Fiber PHanatic

One of the things we did while we were in Pagosa was going to the Fiber Festival!!!! First we got to see the sheep being sheared. And love on the Alpaca Cria - AWWWWWWWWWW! Adorable!!!!! If I could have slipped this precious baby into my bag and snuck it home I would have!!!! Two beautiful Llamas - One Suri style and One Huacaya style. From Sharp's Llamas. I LOVE the silvery colored Suri Llama - They hummed for us! And a Scottish Highlander Cow - Did you know that you could brush out their undercoat and spin it? This is a little bull (well, he wasn't that little) but he sure was cute!!!! Who they comb out and use the fiber!!!! Notice there are no pics of fiber products? I actually walked away from this show with no FIBER!!! I know that comes as a huge surprise to everyone but I have so much fiber right now I don't know where to store it all - I am learning to excercise some self control and use what I have before I buy more (accepting gifts of fiber and yarn d...

For those of you wondering if I'd ever finish the Locker hooked rug. It is done (except for edging - I'm 1/4 of the way done with that). Here it is!!!!! I have decided to put it up for sale. The money will either be used to pay medical bills for my daughter or to put towards a new buck next year. Yep, that's right, It's going to be time to get some new blood in the herd. I adore Storm but with a herd as small as mine you need a new buck for new blood pretty quick. But medical bills come before buck so.....where it is needed, it will go. This is handmade using only locally raised wool/alpaca fiber. It is hard to see the colors (you can click on the pic for a larger view) but it is white, brown, dark grey and grey/brown mix. The goat is dark grey overdyed with Turquoise/Blue. I am asking $400 for it and if you are interested, please let me know - the next one will be a pillow. SPECIAL ORDERS ARE WELCOME!!!!

Here is the Grey, Pink and blue Angelina scarf! I love the way this turned out - SOOOOO Excited. We took it and the other one down to Harvey House for the remainder of the Fiber show! Here is a good look at one of the hearts... I beaded the edges with Silver lined bugles, Pink silverlined seeds and clear drops. I love the way this turned out and I hope it sells!!!! I also found out while I was down at Harvey House that I've sold several skeins of yarn, a necklace and a couple of scarves. This has been my best HH show ever!!!! We still have 11/2 weeks left of the show and then we pick up the stuff on the weekend of March 7,

Wow - the colors almost look garish on this scarf - REALLY it is not has horrible as it looks - the colors are way more subtle - I probably shouldn't have put this against so light a back ground. I do LOVE how this one turned out though. It is really a cinnamon colored scarf with dark blue, gold, gold angelina and maroon with a tiny bit of olive colored Mohair I beaded the ends with a very subtle row of metallic rainbow beads that complement the colors of the scarf well. Sorry these photos don't really give you a good idea of how nice this scarf looks. I've got another one ALMOST done - it's light grey with little pink and blue flash hearts on it. (seriously it's cute - not horrible!). I've got TONS of ideas for MORE scarves so I'm goin to have to get to work - but first need to order more scarves - these two are the last two from the last batch I ordered - I may have to bite the bullet and order 10 this time instead of 5 - since they seem to be sellin...

I am learning to use my new toy - the rigid heddle loom. Kat gave me some lovely warp to warp the loom and I began weaving after Terri showed me how to warp and get started. this is very small compared to where I'm at now!!!! Close up of the woven part. Good thing this is just practice - I have made a TON of mistakes. Teacher Myra said she'd make me go back and correct them but I don't think so now - I've gotten about 2 ft done on the loom - not happening!!!! I don't mind the mistakes and I'll just use it as a table runner for me!

Here is my latest hat - It is another Wool/Mohair hat using Brown Sheep Co. yarn. i love this variegated yarn. It is really pretty. It looks more pink than red but it is really red with minimal pink on it. I love the way it turned out. It is for my Aunt in Nebraska. After I finished it last night I felted it - Nothing like a washer full of red fuzzies!!!! I never know exactly how these hats will turn out - they are sometimes more fuzzy than others and sometimes the shaping is different even though I use the same darn pattern every time but this one turned out nearly perfect shape and VERY FUZZY! You can really see the swirls in the Cranberry Swirl on this shot!

Another fun and funky Nuno Felted scarf. This one is a dark reddish purple with some brown, light lavender and teal wool or Mohair felted on. This one is more bunchy that the past ones and gives it a lot of texture and character - I also bought longer scarves this time and I really like the new length. I would love to get a BIG one and do a shawl but I have to pace myself a bit. I have 2 more to complete and an order I need to do now. I beaded the ends with cool rainbowy(muted) bugles and seeds and then added some cube Swarovsky chrystals for some bling. the light lavender mohair adds a bit of shine and the BFL (teal) adds a lot of texture and "curly" feel to the scarf. I really like this one. It will go to Harvey House as soon as I can make it down there.