Author: denisemor

My Chone Forest vest is complete!

I’m really happy with how it turned out, and expect it will get lots of wear once the weather turns cool. Instead of buttons at the base of the collar where there is overlap I am using a cool hammered copper shawl pin that I picked up at the WSU Country Living Expo last year. I think it gives it a little artsy flair 🙂

And as soon as I had that wrapped up, I fell headlong into another vest project- this one for John of Marietta Shetlands. He brought me the yarn on Saturday- and hopefully I can turn it into a sharp-looking vest in time for the Fiber Fusion even in mid-October. So no time to waste. I’ve been swatching and putting together a plan, hoping to cast on for real tonight or tomorrow.

(Funny, I didn’t even notice until just now how similar the diamond pattern I selected for John’s vest is to the cables in Forest. Some sort of weird subliminal thing going on?)

Anyway- as if that wasn’t enough excitement for one weekend ,,,, look what followed me home yesterday!

I’m such a wheel junkie. 🙂 But how can you say no to such a beauty?

She’s in excellent shape, and it looks like she might even be able to share bobbins with Sigrid, my other Scandinavian wheel. She’s also got adjustable maiden slots.

And she’s a sweet spinner. Seen a lot of service, as evidenced by the grooves worn in her flyer arms

the wear on the edges of the orifice

and wear patterns in the treadle

Welcome to the herd Elsa!

Bow Market Fiber Day was fun- I brought my drum carder and talked to lots of folks about processing wool, keeping sheep, and all kind of stuff.

The lamb puppets were very well received. Lots of smiles, nice comments, and Posy and Nora found new homes 🙂 So that was cool. I’m going to try and get a bunch more made before the Holiday market on Dec 7.

Now that Fiber Day is the rearview mirror, I’m getting back to some projects that had been sidelined for a bit.

First priority is wrapping up my Chone Forest vest!

Saturday I washed and blocked the pieces-

It dried very quickly, so today I got down to sewing it up!

I’ve got the shoulders connected and the neckline assembled, but still have to seam the sides and do the armhole finishing.

So close! Maybe I’ll get the finishing touches done tonight- but more likely tomorrow or Tuesday.

Next up- thumbs for the mittens that time forgot!

Whew- weekend has gone fast. Almost out of gas, but wanted to share some photos from Friday at the NW Washington Fair where I volunteered for a shift at the Wool Show.

Saturday I picked blueberries and blackberries from the yard to make this-

It is scrumptious. Highly recommend: https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/blueberry-blackberry-galette-with-cornmeal-crust

And I’m also working on getting three more little lamb puppets ready for Fiber Day at the Bow Market, which is this coming Thursday!

If your’e in the area, come out and see us at Samish Bay Cheese, 15115 Bow Hill Road, Bow. Market runs from 1-6.

Have a great week!

Nautical Knitting on the Zodiac was awesome- here’s me standing watch at the helm

And Abby the boat cat taking over my bunk-

We had great classes with Mary Scott Huff- all about stranded colorwork and steeking. I fell in love with this sweater she brought as one of her samples

And I managed to get my alpaca hat done while I was onboard (yay!)

Since I’ve been back, I’ve gotten back to felting- five more sheets done!

And finally circled back around to put faces and decorations on my two new lamb puppets.

I’m really close to finishing my Forest sweater vest, but it’s on hold for now as I’m getting some things ready for the Bow Market Fiber Day- which is coming up fast! Hope to have a couple more lamb puppets done by Aug 22.

Have a great week!