Fiber PHanatic

Nothing like deadlines to make you finish a bunch of projects. I forgot that I had this purse partly done so I felted a flap and made a button for it. and it's done! I still needed to finish two gourd trophies for the State Fair Goat Show so here are the two Reserve Champion gourds. This is the Senior Reserve Champion and below is the Junion Reserve Champion. I did a lot of felting yesterday and was able to incorporate the felting into the gourds. I think this one is my all time favorite. Sorry, this is a little hard to see but I had to tilt the camara to avoid glare - This is a petroglyph goat on a felted background in a frame with a piece of turquoise and a feather. It really does look pretty cool - in person. Well, I need to go felt a few more scarves.

This is the before and after shots of a felted purse I recently finished. It is knitted in the garter stitch (I finally learned how to decrease!) on size 8 circular needles. The yarn is Top of the Lamb from Brown Sheep Company (I LOVE their yarn). It is already sold and somewhere in California. I sure enjoyed knitting this purse. I am hoping to do another one for myself one of these days soon - probably not it red. The clasp is a black bead held on with a red bead. Not too shabby for my first purse.