I finally have blocked my Gothic Leaf Stole designed by Sivia Harding. The photo does not really show it off well. It is about 7 or 8 feet long! I am very pleased with it!
And that scarf that has been in progress for months and months is finally finished. I love it! It is very soft. Handspun and millspun and mostly kid mohair.
And Joe's sweater nears completion too. I'm on the second sleeve. Then, there's just the collar, zipper and edging to do.
Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat was this weekend and I did make it there one day for a class with Kathryn Alexander on entrelac knitting. Sadly, I missed my Saturday class with Judith MacKenzie because the ferry broke down.
I decided to take a ferry off the north end of the island and stay in Gig Harbor Saturday night in order to make it to the Sunday class. I was pretty tired all day and couldn't seem to follow instructions!
But somehow when I reached home last night, it all started coming together. These are not beautiful but they are fun to do and begin to let me see design possibilities for this technique.
Just learning and beginning to explore but when I was at the Marketplace, I saw this roving from Dragonfibers sold by Village Yarn and Tea. I had to have it. It's Blue Faced Leicester in colorway Big Top. I wanted to spin it up and knit entrelac. The yarn is still unfinished. The colors were beautiful as they changed and fed onto the bobbin. I love to dye and will continue to but I am really impressed with Dragonfibers. The colors were saturated completely through the roving and their combination was lovely. She has an etsy shop but no Big Top in stock at present.
