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Monday, June 24, 2013

Black Sheep Gathering, 2013

And another year of Black Sheep fiber festival is here!
source - Internet

After several days we spent in the mountains, we went to Eugene to check out the Fiber Festival.
It was not as hot, as normally at this time of year.
While Jason was circling around I spotted my favorite person -  Judith MacKenzie, walking to the building, and frantically waived at her. She waived back. It made my day!
Firstly, we sat down and had some lunch. Than Nicole and Jason went to look at the animals...
And I, with my camera, went on....
one of the booth - items made with small square woven pieces
Lady was working on the picker with alpaca fiber
One of my favorites - yarns! Last year I got two cones of gold....

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Patriotic Baby Set

Very often people ask me to make/knit/crochet something for babies or children form the pictures.
I do like that!
Very often my friends ask me how do I do it.

Today I would like to show you my recent order -  Patriotic Set for NB

Along with this Patriotic set request, I got an order of 33 items,  and a tiny picture of the set.
I got it probably a month ago.
No rush, I was told.
Here is my 33 pieces order, already sent off  -
While I was working on the order, I needed a little break, as always, so I made a small area rug, long due to replace the old one.
Here is the project on Ravelry, where you could get more information about it.
I kept on trying to make the Patriotic set, which is also looks like a Dr. Seuss book character's hat.
The image I had was very, very small. I couldn't see hardly anything!
I made a picture search and found the source. The work was done by a lady from CA, and here is her Etsy shop - AvaGirlDesigns
The hat and diaper cover are done on a round/flat loom.
I am not big fan of the loom, I think this device is mostly for children or novices. Don't get me wrong - it is a perfect help if you are a beginner!  I got it, tested it out, and set aside, for my daughter.
I do have the loom, though, but, if you know me, I wanted to make this set better!
Right?!
That's why I tried and tried a lot of stitches, hook #s, different yarns...
Tonight, I finally finished one mock-up set and will send the pictures to my customer for approval.
Another thing I need to note, my price for the set is going to be the half of that on Etsy..., probably around $23-25.
I do apologize for the quality of my pictures, it is midnight here.
Please let me know what do you think about this set -