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Another one bites the flowers?

Another "car knitting" project has at last come to an end. This is the herringbone rib scarf done in handspun which came off the needles yesterday afternoon. It still needs to be blocked but it's nice to have this one off my list at last. This represents about half the roving I bought so there may be a hat and gloves to follow at some point but first there must be more spinning.

Green lagoon

The current issue of Spin Off contains an article on traditional Danish shawls. It arrived a few short weeks after my birthday when Rose gifted me with some gorgeous Lagoon batts dyed and blended by her. I weighed the batts and thought I had more than enough for a shawl of my own. This week I spun the singles in preparation for knitting. Boy was it hard to soak them to set the twist and then wait for them to dry.

New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Day 2

Sunday morning we slid into class just as it was beginning and I was very pleasantly surprised to find myself sitting next to Danielle. Debbi was there, on time, patiently waiting for us to get there (we might have had to sneak into the fleece sale for a last look to see if anything new was available). I learned all sorts of useful tips for tweaking my wheel to get the most out of it, definitely another great class.

In between classes there was another mad dash to peek in at the tail end of the fleece to shawl competition and peruse the vendors again in case we missed anything important. I'm thinking seriously about these hackles but my budget was spent so they'll have to wait a bit.

Our third and final class of the weekend was a flat felting class with Romantha Burow. I think folks were a little startled with my pop art version of a pansy. Rose's gorgeous creation got quite a lot of attention. We learned some great techniques and went home with enough supplies to do a second project.

As always I have far more pictures over on Flickr for those who are so inclined and I've attempted to include a pictobrowser at the bottom of this post as well. Hope it works!