Slipper Socks for Christmas

These are Slipper Socks. I made a pair of blue ones for my brother and these green ones are for my neice. They live in Truckee near Reno where it's cold, so they should enjoy these!

The Gift of Socks

Aarrgg! I made these here socks for me daughter for Christmas. I think they are really fun. I think I'll make a pair for me too!

Another Gift

This is a muff that I made for my sister. The pattern is an original one. I love cables. This was the 1st time I worked them in the round. It was a challenge planning the pattern to be the right size, but as you can see - it worked!
My sister lives in Boise, so she can appreciate the warmth of a muff. The picture doesn't really do it justice, but here it is anyway.
The inside is made with a blend of Aaron (an Angora Rabbit) and Patrick (a Romney Lamb). The inside was made from Iris a Corridale/Merino ewe. All hand spun of course.

Gifts Given

Now that Christmas is over I can show you the gifts that I made.
These are some Kitchen Towels that I gave to my Sister - she got the blue one's, a friend in Sarasota - the turquoise. She got a yellow one too. And the Christmas red and green went to my neighbor. I think everyone liked them.
They are a Summer/Winter pattern. I really like the way they came out. I also made one for me with a yellow weft and olive green pattern.

A New Hat

Remember a while back I showed you a light blue sweater that I knit back in Nov '07 ? Well I wanted to wear it the other evening and it was really cold, so I decided to make a hat to match. I love the set together or separate!

Merry Christmas!

Molly Manikin got dressed up in green and red for the holiday!

Basket Day

My spinning friends came over yesterday and we made baskets. Everyone made a beautiful basket. I had a lot of fun sharing the day with them. Here is my basket!

Molly Manikin

I bought a manikin to show off my work. I know it's vane, but I put so much work into the shawls that it seems a shame to store them in the closet. I can change het outfit whenever I want. I think it's cool!

More on the Fair

I also won a Second Place on the Fib Fit Vest shown in an earlier post.
The Cable Vest I made out of Mohair dyed with walnuts won a 3rd.

All totaled I won 3 Blues, 4 Seconds and 5 Thirds - and $260 !! Needled to say I'm pleased. That's all the bragging I will do now. Thanks for letting me indulge.

Georgia National Fair

I entered some things in the Georgia National Fair and did very well!
I received quite a few ribbons. I won a first, second and a third on some skeins.

I also won a Blue ribbon on the "Marley Shawl" shown in an earlier post titled "Sheep to Shawl". My Tri Loom Shawl won a Third as did the stuffed Goat I made out of my 1st skein (the one with the shorts and top).

The blue and white scarf I made as a first project on the Baby Wolf Loom won 3rd.
I made a rayon scarf with olive and gold stripes and it won a 1st. Then on the same warp I made a black and white that won 2nd!

I did some more natural dyeing this week.
These are hand spun Mohair skeins from my goats, dyed with Onion Skins (yellow) and Madder Root (orange). I LOVE the way they came out! The yellow one on the end looks darker, but it's not. Must be the light in the photo. And they are oh so soft too! This weekend my Guild is going to do some dyeing with Mimosa leaves. I'm hoping for a complimentary green. Then I will do more Black Walnut to go with it.
I will, of course, post the results, so check back.

These guys were made with my 1st skein of hand spun yarn. I dye the goat's shorts with Kool-Aid. The pattern is one I made up using a modified Teddy Bear pattern.

This is a Lion that I made for my Mom. She's a cat person and loves lions and tigers.

Ok these aren't Bears... but they are still cute!

This is Mickey Mouse. I made it for my daughter for Christmas last year. She's a HUGE Disney fan.

More Bears

This is Ralphy

Ralphy and Christopher

Bernie and Alice
I just finished these two. They are best friends!

Teddy Bears

I think it's time I added some of my Teddy Bears to my Blog page. Hope you like them!

Another scarf

I finished a scarf this week. I call it "The most expensive yarn I ever bought scarf". It's made with just a simple garter stitch the way, It's silk and very nice to touch. Not warm, but who cares - I live in south Georgia!

Dish Towels

I finished another project on the loom. This time I made dishtowels using a roespath technique.Hearts, boats, flowers cherries and sheep. I love the sheep towel. I think I will make more of these. I thought the purple flower might look good in red for Christmas and the cherries may look like grapes if done in purple...

Tri Loom Shawl

Well I decided to make a triangle Shawl. Ist I had to make the loom...lots of drilling and lots of hammering in lots of nails. But It worked! I forgot to take a photo of the loom - maybe next time.
I used the Easter Surprise yarn and it looks great except I mis measured my fringe and ran out of yarn!! So I am going to spin up some Gulf Coast Native and dye it to match. Meanwhile I took it off the loom by attaching brown yarn temporarily to the edge. It looks really nice. I like the natural plad look from the verigated yarn.

Left over Easter Surprise

This is some Mohair Yarn that I dyed in the water that was left over in the cooler after I did the Easter Surprise batts. I love the color. Now what to make...?

Easter Surprise Yarn

Here is some of the easter Surprise batts all spun up and ready to go.

Easter Surprise Project

I call this my Easter Surprise Project because I set it up the night before and saw the results on Easter morning.
This was my 1st experiment in cooler dyeing. I took some wool batts that I had processed on my drum carder and layered them in a cooler, sprinkling the layers with 6 different shades of blue, green and yellow dye. Then I covered them with boiling water - being carful not to stir them up. Then I added more boiling water mixed with vinegar and poured it all over the batts. I closed up the cooler and didn't peek until Easter Morning. This is how my dyed batts looked.

New Weaving Project

I finished the 1st project on the Baby Wolf. I made a scarf and a table runner. Both are made with the same threading, different tie-up and treading. I tied the blue to the brown on the warp so they could be done on the same warping. I think they came out great.