Raven Lunatic...we're all mad here

I'm a once a year blogger....sad!

Well, my only excuse is we are still building our house (hopefully more on that later). I have complete tons of shawls, another baby blanket and a very cute tank for my granddaughter, modeled here by the little diva herself. Actually she was not striking the pose on purpose. She was super tired and twirling her hair. It was her one year birthday weekend and she was tuckered out. The top I made from a pattern on Knitty, which I can't remember the name of, but it was simple and cute. Her are a couple of the shawls I've finished. This is Triangle with Triangles. A beautiful pattern that I loved knitting and will make more of. Part of the fun was the yarn, It is an amazing beaded Merino/Silk Yarn in green with yellow beads from Angora Cottage.

Well, that's it for tonight, more later...I promise!

Debbie

What's on and off the needles....

This past Saturday my friend Joanne and I set up a spinning demo at a very small local fair, the Cornwall, CT Agricultural fair. We had fun, the weather was beautiful and we had lots of visitors and inquisitive children. Boys seemed especially interested in spinning. I think it's the mechanics of it all. We had lots of things on display and Joanne had some of her lovely handspun yarns for sale as well as knitted items. I just had my own things to show but not sell.
Here is a pic of how our "non-booth" looked all set up. My wheel is the Louet S-10. Where are the spinners? Well, moi is behind the camera and Joanne is off in search of a hot dog and something to drink. Not much of an action photo!

I just finished the Dove Shawl from Heirloom Knitting and here is a first shot of it. As you might be able to see I haven't even woven in the begining and end bits. The background in the picture is not so flattering, but I will take better pictures later.

Now I'm working on finishing my husbands vest. Here is a shot of it. It's the most lovely handspun Blue-Face Leicester from Spirit Trail Fiberworks which I bought at the MA Sheep & Wool Festival last year. I'm using a vest from Elsebeth Lavold's "Viking Patterns for Knitting" and used a tree pattern from another source.

I'm struggling with designing the pattern for a logo he wants knit in cables on the back of the vest. We're members of the Timber Framer's Guild and their logo is basically an overlapping T and F in a circle. Very basic design, but I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around how to do it. The main problem is I put the vest down and didn't touch it for 6 months or so and forgot how I did the tree. *sigh* I really hate having to relearn something! I hope to have it done by November when we go to Roanoke, VA to the 2006 TFG Eastern Conference.

I also have a baby blanket on the needles for my granddaughter, Leah Rose, (haven't taken a pic of it yet) and yesterday I got an itch for a quick project so I started and finished these gauntlets from the Summer 2006 issue of Knitty.com, the're called "Fetching" and I think they are! They're in the lovely colorway "Orange Creamsicle" in a soft-as-can-be merino hand-dyed by the very talented Roxanne, owner of Zen Yarn Garden. They took me about 8 hours start to finish.

That's all for tonight, must sleep...it's after 1am and the alarm is going off at 6am...gack!

Debbie

I'm baaaack!!! ;-)

Whoa, it's been a while. Took me forever to remember my password and login, but I made it! Anyway, here's a photo for a contest found here - http://jerrysmenagerie.blogspot.com/2006/08/random-knitting-theory-1-contest.html That's me knitting Continental style on Holz & Stein needles, working on the Dove Shawl from Heirloom Knitting I'm using Colinette Pariseinne kid mohair in the colorway "Marble". I'm halfway done and will post more pictures of it as I get further along.

Feel free to click on the photos to see a larger view.

The most exciting news recently is my new (and first) grandchild, Leah Rose. Here she is at 7 weeks, what a beauty if I do say so! She's so much fun to knit for! She has a lovely DK weight cashmere blanket I made for her. So soft! I'm sure it will be a favorite of hers. I used Colourmart cashmere, a personal favorite.

Here's a pic of the blanket being blocked/dressed with dressing wires. The second photo is a close-up of the edging. This is a pattern called "Auntie's Afghan"