  4. Letchworth pissed me off and totally ruined our camping trip! ARGH

The first night we all stood around what used to be a fireplace and did nothing but bellyache about Letchworth.  We were so bored we all went to bed at 9pm totally sober and irate.   

Day 2 was a little better; we drank beer, ate bacon and eventually went on a hike.  Later we drove all the way back to Geneseo to pick up some of those manufactured logs just so we could have an outside camp fire.  More drinking made the processed fire almost look realistic.

Letchworth State Park
LSP - Outlet after lowerfalls footbridge.

Letchworth State Park
LSP - Lower Falls after a hard rain.

Since most of my time was spent complaining about the State of New York and Letchworth State Park in general I only got 1 pattern row done on my scarf.  But, the good news is I’m almost done with a skein and there’s 1 more skein left to work and the other one will be used for fringe.   

   

Oh, I also read a book called “A Dog’s Purpose” by Bruce Cameron.  If you’re a dog lover I highly recommend it.  If you’re a crier keep tissues handy.  I slobbered all over my sleeping bag and pillow on several occasions.  

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WIP – Even better on Tuesday

Ok So I’m going to do my WIPs on Tuesdays because on Wednesday I want to focus my attention on Fiber Wordless Wednesdays.

Since I started documenting my WIPs I’ve realized how many projects I have started but not finished.  I have a LOT more than I’d like to admit but here are 2 that I’m focusing on completing.

The most important of these of course is my sock yarn shawl.  I want this thing DONE.  Unfortunately I don’t know when “done” is.  The measurement currently from neck to tip is 26” but how much will this thing stretch out when blocked?  I just don’t know.  I’d like that measurement to ultimately be 36” after blocking.  Oh well I guess I’ll just knit until the skein I’m using is done and see what happens.

Sock Yarn Shawl
Shawl is on 40" rounds

The 2nd project that I’m now starting to work on again in earnest is my summer afghan.  I started this one last year and found and about 30 finished squares in a tub while I was digging through my stash.  I figure I need about 60 squares to complete an afghan to fit a twin size bed.  M. Hates the colors but I like them, with snow storm after snow storm I need something bright and cheery to look at.

So what are you working on?