April 20th, 2007 at 10:03 am (fiber arts, crochet)
I have to post this as it’s the cause of much inspiration for me. I often head over to the 60-Odd gallery for inspiration and a deep breath of beauty. For 2007, the International Freeform Artists have been up to it again, this time unveiling two web-based crochet shows that every aspiring fiber artist should check out:
Tree of Life, Tree of Peace
and
Earth Air Fire Water (love this exhibit!)
Off to Shelter Island for a hopefully warm weekend for painting, cleaning and yard work to get the house ready to rent…have a great Spring weekend everyone!
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April 14th, 2007 at 6:25 pm (spinning, Knitting)
Sorry to bore everyone with the non-fibery posts all the time, but I have finally got some finished objects to post and here’s the first, hooray! Of course, my photos suck and I didn’t realize it until after I gave it away. This scarf was knit in celebration of a young friend making her passage into womanhood. I wanted to commemorate the event with something special for a special young woman, hence it’s in her favorite colors purple and green, with some complimentary colors and just a hint of red thrown in to mark this extra special time in her life. I hope she enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it!
The chunky yarn is my own handspun singles, spun bulky from a batt I carded including merino, silk, silk noil and sparkle. I knit it with alternating chunks of a thinner commercial mostly mohair blend. (Can’t find the label but I’ll post it when I do locate it.) I knit the handspun before setting the twist, in lopsided rows totaling 5 yarn overs in each double row, which makes for a real loose open look that I think shows off the handspun nicely (if that doesn’t make sense, feel free to ask for details, not sure I can explain without writing a pattern, which I have absolutely NO idea how to do!!). I had a lot of fun with this project. The fringe is uneven and wild on purpose for an extra fun touch. Here’s another lousy pic of the scarf on our fence–really gotta get a dress form or mannequin.
More eye candy coming soon…check in someday to see what I’m up to, please.
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