Monday, June 27, 2011

Summer shearing

Its time to shear the Blue Faced Leicester and the Wensleydale sheep.  I have arranged with Gwen to shear around 30 sheep.  Nine of them will be this years lambs, the rest will be the BFL/ Wensleydale crosses and Romneys that have fleeces so nice I don't dare leave them on any longer.   I have a 3 black lambs and 6 white lambs that will be shorn.  These will be premium fleeces.  Our first lamb fleeces from Wendell our Wensleydale ram.

Friday, July 1st.  in the morning.  If your interested, come on out...its always fun to see the sheep shorn!!

If your interested in a fleece, speak up, I will be offering them to hand spinners first!!

Friday, June 10, 2011

Spinning Guild Highlights

May  Show and Tell


Lynn J. brought many inspiring projects to show.  She had knit some knitted/beaded necklaces  some for herself and other for gifts.  They were an assortment of colors and make wonderful gifts.  She showed a small knitted/beaded bag that will be a wedding gift for a coworker-one of the necklaces will be the treasure inside!  Berrocco cotton  from Carole’s shop was knitted up into a lovely sweater in pink and white to wear to the coworkers wedding-it was being embellished with beads down the front to add special sparkle.  Lynn plans to sew a long skirt to complete the outfit in a matching fabric .
 Handwoven  fabric done in oranges and other colors was shown next- this will be sewn into a shirt for her husband .  What talent!!







Betsy showed dyed sock yarn from a class she took at Carole’s.  She thought she used too much dye in the project admitting that she didn’t follow instructions, but the results were lovely!
  She was working on a “mystery Shawl” on Ravelry where the directions were posted weekly knit in a cotton/cormo blend.

Betty Jean had a lovely alpaca/merino wrap jacket that she modeled.  It was in a nice shade of blue and fit nicely.  She was working on a top down sweater in a silk blend with cap sleeves.

Karen had finished a pair of socks using Cherry Tree Hill yarn in the color Birch.

Dawn was spinning her angora pink/wool blend.  A friend in her Happy Hookers group of crocheters  spoke up for it before it was done.  She wants to make a shawl with it.  She had a mystery grey blend and also an acrylic shawl to use up some of her stash.

Meg showed us a knitted merino/silk scarf-soft and lovely!


Trish was knitting summer socks in a corn fiber/elastic blend to try something new.

Carole was also working on the Raverlry “mystery” shawl in a merino/silk lace weight yarn.

I knit a helix scarf using a green/grey  merino handspun.  I also started another helix scarf using the Great Adirondack yarn that Carole had in vibrant colors with quick color changes.  It is a wonderful yarn to work with!

Happy spinning and knitting-see you next month!
Jan
The latest addition to the Foster Farm..."Lucy"  was a guest at the guild last month!!