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Wee Bits and Pieces

For some odd reason I am still not ready to get back to Autumn’s End.

For a while it was hats, then a just-for-the -heck-of-it cowl

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My current distraction is this sweet little sheep

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It’s an interesting pattern. In looking at the picture I would never have guessed how it is constructed.
I’m making one in the likeness of Edgar- here are the pieces so far

Body and head

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Three out of four legs

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So I’ve still got one leg, ears and horn band to knit. And a sweater too, I guess.
Then comes the sewing up.

But I think it’s going to be super cute.

I might need to make a whole wee flock!

And I have gotten a little spinning done lately as well- blended batts left over from the holiday market have become sweet little skeins

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Long live the stash!

Last Hat of 2016

It was going to be a quick one.
But felting with a variety of handspun yarns can be kind of a crapshoot.

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It knit up fast, but then didn’t felt down quite the way I’d hoped.
The ribbed edge actually grew by about 3 inches. Maybe more.
Crazy.

So I had to take a step back and redesign on the fly.

Thankfully (?) the section just above the ribbing didn’t really felt very well, so I was able to carefully snip and pull out a row to remove the ribbing and leave felted but live stitches above to work with.

Picked up the stitches, and knit down corrugated ribbing on smaller needles. Finished off with Elizabeth Zimmerman’s sewn “Better Bindoff” so it has a little give at the edge.

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Whew! Finally sized for a normal-sized human head 🙂
And it’s felted down pretty hard through the body, so should be super toasty.

Which is a good thing, because it’s supposed to get mighty cold again next week.

Happy New Years everyone!

Over the River and Through the Woods

Last week the Man, Sadie and I took a little trip down to the Columbia River Gorge for a few days.
Was nice to get a little time away- and while it was quite chilly and windy down there, the snow and ice somehow make it even more beautiful

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For some really amazing photos of the place, check out The Man’s Columbia Gorge album

And then the day after we got back, the two new bobbins for Sigrid arrived from Steven of Q’s Quality Woodwork!

Here is one new, and the one original sitting atop the hat I finished on vacation 🙂

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And Sigrid trying on her new accessories

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So pretty, and a perfect fit!