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Sunday, June 26, 2005
I Promised Pictures... ... and I'm delivering!! Cherry Blossom Cherry Blossom is getting so big....  .... it's hard to believe I'm only about 30% complete. At least, assuming I will need all 5 balls of Kidsilk Haze that's about where I am. Someone PLEASE tell me it takes just a tiny bit over 4 balls! If that were true I'd be closer to halfway there!  It is going to be gorgeous. Beautiful pattern + beautiful yarn. I wish I could better capture the color of the Candy Girl colorway. The silk just GLOWS thru the mohair fuzz. Sampler Shawl Now this really is just flying off the needles. Each row is 401 stitches long but the yarn, Alice Starmore Scottish Campion is super easy to knit.  There are only 150 rows in this pattern so I figure every 7 rows I've completed another 5%. Seven rows is NOTHING! Birch I succumbed. I am a lemming.  Two things did me in. This picture on Teresa's blog and then I saw the acid green Kidsilk Haze at my LYS. All she wrote. Peacock Feathers Yes, I am insane. How could I resist, it is the Summer of Lace, isn't it?  I can't say enough good things about the Fiddlesticks pattern. Great chart, easy to follow and a terrific design. So far it is flying off the needles just like the Sampler. Well as much as anything knit with THREAD can fly.  When I decided to make this I knew I had the perfect yarn in my stash. I thought it was handdyed Zephyr silk/wool in blues and purples. But once I unearthed it, I realized it was thinner than Zephyr and it appears to be 100% silk. I'm not sure how thin it is. I have exactly 4 ounces which is what the pattern calls for. If I have a little left over then I'll know it was an optical illusion and it really was about the same weight as Zephyr. But if I have a LOT left over then I'll know I really was knitting with THREAD. Estes Park Wool Market First I gotta give a big MWAHHHH to my husband. On MY birthday he went with me to Shuttle Spindles and Skeins where I indulged in my addiction. On HIS birthday he went with me to the Estes Park Wool Market where I again indulged in my addiciton. What a guy! What did I get? 2 pounds of Alpine Meadows fiber from Bountiful. More lace weight yarn then you can shake a stick at. Some from Textiles a Manos, some from Cherry Tree Hill, some from Skaska, and some from a local vendor and I CAN'T FIND THEIR CARD right now But it's great! And some Brooks Farm Mohair. And these:  Left to right: Greensleeves Mjolinor in Spalted maple, Polymer whorl from Foxden Fiber Arts and a Llama Top Whorl from Woolly Designs. All spin fabulously! Pupdate: Wow did you make it this far? Your reward is some TDC* pictures:  Introducing... WhiteStar's Beyond Thunderdome aka Max...  .... and WhiteStar's Brazilian Carnival aka Rio  Babe and her best friend Kira the Token Siberian enjoy a nap together *TDC = Too Darn Cute Anne at 7:40 PM   | |
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Read this first!! on the needles 30. Fletcher Noro Transitions 
29. Patons SWS 
28. Forecast Cascade Quatro
27. Lady Eleanor (again) Patons SWS 
26. Marble Shawl Collar Sweater Karabella Marble 
25. Serrano Dale Baby Ull
24. Tamarah Artyarns Regal Silk, Silk Mohair
23. Apricot(Plum) Jacket DB Cashmerino Chunky 
22. Rusted Root BS Cotton Fleece 
21. Not So Shrunken Cardigan Lavold Sily Wool
20. Sizzle Nashua Kim
19. Hanging Garden Stole KP Alpaca Cloud
18. Log Cabin Blanket Cascade Pima Tencel 
17. Mystery Stole 2 Crazy Monkey Lace 
16. Petticoat Sallops Opal Petticoat
15. CeCe Lambspun Silk
14. Hyrna Herborgar Silk for Life
13. Sea Foam Shawl LaLana Phat Silk 
12. Diamond Fantasy Shawl CTH Possum Lace
11. Evergreen Cardi Malabrigo
10. Mystery Shawl 3 Zephyr
9. Jaywalkers LL Shepherd Sock
8. Pi @ Sunrise Shawl Crazy Monkey Lace
7. Follow the Leader Aran BS Naturespun Worsted 
6. Peacock Feathers HaindPaintedYarn.com lace
5. Kiri Shawl Rowan Kidsilk Haze
4. Sampler Shawl Starmore Campion
3. Highland Triangle Shawl America's Alpaca
2. Leaf Lace Shawl Misti Alpaca Lace
1. Total Maze Cardigan Araucania Nature Wool
38/46 finished in 2006 1/21 - Shadow of Love Socks 1/31 - Pineapple Jacket 2/5 - Smokin' Blueberry Socks 2/7 - Angora Fingerless Mitts 3/9 - Neopolitan Socks 3/18 - Summer Scallop Socks 3/30 - Spectrum: Red & Pink 4/2 - Felted Clogs 4/15 - Violets by the River 5/3 - Felted Hedgehog 5/6 - Felted B-4 Bag 6/15 - Pomatomus Socks 7/1 - Snapdragon Socks 9/11 - Simple Knitted Bodice 9/13 - White,Biscuit,Cream Shawl 9/14 - Something Lilac 10/4 - Cabbage Rose Socks 10/29 - Neck Warmer 11/15 - Lady Eleanor gallery Knitting Beadwork finished in 2005 1/21 - Seascape Shawl 2/12 - Wool Peddler's Shawl 3/21 - Fir Cone Square Shawl 3/25 - Misty Garden Scarf 4/7 - Obi 4/30 - Truly Tasha's Shawl 5/19 - Ivy 6/19 - Tasha II Shawl 7/13 - Cherry Blossom Shawl 7/26 - Mom's Birthday Shawl 8/9 - Birch Shawl 8/28 - Mystery Shawl 10/4 - Herbal Remedy 10/5 - Rosy Fingered Dawn 11/18 - Mystery Shawl 2 12/6 - Ostrich Plumes Triangle 12/26 - In The Dark Socks 12/29 - Red, Red, RED! Scarf rings  Previous | Next  Previous | Next  Previous | Next  Previous | Next  Previous | Next  Previous | Next  Previous | Next  Previous | Next weather on the plains blue moon?
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My Noro Philosophy: ALWAYS have something Noro on the needles! WIP: Twice as Nice ME! ME! ME! I live in Colorado. I raise and show Samoyeds. I knit. I spin. I do beadwork. I have too many beads. I have too much yarn. I love to start new projects. talk to me whitestarsams (at) hpi (dot) net credit where credit is due 
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