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FAF – Heat Wave

Well I’m a Fiber Arts Friday slacker this week.  Not that I haven’t been playing with fiber but I have not taken any photos of my work.

Right now I have a some alpaca/wool on my wheel that my MIL dyed a while back.  I’ve been saving it for Tour de Fleece.  I’ll spare you the artist renditions this time.

What I can show you is what is on my needles.  I’m still working away at the cowl when I’m not spinning.  Since TdF is taking most of my time I’ve been going very slowly at the knitting end of things but it is about 1/3-1/2 done.

Big thank you to everyone who suggested I learn the Norwegian Purl Stitch.   It has cut my slow knitting time in half if not more.  Here’s a short video of me with my new stitch.

Lastly here’s a photo of one of my dogs, Brindee, napping by the lake last week.  Oh what I wouldn’t give to be back up in the mountains right now with all this heat this week.

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WIP – Tour de NY

Hi everyone I’m back!  What a trip up to the Adirondack Mountains I had.  Of course it’s Tour de Fleece right now so I brought my wheel along with me.  Since it sat in the passenger’s seat for the trip I found myself talking to it and finally gave it a name, Chester.  I’m sure most wheel’s have feminine names but this one just seemed like a Chester to me.  Say hi Chester!

Chester and I spent quite a bit of time together at the lake.  You can see a seaplane in the background coming in in one of the photos.  I was working on a brownish color alpaca/wool blend.  I must not have taken a finished photo of the yarn though.  Oh well I’ll save that one for Friday then.

Here’s what I have on one of my bobbins right now.  It’s a hand carded alpaca/wool/tencel blend.  I’m not sure if I’m going to leave it that color or dye it later.  It’s so shinny!

Lastly I couldn’t help but share this last photo.  While I was rummaging through the cabin looking for a snack the Triscuit box caught my eye.  Andrea, this is 100% for you, I know you’re on a gluten free diet so you probably would never have seen this otherwise.

Tour de Fleece folks participating in the beaded prize.  I’m going through all the photos today and will have a winner randomly picked out by NOON!