These are skeins of lace-weight, drying on the radiator. I am going to cast-on tomorrow...
Here is one of three swatches. I liked the center on this one, but the rest didn't thrill me. I have heavily modified it.
Here you can see the fiber and spindle I have been using. The solid colored fiber is some merino/silk I had in my stash. The spindle is a Tom Forrester.
The dyed fiber was a gift I won on Spindlicity and is also merino and silk, but I think has more silk than the other fiber.
This is where the fiber came from and it is delicious.So about this year's contest...
I have a brand-new Party Pooper, just waiting to go out into the world. If you would like to win him, here is the plan:
Leave me a link (in the comments) to the most amazing, fiber related pictures you can find on the web. They don't have to be brand new. They just have to be cool. If you live in the USA and I like your link the best, I will send you the party pooper. If you live far away, and the postage is wonky, I will send you a PDF pattern instead! Here you can see some pictures that my brother-in-law Ken sent me, to start us out. Be sure you leave your email address with your comment. If you are a "no-reply" blogger I will not be able to contact you, even if you post my favorite link!
Leave me a link (in the comments) to the most amazing, fiber related pictures you can find on the web. They don't have to be brand new. They just have to be cool. If you live in the USA and I like your link the best, I will send you the party pooper. If you live far away, and the postage is wonky, I will send you a PDF pattern instead! Here you can see some pictures that my brother-in-law Ken sent me, to start us out. Be sure you leave your email address with your comment. If you are a "no-reply" blogger I will not be able to contact you, even if you post my favorite link!
Those sheep are hilarious! Thanks for the pictures :)
ReplyDeleteHere to start you off from: www.bavgirl.com/2008/10/saff_2009.html which leads us to my favorite fiber hats: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bavgirl/2976735926/
ReplyDeleteI too like the center of your lace design!
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sulitk at hot mail dot com
http://habetrot.typepad.com/habetrot/
ReplyDeleteThis ENTIRE site is my entry! lol She has the most incredible old pictures of fiber-related things. I love almost every picture she posts but my most favorite is probably the "Racka Ewe" which you can find by a search of her site!
Kate/Massachusetts
email: dfuller55 at verizon dot net
Love the sheep! As I was searching I found this site and thought it would be fun to "tag" something in my town :)
ReplyDeletehttp://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.html
teeboc/wyoming
Check out this artist! She mends spider webs!
ReplyDeletehttp://iamtheweather.com/2008/04/29/spider-web-repair/
Because I was bored at work today...Here are a few more...
ReplyDelete1. Tartan Sheep - http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Perth_and_Kinross/Crieff/photo238433.htm
2. SheepScape - http://www.ewetube.co.uk/
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http://anacleta.homestead.com/knittinghumor.html
ReplyDeleteLove this site!
Andrea in Virginia
Scroll down to the Sheep Chair!
ReplyDeletehttp://conceptrends.com/2008/03/14/weird-chairs-meat-and-sheep-chair/
(I'm supposed to be cooked for dinner tonight. I'm obscessed with knitting :)
Loved this idea of really being able to count sheep when I'm trying to sleep and can only think of knitting:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.giftology.co.uk/acatalog/Novelty_Glow_Sheep.html
Andrea....again!
Hi again, my latest issue of Anna magazine just arrived - featuring an interview with this artist who creates pictures out of thread spools. Check out the Mona Lisa here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.devorahsperber.com/thread_works_index_html_and_2x2s/mona2.html
There is a link to more pictures at the bottom of the page.
Even though this is amazing, my most favorite is still the spider web repair I submitted earlier!
gjabouri at comcast.net
I enjoy http://theseflocks.com/carpet.html
ReplyDeleteIt's a rug!