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Bow Market Fiber Day+ Lambie Surprise!

denisemor 1 August 19, 2018August 19, 2018

Hey- so the Bow Market Fiber Day is coming up fast! If you’re looking for some woolly goodness, make sure to swing by Thursday afternoon.

I’ll have yarn,

blended batts

and hats!

I’m also working on some natural colored yarns that coordinate beautifully with the flashy dyed skeins.

So we’ll see how much of that I can get done by Thursday 🙂

And, I wanted to share something special I got in the mail from my mom this week.
My gram’s cast iron lamb cake mold.

I’m told that it originally belonged to my great, great grandmother, who probably brought it over with her from Germany. It’s in good shape, but needs to be cleaned up and re-seasoned before I can try to make my first lamb cake.

I’ve always been more of a cookie baker, but I’m so excited to give this a shot!

Bow Little Market Holiday Festival

Bow Little Market’s Holiday Festival Sat. Nov. 12, 10 – 4 Beau Lodge, 17581 Wood Rd., Bow WA Contact us: 360 724 3333; bowlittlemarket@hotmail.com; bowlittlemarket.com Come for lunch! Free hot …

Batts and Hats for the Holidays!

denisemor 0 November 6, 2016

Next Saturday I’ll be at the Bow Little Market Holiday Festival at Beau Lodge!

In preparation, I’ve been carding up some fancy blended batts

And of course I’ll have lots of hats!

< It's a really nice gift fair, so if you're in the area, please do stop by and say hi!

The Process

denisemor 2 August 21, 2016

Thanks to everyone that came out to the Bow Little Market Fiber Day!

It was a hot one (about 90 degrees), and so I don’t think that a lot of folks were really in the mood to try on hats and fondle skeins of wool yarn. I think I’ll try again in the Fall once the weather has turned and everyone is concerned with keeping toasty.Hopefully I’ll get accepted to participate in the Holiday Market in November.

But I did chat with a lot folks about the sheeps and my wool process, how I do it all in-house from shearing to knitted object.
I kind of take it for granted anymore, but I guess the entirely hand-processed aspect of my wares is fairly unique.

So I’ve started a page that outlines the steps that the wool takes from Sheep to Skein.
That at least gets us to the designing and knitting stage in the project life cycle.

I hope you enjoy it.

Oh, and speaking of designing and knitting, I wanted to share the recipe for my basic fairisle hat.

Pick out some cool, flashy colors.
Cast on 120 stitches on size 3 circular needles (16 or 18″ length)
Knit about 10 or so rows in corrugated ribbing.
Work two or 4 rows in garter stitch for a bit of a border.
Work chart below for body of the hat until approximately 6 inches from cast-on edge.

Place markers every 20 or 40 stitches for shaping the crown of the hat
Decrease 6 stitches per round until 12 stitches remain.
Run two working yarns through remaining stitches and weave in all ends.
Wash and block, and there you have it!