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You’ve been watching its progress these past few weeks and the shawl is finally finished! I had intentions of keeping this shawl for myself but decided to do one in alpaca instead and sell this one so here are the details
Materials: Deborah Norville Collection Serenity Garden Yarn
Color: Grass
Content: 100% Microfiber
Size: appox 6′ tip to tip and 3′ depth
Price: $80
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This is a light weight shawl perfect for spring and summer functions. The fans and color pattern add that ‘pop’ to any outfit. The long fringe adds a nice vertical contrast to the horizontal pattern.
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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.
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?
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Let’s face it, alpaca yarn is expensive and if you’re like me you hate to waste any of it. I had about 50 or so yards left over from a project and came up with this little pattern to make a cowl. With 2 buttons finishing it off it happily fits around my neck perfectly like a coker necklace. I’ve been putting together a scarf using this pattern with other leftovers I have. I’ll post picks when I get it done.
Click Here for PDF – Crochet Pattern
Materials:
Worsted Weight Yarn
US J10/6.00MM hook
~50-70 yards of yarn. Perfect for leftovers or novelty skeins!
Key:
CH – Chain
SC – Single Crochet
DC – Double Crochet
SK – Skip
Setup Row: Chain 21
Row 1: DC in 4th and 5th chain from hook. CH 5, SK next 5 CH, DC in next 3 CH, CH 5, SK next 5 CH, DC in next 3 CH, CH3 (counts as 1st DC for next row) Turn.
Row 2: DC in next 2 DC, CH 2, SK 2, SC, CH 2, SK 2, DC in next 3 DC, CH 2, SK 2, SC, CH 2, SK 2, DC in next 3 DC, CH 3 turn.
Row 3: DC in next 2 DC, CH 2, SK 2, SC, CH 2, SK 2, DC in next 3 DC, CH 2, SK 2, SC, CH 2, SK 2, DC in next 3 DC, CH 3 turn.
Row 4: DC in next 2 DC, CH 5, SK 5, DC in next 3 DC, CH 5, SK 5, DC in last 3 DC, CH 3 Turn.
Row 5-?: Repeat rows 2 – 4 until desired length, ending on row 4.
Cowl Finish: Add 4 rows of SC for an area to fasten 2 buttons to.
Scarf Finish: Appox. 150-200 yards of yarn needed. End Scarf on Row 4 and fasten off.
Welcome back Fiber Arts Friday fans.
This week I lost a good friend, neighbor and equine enthusiast, David Britt. Of all things David died encephalitis after getting the flu. I’m so thankful that my last memory of him (a day before he got sick) is when he saw me riding by on one of my horses. He couldn’t help throwing open a window, hanging half way out, screaming out my name and waving feverishly just to say hello and wish me a good day. David was that kind of guy and so full of love for life and everyone in it. I’m going to miss him and so will the horses, who drag me to a stop at his driveway because they know he’d always come out with some carrots.
So, why this talk of death? Well it’s my only release really. Sorry to unload on you folks but just getting it out there really helps. Thank you for tolerating me.
Ironically Stephanie (Hog Island Sheep Rancher) sent me over a TIME article about woolen caskets on Monday. It just seemed to mesh into what I was going through this week so why not look into fiber funeral options?
There is a rather inventive wool mill in Britain called Hainsworth who has been in the mill business for 225 years and make everything from felt for billiard tables to the uniforms for the Queen’s guards. With economy tanking and the “green” initiative soaring the company figured out a way to tap into a traditionally wood and metal market with their felted wool caskets and cremation presenters.
I’m a bury me in the back yard in a pine box type of personality but I’m thinking oh wouldn’t an alpaca casket be even better?! Ok, can you tell I don’t handle death well? Seriously though wouldn’t it would be the perfect send off for a fiber artist. You could needle felt a flower to it instead of real flowers.
Ok that’s it I’m done, I can’t type any more but if you want to check out their wool caskets Click Here.
Have a great weekend everyone I’m off to learn how to shear alpacas.
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