I had a great time at my local knitting guild -- the Heritage Corridor Knitting Guild -- last night. Fun women, a little knitting and a lot of needle felting. . .
I'm happy with my first project. It's a Sophie that I knit up a little while ago, embellished with some whimsical flowers (hopefully you can tell that they are flowers, even through they are rather abstract :) Deanna Donovan from kneatles.com taught the workshop and it was a lot of fun and easier than I thought. I'm afraid no felted bag will be safe now!
Speaking of the knitting guild, officer elections are next month. While I am pretty swamped with everything else I do, I'm thinking of becoming an officer (if they will have me!) Right Now Marianne (of Perfect Touch Yarns, my *very* local yarn shop) is doing the work of all the officers. If she keeps one office, I take one and Cathy takes the other, it may be doable. (I need you to help me though Cathy!!) We shall see what next month's meeting holds.
I reached into the suitcase and pulled out this lovely hank of yarn. It's Harmony from Brooks Farm. This stuff is really lovely -- 55% kid mohair, 22.5% fine wool & 22.5% silk. I have no idea what colorway it is, but I'm in love! More tales from the suitcase in upcoming posts. If I don't document it all here, I'll forget where I got everything from!
I LOVE Brooks Farm yarn! I made my Misty Garden from Harmony. It's *so* wonderful to knit with.
Posted by: Kate C. | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 02:31 PM
That yarn looks really nice! So many people have mentioned Brooks Farm in their MSWF reports. looking forward to see what you knit from it!
Posted by: Diana | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 02:40 PM
lol, I JUST commented on what I think is that yarn in the previous post, still suitcase-d...I'm glad to know what it is!
Posted by: Jenn | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 02:51 PM
I almost bought that exact same colorway while I was there! I somehow managed to resist it in a more practical moment... I love it!
Posted by: jess | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 02:57 PM
LOVE the bag! :-D
Posted by: Peatbogfaery | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 03:23 PM
The purse looks amazing! I can definitely tell they are flowers. The Brooks Farm yarn is beautiful.
Posted by: Vicki | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 04:46 PM
I think I bought that same Brooks Farm colorway in Duet!!! Anyway, it was nice to meet you (sort of, but we didn't really, at the same time -- I can be shy and wierd like that)
Your Flower-embellished (they totally look like flowers)Sophie has inspired me to possibly take up needle felting!
Posted by: Lara | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 05:58 PM
I love your needlefelted bag...the owner of my LYS gave me a two minute demo...it looks really fun and what a great way to embellish the bags!
Posted by: michele | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 06:34 PM
That's too cute, and a great choice of color!
Posted by: Vera | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 08:20 PM
Hi there Julie ... cute needlefelting project! And very appropriate on your Sophie, too. :) I'm the "vice president" of my local knitting guild and it doesn't involve too much work, but we're new and just starting up. We have not terribly organized meetings, and we're pretty low-key. Needlefelting sounds like a fun project, though. Take care!
Posted by: Jenifer | Friday, May 13, 2005 at 01:50 PM
Hi Julie- I think you just created a monster in me. I'm DYING to learn how to needlefelt now! No bag looks complete without it to me now. It looks awesome!
Posted by: Lauren | Friday, May 13, 2005 at 08:38 PM
While in Philly, I came *thisclose* to buying a lot of needle felting goodies so I could embellish my Sophie bags. It is the perfect project for it! But the roving and drop spindle took up all my money, so I'll have to put it off for the (near) future...
Posted by: Christine | Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 04:34 PM
I am not having much luck in finding info on needle felting. I felted a purse that was red, white, and blue. The white stripes turned pink. Someone mentioned to me needle felting. I don't know if I did it right, but it saved the bag. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Margaret
Posted by: Margaret | Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 07:04 PM